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Training on Cash Flow Management Strategies

Master cash flow management strategies to optimize your financial health. Learn to forecast cash flows, manage working capital, and improve cash collection

Next intake

20 Jul 2026 · Nakuru

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Duration

5 days

Live instruction

Delivery

Physical + Virtual

Cohort based

Level

Intermediate

Working professionals

Certification

NITA reimbursable

For Kenyan cohorts

Language

English

All materials

Overview

About this programme

The incoming and outgoing cash your business uses to fund its operations is called cash flow. If a business continuously makes more money than it spends, it is often seen as financially sound. Cash flow is crucial because it makes it possible for you to both fulfill your current financial responsibilities and make plans for the future. You may assure the efficient day-to-day operation of your firm by balancing your cash inflows and outflows. Simultaneously, it will assist in creating adequate reserves to withstand peaks and troughs in sales, late invoice payments, or unforeseen expenses.

This Cash Flow Management training session covers the fundamentals of efficient working capital and cash flow management. Additionally, you will be able to understand important business cash flow drivers and optimize each working capital component using practical approaches. The knowledge acquired will enhance your cash forecasting techniques and provide new insights into improving financial and operating performance.

Course Duration

5 Days

Who Should Attend

This Cash Flow Management training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Treasury Professionals
  • Financial & Accounting Professionals
  • Supply chain and procurement team members
  • Receivables and payables staff
  • Planning and budgeting managers
  • Capital investment and project team members
  • Financial Decision-makers
Learning outcomes

What you'll walk away with

By attending the Cash Flow Management training Course, participant will:

  • Understand the principles and significance of cash flow analysis
  • Enhance skills in analyzing and interpreting cash flow statements
  • Understand the tools & techniques required to forecast the key cash flow drivers
  • Evaluate the quality and sustainability of the company’s debt capacity and debt servicing capability
  • Apply effective working capital optimization strategies
  • Implement effective capital investment evaluation and decision making
  • Device an optimal business funding strategy
  • Prepare realistic cash flow forecasts using financial modeling.
Course modules

What we cover, module by module

Module 1:Introduction to Cash Flow Management

  • Understanding the importance of cash flow management

  • Fundamentals of cash flow and working capital

  • Principles of business accounting and financial statements

  • How profit is different from cash flow?

  • Analysis of cash flow statement

  • The drivers of cash flow, liquidity and solvency

  • Case Study: Evaluating cash flow management challenges and solutions in a mid-sized manufacturing company

Module 2:Significance of Working Capital

  • Cash flow and working capital

  • Recognizing the working capital cycle

  • Techniques to improve inventories and accounts receivable management

  • Key cash flow and working capital management ratios

  • Improving efficiency of the cash cycle

  • Enhancing financial systems to improve cash flow

  • Case Study: Optimizing working capital in a retail supply chain scenario

  • Practical Exercise: Calculate and analyze working capital ratios for sample companies

Module 3:Enhancing Operating Cash Flows

  • Significance of operating cash flow

  • Cost behavior and cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis

  • What drives profits and shareholder value

  • Improving return on investment

  • Boosting asset management efficiency

  • Case Study: Applying CVP analysis and cash flow optimization in a service-based business

  • Practical Exercise: Develop an action plan to enhance operating cash flow for a simulated company

Module 4:Sources of Finance and Capital Budgeting

  • Meaning, nature, and significance of business finance

  • Sources of business finance

  • Analyzing and managing capital structure

  • Calculating the cost of capital

  • Key principles of capital budgeting

  • Capital investment decision-making using the cash flow method

  • Discounted cash flow analysis

  • Case Study: Evaluating a capital investment decision using DCF for a new product launch

  • Practical Exercise: Prepare a mini capital budgeting report using cash flow projections

Module 5:Techniques of Cash Flow Forecasting

  • Methods to manage cash resources

  • Cash flow forecasting techniques

  • Risk management approach to cash flow forecasting

  • Techniques for managing risk

  • Sensitivity analysis of cash flow forecasts

  • Best Practices in Cash Management

  • Case Study: Forecasting and managing cash flow during peak and off-peak seasons in a retail company

  • Practical Exercise: Prepare a short-term cash flow forecast and perform sensitivity analysis for a sample business

Impact

Where the change lands

Organizational Impact

  • Strengthens financial stability and liquidity management.

  • Improves operational efficiency through optimized working capital.

  • Reduces dependency on external financing.

  • Enhances resilience against market fluctuations and unexpected expenses.

  • Builds credibility with investors, lenders, and suppliers.

Personal Impact

  • Equips participants with critical financial management skills.

  • Enhances ability to forecast, plan, and manage cash effectively.

  • Provides tools to influence strategic financial decisions.

  • Boosts confidence in managing risks and ensuring sustainability.

  • Supports career growth into senior finance and leadership roles.

Dates and locations

Upcoming intakes

Every intake is limited to a small cohort. Booking closes when a date fills or three weeks before the start, whichever comes first.

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FAQs

Common questions.

Still not sure? Send us a note and a facilitator will get back to you within a business day.

Profit is a measure of revenue minus expenses. Cash flow is the movement of money in and out of your business over time.

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