Cash Flow and Working Capital Training Course

Name: Cash Flow Forecasting and Working Capital Strategy Training Course
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Connect cash forecasts, liquidity scenarios, and operating-cycle levers to governed working-capital decisions.

Cash Flow and Working Capital Training Course

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Duration: 12 days
Format: Classroom
Cities: Vienna, Manama, Langkawi, Cairo, Amsterdam, Amman and more
Next session: 19 – 30 October 2026, Vienna
Average fee: 9,900 €

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Cash Flow Forecasting and Working Capital Strategy Training Course

Overview

Cash Flow Forecasting and Working Capital Strategy Training Course is a ten-day advanced course for finance and operational professionals who leave with a Governed Cash and Working Capital Decision Pack. The course connects cash-flow classification, short-term forecasting, liquidity scenarios, cash conversion cycle diagnostics, receivables, payables, inventory, funding actions, and governance. Participants convert financial and operational drivers into traceable forecasts and improvement decisions. Agile Leaders Training Center delivers this course on cash flow forecasting and working capital strategy.

Who Should Attend

Finance and controllership functions responsible for cash visibility and performance analysis
Treasury functions responsible for liquidity, funding, and short-term cash decisions
Credit and collections functions responsible for receivables performance
Procurement and supply-chain functions responsible for payables and inventory decisions
Operations finance functions responsible for working-capital drivers and accountability

The course assumes participants already interpret financial statements, operational data, and basic forecasts, and it leaves out introductory bookkeeping, general budgeting, and investment-portfolio management.

Departments and Industries

The course supports cash flow forecasting and working capital strategy across commercial and asset-intensive environments.

Finance, treasury, accounting, credit, procurement, and supply-chain departments
Manufacturing, energy, construction, transport, and logistics organizations
Retail, distribution, hospitality, and consumer-products organizations
Banking, insurance, technology, and professional-services organizations
Corporate planning, shared-services, and business-performance functions

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Build governed short-term cash flow forecasts
Analyze liquidity scenarios and forecast variance
Diagnose cash conversion cycle performance
Evaluate receivables, payables, and inventory levers
Prioritize funding and working-capital actions
Assemble an integrated improvement and governance pack

Course Agenda

Day 1: Cash Flow Architecture

Operating-Investing-Financing Cash Flow Classification
Cash and Cash-Equivalent Definition Map
Profit-to-Cash Reconciliation Bridge
Cash Flow Driver and Dependency Model
Liquidity Objective and Decision-Use Matrix

Day 2: Forecast Design and Governance

Forecast Horizon and Granularity Decision Grid
Direct Cash Forecast Structure
Data Source and Ownership Register
Forecast Calendar and Submission Workflow
Assumption Governance and Approval Matrix

Day 3: Receipts and Collections Forecasting

Customer Receipt Pattern Analysis
Receivables Aging and Collection Probability Matrix
Sales-to-Cash Timing Model
Overdue Exposure and Dispute Adjustment
Collection Scenario and Sensitivity Table

Day 4: Payments and Disbursements Forecasting

Supplier Payment Calendar Model
Payroll, Tax, and Recurring Obligation Map
Purchase-to-Payment Timing Analysis
Committed-Discretionary Payment Classification
Disbursement Priority and Deferral Decision Grid

Day 5: Liquidity Scenarios and Funding

Base-Upside-Downside Liquidity Scenario Set
Minimum Cash Buffer Method
Liquidity Gap and Peak Funding Profile
Short-Term Borrowing and Surplus Action Matrix
Cash Forecast Stress Test and Trigger Dashboard

Day 6: Working Capital Diagnostics

Net Working Capital Component Map
Cash Conversion Cycle Calculation Model
Inventory-Receivables-Payables Days Diagnostic
Working Capital Benchmark and Trend Grid
Cash Release Opportunity Waterfall

Day 7: Receivables and Credit Levers

Customer Segmentation and Credit-Term Matrix
Billing Accuracy and Dispute Root-Cause Review
Collection Strategy and Escalation Ladder
Receivables Concentration and Risk Heat Map
Days-Sales-Outstanding Action Portfolio

Day 8: Payables and Inventory Levers

Supplier-Term and Payment-Timing Matrix
Discount-versus-Liquidity Decision Model
Inventory Segmentation and Service-Level Grid
Slow-Moving and Obsolete Stock Review
Procurement-Operations-Finance Trade-Off Map

Day 9: Performance and Control

Forecast Accuracy and Bias Scorecard
Variance Attribution and Root-Cause Analysis
Working Capital KPI Ownership Dashboard
Control Exception and Data Quality Log
Governance Meeting and Decision Record

Day 10: Cash and Working Capital Practice

Suggested Exercise: Direct Cash Forecast Build
Suggested Exercise: Liquidity Stress Scenario Decision
Suggested Exercise: Cash Conversion Cycle Diagnostic
Suggested Exercise: Working Capital Action Prioritization
Capstone Exercise: Governed Cash and Working Capital Decision Pack

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities to convert transaction patterns and operating choices into liquidity and working-capital decisions.

Suggested activity: build a rolling cash forecast for a multi-unit service organization.
Suggested activity: stress customer delays and supplier obligations for a distributor.
Suggested activity: diagnose inventory, receivables, and payables drivers in a manufacturer.
Suggested activity: present a funded working-capital improvement plan with owners and controls.

FAQs

Who suits cash flow forecasting and working capital strategy training, and what does it assume?

Cash flow forecasting and working capital strategy training suits finance, treasury, credit, procurement, supply-chain, and operations professionals who already interpret financial statements, transaction data, and basic forecasts.

How does advanced cash flow forecasting differ from general budgeting training?

Advanced cash flow forecasting models the timing of receipts, payments, liquidity gaps, and funding actions, while general budgeting training focuses on planned revenue, cost, and performance across accounting periods.

How does the cash conversion cycle guide working capital decisions?

The cash conversion cycle combines inventory days and receivables days, less payables days, to show how long operating resources remain committed before returning as cash.

What improves short-term cash forecast accuracy?

Short-term cash forecast accuracy improves through transaction-level drivers, clear ownership, controlled assumptions, consistent cutoffs, variance analysis, bias tracking, and timely updates to customer and supplier behavior.

How should working capital actions be prioritized?

Working capital actions should be prioritized by expected cash release, implementation time, operational impact, customer and supplier risk, sustainability, ownership, and the evidence supporting each estimate.

Conclusion

Participants leave with a Governed Cash and Working Capital Decision Pack containing forecast architecture, liquidity scenarios, a cash conversion diagnostic, lever analyses, funding actions, controls, and an implementation roadmap. The pack changes disconnected finance and operations data into traceable cash decisions. It supports leaders when allocating ownership, monitoring results, and protecting short-term liquidity.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewCash Flow Forecasting and Working Capital Strategy Training Course is a ten-day advanced course for finance and operational professionals who leave with a Governed Cash and Working Capital Decision Pack. The course connects cash-flow classification, short-term forecasting, liquidity scenarios, cash conversion cycle diagnostics, receivables, payabl…

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Cash Flow and Working Capital Training Course