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Description

Treasury Management: Forecasting Cash Flows, Making Trade-Offs and Securing Payments

Know each week where cash is heading and decide before the bank decides for you

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

Many companies manage treasury on the strength of the morning bank balance. Customer collections are monitored with no link to committed disbursements and forecasts rarely extend beyond the current month. Banking charges accumulate unchecked and fraud attempts target approval routes that were never clearly defined.

These two days establish a genuine treasurer's practice. Participants build their cash position and connect it to operating cycles, then develop a rolling forecast fed by operational teams. They prepare the negotiation of banking terms and short-term facilities, then lock down payment approval routes.

Learning objectives

  • Build a reliable cash position from banking and accounting data
  • Develop a rolling cash forecast fed by operational departments
  • Analyse the causes of variances between forecast and actual figures
  • Negotiate banking terms and select a suitable short-term financing solution
  • Secure payment approval routes against fraud attempts

What makes this programme different

A rolling cash forecast is built step by step in a spreadsheet provided to participants
The banking terms of a real case are examined line by line
A supplier bank-details change fraud scenario is run live in the session

Programme

1Cash Position and Treasury Cycles

Connecting the bank balance to business activity

  • Building the daily cash position and understanding value dates
  • Link between working capital requirements and cash
  • Monitoring customer collections and late payments
  • Identifying seasonal timing gaps specific to the business

2Cash Flow Forecasting

Anticipating rather than reporting

  • Annual cash budget and short-term rolling forecast
  • Gathering information from operational departments
  • Analysing variances between forecast and actual
  • Stress scenarios and safety margins

3Banking Relationships and Financing

Paying a fair price for banking services

  • Reading the terms and commissions applied
  • Comparing receivables financing solutions
  • Authorised overdraft and short-term facilities
  • Preparing a banking negotiation meeting

4Securing Payments

Closing the doors before the incident

  • Approval routes and segregation of duties
  • Verifying changes to supplier bank details
  • Controls over exceptional transfers and urgent requests
  • Monitoring payment instruments and bank reconciliation

Who is it for

Accountants · administrative and finance managers · and staff taking on responsibility for a company's treasury.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with basic accounting mechanisms and the ability to read an income statement and a balance sheet.

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.