Cash Forecasting, Reporting and Metrics - Managing the Lifeblood of the Business

Saturday, December 21, 2024
Webcast or Webinar, Online
10:00AM - 12:00PM (opens at 9:30 AM) EST
2Credits
Technical Business

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$79.00 Regular Price
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$109.00 Regular Price

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Course Type: Webcast
Course Code: 24/AC518918
Vendor: ACPEN
Field of Study: Finance

Overview:

Financial managers and executives need to create cash projections that are relevant, current, and accurate. Too often cash planning is reactive, leading to inefficient, chaotic, and unreliable forecasts. Organizations never want to find themselves short in the availability or timing of cash.  Proper cash forecasting and planning can avoid such cash shortfalls.  This session will explore proactive approaches to cash forecasting.  

 

Objectives:

  • Develop a full appreciation of what cash forecasting really means
  • Understand today’s cash planning process, tools, techniques, and models
  • Identify approaches to make your cash forecasting more comprehensive and relevant to the current environment
  • Recognize key considerations in cash forecasting:
    • How much cash?
    • How far the horizon?
    • Purpose? how used? for whom?
    • Sources of information

Major Topics:

  • Key components of the Cash Flow model
  • Receipts and Disbursements model
  • Applying uniqueness for your organization, your industry, the macro environment
  • Incorporating strategic analysis into cash forecasting
  • Using reporting and metrics to make cash forecasting more complete
  • Benchmarking as a tool to improve the accuracy of your cash forecasting

Major Topics:

  • Key components of the Cash Flow model
  • Receipts and Disbursements model
  • Applying uniqueness for your organization, your industry, the macro environment
  • Incorporating strategic analysis into cash forecasting
  • Using reporting and metrics to make cash forecasting more complete
  • Benchmarking as a tool to improve the accuracy of your cash forecasting

Designed For:

Corporate Financial Leaders, Corporate Financial Managers, CEOs, CFOs, Controllers, Accountants, Board members, advisors, and Consultants. CPAs in public practice and CPAs in industry.

Prerequisites:

Some corporate accounting or finance experience.