Cash Flow Analysis, Budgeting, Forecasting & Management

Did you notice that many companies have been showing profit years after years, but they still go into liquidation. As managers and leaders in your organization, you are an expert in your respective functions but not finance, yet you are expected by your key stakeholders to understand finances especially Cash Flow well, able to forecast into the future, make the right analysis, and make the right decisions, even in an environment of uncertainty.  

This Cash Flow Analysis, Budgeting, Forecasting And Management workshop will provide you with the managerial financial skills and tools to analyse why profit is not equal to cash, how cash is being generated and where the cash have been used, where you can source your fund and working with  cash flow budgeting and forecasting.

Learning Outcomes:

• Improve their Cash Flow knowledge
• Understand the basics concept of Accounting
• Expose to Budgeting Process and Prepare a realistic Cash budget and taking action to avoid any Cash shortfall
• Pinpoint the key drivers of Financial Performance in their organization
• Apply tools and methods to improve the Financial Performance of their organization
• Grasp useful Financial & Management Accounting Tools and Techniques required for Effective Decision Making
• Preparing themselves in avoiding a Cash Flow Crisis in their Organization
• Using Cash Flow for Capital Investment decision
• Know where to source for their funding

Who Should Attend:

• Managing Directors/ CEO / General Managers
• Senior Managers of Operational Units / Department Heads
• Financial Controllers / Finance Managers / Accountants
• Treasurers / Finance Executives / Officers
• Administration Managers/ Executives
• HR Managers/ Executives
• Business Planners
• Entrepreneurs

Course Content:

• DAY 1
• 1 Speaking Accounting
• Objective of a Business Entity
• Accounting Concepts and Assumptions
• Understanding Accounting Terms : Asset, Liability, Equity, Profit, Revenue, Expenses, Cash Flows
• Differentiate between Capital and Revenue / Operating Expenditure
• 2 CashFlow and Funding
• Sales Cycle and Expenditure Cycle
• Cash Flow Cycle and Cash Conversion Cycle
• Sources of Cash and Funding
• Understand “Treasury Management”
• 3 Reading Financial Statements
• What are Financial Statements
• How to read and analyse Financial Statements
• 4 Cash Flow Analysis
• Understanding Types of Cash Flow in an organization (Operating Cash Flow / Investing Cash Flow / Financing Cash Flow)
• Difference between Cash Flow and Profit / Loss
• Why Turnover is an illusion and Cash is real
• Case Study of Cash Flow Analysis
• Day 2
• 5 Building Budget
• What is budgeting?
• Comparing Budgeting approach
• Rolling forecasts – what are they and how to prepare /manage them
• Developing Budgeting Guidelines, Time Table and Realistic Assumptions
• Preparing an Effective Cash Budget
• How to formulate assumptions and the basis for cash budgets
• Budget as a Control Tools
• Cash Budget Workshop
• 6 Investment Appraisal
• Capital Investment Appraisal
• Methods of Appraisal
• Practise on Financial Model
• 7 Impact to Cash Flow 
• SST impact to Cash Flow
• Buying or Leasing
• Buy Cash or Hire Purchase
• 8 Cash Flow Planning
• Types of Financing
• Managing Cash Flow during periods of ‘negative cash flows’
• Planning cash flow for seasonal business
• Tips for keeping Cash Flow strong