Advanced Cash Flow & Working Capital Management

COURSE DURATION 5 DAYS
Date: 25^th to 29^th May 2026

To ensure that a firm has enough cash to cover its immediate operational expenses and debt payments, it must engage in working capital management. All the money coming into and going out of a company within a certain period is known as “cash flow.”

In addition to receivables and payments, payables and stockpiles may contribute to cash flow. The health of a company’s finances, both now and in the future, may be gauged partly by its working capital and cash flow. By analyzing these two indicators, one can see how well the firm generates revenue and reinvests its profits.

The ALARDI Africa Advanced Cash Flow and Working Capital Management Training will provide the learners with the theoretical and practical tools they need to understand the financial resources in their businesses and organizations.

What are the course objectives?

This Advanced Cash Flow and Working Capital Training Course will help improve the learners’ knowledge and practical skills by enabling them to interpret the organization’s financial health. It will also allow participants to be able to:

• Understand the principles of accounting in cash flow
• Determine how to execute effective practical strategies in working capital optimization
• Determine how to provide essential advice on funding the business strategies
• Determine how to create awareness in the system of accounting for cash flow and working capital
• Learn practical skills in cash flow management
• Learn to use the skills of analyzing and interpreting cash flow systems
• Learn to use financial models to produce a cash flow forecast
• Learn the proficiency needed for capital evaluation of investments

Who should attend?

The ALARDI Africa Advanced Cash Flow and Working Capital Management Course provides skills to various industry sectors and organizations in the current business market. Professionals that will benefit include, but are not limited to:

• Professionals from the treasury department
• Commercial supervisors and managers
• Personnel in supply channels and procurement
• Budgeting and planning supervisors
• Planning and budgeting managers of an industry
• Marketing supervisors of companies
• Investors and project team members in the business
• Financial and management officials
• Marketing and selling managers
• Emerging Entrepreneurs and start-up founders

Training Methodology

Advanced cash flow and the working capital course will be facilitated through:

• Interactive sessions
• Live projects
• Use of case studies
• Management games and activities
• Problem-solving tasks
• Collaborative group discussion and Presentations

Course Outline

Day 1: Foundation Principles

• Identifying and Meeting Stakeholder Needs
• Fundamentals of Cash Flow and Working Capital
• Principles of Business Accounting and Financial Statements
• The Vital Difference between Profit and Cash Flow
• Analysing and Interpreting the Cash Flow Statement
• The Drivers of Cash Flow, Liquidity and Solvency

Day 2: Understanding and Improving Operating Cash Flow

• Understanding Cost Behaviour
• The Cost – Volume – Profit Relationship
• The Drivers of Profit and Shareholder Value
• Measuring and Managing – Return On Investment
• Measuring and Managing – Asset Management Efficiency
• A strategic Approach to Cost Reduction

 Day 3: Understanding and Optimising Working Capital

• How Working Capital Drives Financial Performance
• Understanding the Working Capital Cycle
• Practical Tools to Optimise Inventories
• Practical Tools to Optimise Trade Receivables
• Minimising Cash Float and Accelerating the Cash Cycle
• Using Improvements to Financial Systems to Improve Cash Flow

Day 4: Understanding and Managing Business Funding and Investment

• Sources of Business Funding
• Measuring and Managing – Capital Structure and Risk
• Calculating the Cost of Capital
• Principles of Capital Budgeting
• Using Excel’s Discounted Cash Flow Analysis Tools
• A Cash Flow-Based Approach to Capital Investment Decision-Making

Day 5: Cash Flow Planning and Forecasting

• Approaches to Managing Cash Resources
• Cash Flow Forecasting Methods
• An Integrated Approach to Risk Management
• Techniques for Managing Risk
• Building a Key Driver Cash Flow Forecast
• Sensitivity Testing Cash Flow Forecasts

Certificate

• On successful completion of this training course, the ALARDI Africa Certificate will be issued to the participants.

Venue:

Cameroon   Yaoundé  –   Cost USD 2200

Date: 25^th to 29^th May 2026