Publication date : 07/09/2024

Course : Cash flow

Optimize cash management

Practical course - 2d - 14h - Ref. CSG
Price : 1310 € E.T.

Cash flow

Optimize cash management



Maximizing your ability to finance development and investment from operating cash flow is a key factor in your company's development. This training course will enable you to go beyond the notions of self-financing and WCR, and take into account the notion of cash flow to optimize your cash flow.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. CSG
  2d - 14h
1310 € E.T.




Maximizing your ability to finance development and investment from operating cash flow is a key factor in your company's development. This training course will enable you to go beyond the notions of self-financing and WCR, and take into account the notion of cash flow to optimize your cash flow.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Learn how to situate cash flow in fundamental management statements
Be able to calculate and control cash flows
Set up an efficient daily cash flow routine
Optimize cash flow by choosing the right financing and reducing bank charges

Intended audience
Treasurers, accountants, accounting managers or CFOs.

Prerequisites
Know the basics of accounting.

Practical details
Hands-on work
Workshops for collective and individual reflection, to identify new practices for better cash management.
Teaching methods
Alternating exchanges of experience and adapted case studies using spreadsheets or other teaching tools.

Course schedule

1
Identify the role of cash management within the company

  • The role and missions of the treasurer.
  • Situate cash flow on the balance sheet and income statement.
  • Diagnose the causes of cash flow deterioration.
Hands-on work
Determine cash flow from balance sheets and income statements.

2
Day-to-day cash management

  • Create a cash management procedure.
  • Analyze variances between forecast and actual: rolling forecasts.
  • Balance cash flow.
  • Centralized cash management: cash pooling.
Hands-on work
Create rolling forecasts.

3
Measuring cash flow

  • Cash flow statement.
  • Calculate project cash flow: ROI.
Exercise
Cash flow calculations for several companies.

4
Identify sources of financing

  • Capital contribution.
  • Subsidies.
  • Borrowing: conventional and bond issues.
  • Partners' current accounts and bank overdrafts.
  • Supplier credit, spot credit and trade discounting.
  • Dailly and factoring.
Group discussion
Discuss the best sources of financing for specific situations.

5
Optimizing relations with banks

  • Make an inventory of the different banking conditions.
  • Control and negotiate bank charges: value days, transaction and movement commissions, agios.
Hands-on work
Calculation of certain costs.


Dates and locations
Select your location or opt for the remote class then choose your date.
Remote class

Dernières places
Date garantie en présentiel ou à distance
Session garantie

REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 12 Mar., 15 June, 28 Sep., 7 Dec.

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
2026 : 12 Mar., 15 June, 28 Sep., 7 Dec.