Your business is showing profit on paper while running short of cash — and cost overruns are only visible in the P&L report a month after the damage is done, when it's too late to intervene.
Participants develop practical skills in cash flow forecasting, cost management, and P&L interpretation — learning to spot financial warning signs early, control spending proactively, and use financial statements as management tools rather than compliance outputs. Finance and operations teams start driving profitability rather than just reporting it.
Key Outcomes
Build a 13-week rolling cash flow forecast and identify funding gaps before they become crises
Analyse a P&L to identify margin erosion, cost drivers, and underperforming revenue lines
Apply cost control techniques: variance analysis, cost classification, and departmental cost ownership
Develop and monitor a cash conversion cycle improvement plan for working capital optimisation
What Makes it Different
Cash Flow Crisis Simulation: participants manage a business through a cash crunch using real-time decision making
P&L Diagnostic Exercise: participants identify and explain five financial warning signs in a real company P&L
Cash Flow Forecast Template: a pre-built 13-week rolling forecast model ready for immediate organisational use
P&L and cash flow exercises can be modelled on your organisation's actual financial structure and cost categories for direct operational relevance.
High value for finance, operations, and general management teams — particularly relevant for organisations facing margin pressure, rapid growth, or cash flow volatility across manufacturing, trading, and services sectors.