Cash flow management is often the most important task of any CFO or financial leader. Regardless of whether one works in start-ups or established companies, non-profit or for-profit entities, cash flow makes our organizations run. Have you ever wondered whether you are optimizing your company’s cash flow? In this course, we will explore how to improve your company’s cash flow using analysis and financial theories in the context of real-world situations.
Learning Objectives
- State the relationship between sustainable growth, core earnings, and company cash flow
- Recognize how time assessments and customer segmentation can be used to identify cash flow negative clients
- Identify common behavioral biases which influence how a company spends money
Major Topics
- How to optimize cash flow
- Qualitative evaluations: core earnings and sustainable growth
- Quantitative evaluations: liquidity ratios
- Increasing customer base vs. payment terms
- Business cycle and cash
- Behavioral finance biases
- Managing head count
- Other potential areas of excess cost
