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Course Description

This intensive five-day course provides finance professionals with the essential tools and advanced practices for managing cash balances within a dynamic organizational environment. Participants will explore liquidity management, bank relationship strategies, forecasting techniques, cash positioning, reconciliation processes, and internal control systems. Real-world case studies and hands-on simulations ensure that learners not only understand cash balance administration in theory but are able to implement best practices to improve short-term financial planning and operational efficiency.

Course Objectives

  • Understand the components and importance of effective cash balance management
  • Utilize forecasting tools to project cash flow accurately
  • Design and monitor cash position reports and short-term investment strategies
  • Apply internal control measures to secure cash and prevent misappropriation
  • Reconcile daily cash activity and maintain optimal liquidity levels
  • Establish effective bank relationships and streamline transactions
  • Manage working capital in alignment with organizational goals
  • Use treasury tools and digital platforms for cash monitoring
  • Identify liquidity risks and develop contingency strategies

Who Should Attend?

This course is ideal for finance professionals, accountants, treasury analysts, cash managers, and financial controllers responsible for managing daily cash balances, ensuring liquidity, and safeguarding financial assets. It also benefits business unit managers involved in financial operations and those transitioning into treasury roles.

Course Agenda

Registration

Welcome & Introduction

Pre-Test

Day 1: Introduction to Cash Balance Management

  • Overview of cash balance fundamentals
  • Strategic role of cash in financial stability
  • Cash conversion cycle and working capital management
  • Cash visibility and flow within the organization
  • Regulatory and compliance framework for cash management
  • Types of cash accounts and categorization
  • Centralized vs. decentralized cash management
  • Cash float and bank clearing mechanisms
  • Introduction to ERP and cash dashboards
  • Mapping cash flows across departments

Day 2: Cash Forecasting and Positioning Techniques

  • Principles and methodologies of cash forecasting
  • Short-term vs. long-term cash projections
  • Data collection and forecasting assumptions
  • Variance analysis and continuous forecast improvement
  • Building a rolling forecast model
  • Cash positioning: daily vs. periodic analysis
  • Establishing cash target balances
  • Case Study: Forecasting in a multi-entity structure
  • Practical lab: Spreadsheet-based forecasting
  • Develop a weekly cash position report

Day 3: Liquidity Optimization and Bank Relations

  • Understanding liquidity drivers and constraints
  • Techniques to optimize internal liquidity
  • Role of cash pooling and netting
  • Criteria for choosing banking partners
  • Managing fees, interest optimization, and service level agreements
  • Setting up concentration accounts and zero-balancing
  • Working with financial institutions: tools and negotiation
  • Assessing the cost of funds and overdrafts
  • Developing a bank relationship scorecard
  • Consolidated liquidity report creation

Day 4: Internal Controls and Cash Reconciliation

  • Importance of internal controls in cash management
  • Fraud risks and prevention mechanisms
  • Segregation of duties and dual authorization systems
  • Managing signatories and payment protocols
  • Bank reconciliation procedures and best practices
  • Identifying and resolving discrepancies
  • Automation in reconciliation (AI tools and RPA)
  • Audit trails and financial reporting compliance
  • Hands-on activity: Reconcile cash transactions using case data

Day 5: Strategic Cash Management and Reporting

  • Aligning cash management with corporate finance strategy
  • Developing liquidity dashboards for CFOs
  • Integrating treasury function with other departments
  • Performance metrics and KPIs for cash administrators
  • Crisis management and liquidity contingency planning
  • Digital transformation in cash management

Post Test

End of the Course

Assessment Methodology

All courses conducted by EdTech will begin with a Pre-evaluation and end with a Post-evaluation. The instructor will evaluate the knowledge and skills of the participants according to the feedback given by participants. This will help to recognize the benefits and the level of knowledge gained by participants through the course.

Training Methodology

Facilitated by a highly qualified specialist, who has extensive knowledge and experience; this program will be conducted using extensively interactive methods, encouraging participants to share their own experiences and apply the program material to real-life work situations in order to stimulate group discussions and improve the efficiency of the subject coverage.

Percentages of the total course hour classification are:

  • ​40% Theoretical lectures, Concepts and approach
  • 20% Motivation to develop individual skill and Techniques
  • 20% Case Studies and Practical Exercises
  • 20% Topic General Discussions and interaction

Course Manual

Participants will be provided with comprehensive presentation material as reference manual. This presentation material is a compilation of core valuable information, references, presentation methods and inspiring reading which will be used as a part of the material guide.

Course Certificate

At the completion of the course, all participants who successfully accomplished the required contact hours will receive an EdTech Training Participation Certificate as a testimony to their commitment to professional development and further education.

Why Edtech ?

  • Industry Experienced; Internationally Qualified Trainers
  • Hands-on Practical Sessions & Assignments
  • Intensive Study materials
  • Flexible Schedules
  • Realistic training methodology
  • High-Quality Training in Affordable Course Fees
  • Achievement Certificate, as approved by the Ministry of Education (Abu Dhabi Center for Technical and Vocational Education Training - ACTVET), HABC, AWS, IAOSHE, SHRM, etc.