Cash Forecasting & Financing, Investment, Business Valuation, and Risk

Course Info

Length: 1 Week

City: London

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

  • Dec-30-2024

    London

  • Feb-03-2025

    London

  • Mar-03-2025

    London

  • June-30-2025

    London

  • Aug-04-2025

    London

  • Oct-13-2025

    London

  • Dec-08-2025

    London

Dates in Other Venues

  • Dec-30-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Dec-30-2024

    Dubai

  • Dec-30-2024

    Barcelona

  • Jan-20-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Jan-20-2025

    Istanbul

  • Jan-20-2025

    Paris

  • Jan-20-2025

    Barcelona

  • Jan-20-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Jan-20-2025

    Singapore

  • Feb-03-2025

    Dubai

  • Mar-03-2025

    Dubai

  • Apr-21-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Apr-21-2025

    Barcelona

  • Apr-21-2025

    Paris

  • Apr-21-2025

    Istanbul

  • Apr-21-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Apr-21-2025

    Singapore

  • June-30-2025

    Dubai

  • July-21-2025

    Istanbul

  • July-21-2025

    Barcelona

  • July-21-2025

    Singapore

  • July-21-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • July-21-2025

    Amsterdam

  • July-21-2025

    Paris

  • Aug-04-2025

    Dubai

  • Oct-13-2025

    Dubai

  • Oct-20-2025

    Barcelona

  • Oct-20-2025

    Singapore

  • Oct-20-2025

    Paris

  • Oct-20-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Oct-20-2025

    Istanbul

  • Oct-20-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Dec-08-2025

    Dubai

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

Fundamentals of Financial Planning & Cash Flow


  • Understanding the scope and role of financial management 
  • Identifying the use and contents of essential financial statements
  • Strategies for analyzing and interpreting financial statements
  • Understanding how to evaluate cash flow statement to understand historical financial performance  
  • Applying analytical methods for financial forecasting:



  1. Time series analysis
  2. Correlation
  3. Regression

Mastering Working Capital & Cash Flow Forecasting 


  • Strategies for efficient working capital management 
  • Techniques for predicting future cash flow and preparing cash budgets 
  • Distinguishing between cash and profit 
  • Determining the role of cash in financial management 
  • Methods for determining the optimal level of cash:


  1. Boumol model
  2. Miller-Orr model 


  • Calculating and analyzing the cash conversion cycle
  • Discussing the implications of cash conversion cycle 
  • Approaches for achieving and sustaining optimal working capital levels

Strategic Financing and Investment Appraisal 


  • Exploring internal and external sources of finance 
  • Understanding the components of the cost of capital:


  1. Cost of equity 
  2. Cost of debt
  3. The weighted average cost of capital (WACC)


  • Discussing how to make capital structure decision through choosing the right mix of capital 
  • Applying capital budgeting methods and principles to analyze capital investment 
  • Utilize investment appraisal techniques to evaluate profitability and efficiency of investments:


  1. Account rate of return (ARR)
  2. Payback 


  • Understanding how to conduct discounted cash flow (DCF):


  1. Net present value (NPV)
  2. Internal rate of return (IRR)
  3. Modified IRR (MIRR)
  4. Equivalent annual cost (EAC)


  • Discovering capital risk analysis methods:


  1. Sensitivity analysis
  2. Scenario analysis
  3. Simulation

Advanced Business Valuation Techniques 


  • Recognizing the importance and application of business valuation 
  • Understanding the meaning of mergers and acquisitions
  • Methods to analyze corporate transactions:


  1. Management buyouts (MBOs)
  2. Management buy ins (MBIs)
  3. Leveraged buyouts (LBOs)


  • Strategies for corporate restricting and reorganization 
  • Exploring business valuation methods:


  1. Discounted cash flow (DCF)
  2. Comparable companies analysis


  • Case studies: Applying DCF and comparable companies valuation techniques through practice case studies

Financial Risk Management 


  • Exploring types of business risks and financial risks
  • Discussing methods for predicting financial distress and corporate failures
  • Discussing strategies and techniques for effective financial risk management  
  • Utilizing derivatives for risk management:


  1. Forward
  2. Futures
  3. Options
  4. Swaps


  • Techniques for handling and managing interest rate and foreign exchange risks