Working Capital Management

12 & 19 June 2025

The primary aim of working capital management is
to maximize company value while maintaining ready
access to funds required for day-to-day operations
and payments to creditors.

Learning objectives

  • Use financial ratio analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of working capital use.
  • Determine the working capital cycle.
  • Explain relations between working capital, liquidity, and short-term funding needs.
  • Evaluate alternative courses of action and provide information to support decisions on working capital.
  • Apply different approaches to working capital management: profit-based vs. value-based.
  • Determine the risks and opportunities related to working capital management.

Additional information

Target audience

CFOs, finance business partners, management accountants, financial / cost controllers, planning and analysis specialists, internal auditors, accountants.

Timing and delivery

Training date (2 workshops):  12 & 19 June 2025 
Duration: 8 hours - from 9:00 to 13:15 CET
(including one 15-minute break)
Format: Open training, LIVE/Online
Language: English
We offer this course in a closed form, tailored to the needs of a given client.

 

Training program

The training program below is a sample and can be modified to meet the unique business needs of the organization.

Components of working capital:
 

  • Receivables collection period.
  • Payables payment period.
  • Inventory days.
  • Operating cycle.
  • Cash conversion / working capital cycle.
  • Liquidity ratios.

Profit-based working capital management: 

  • Relationship between working capital and profitability.
  • Case study.

Value-based working capital management:

  • Relationship between working capital and shareholder value.
  • Working capital changes and impact on discounted future free cash flow (DCF).
  • Case study.

Different techniques used to manage working capital:

  • Strategies of working capital management: aggressive, moderate, and conservative.
  • Methods of inventory management: ABC inventory matrix, just-in-time (JIT) system, the economic order quantity (EOQ) model.
  • Methods of trade receivables management: credit control procedures, debt factoring, and invoice discounting.
  • Methods of trade payables management. Effective cost of trade credit.
  • Methods of cash management.
  • Risks of overtrading.
  • Risks and opportunities related to working capital management.

Organisational information

Date

(2 workshops): 12 & 19 June 2025

Price

1,600 PLN + VAT or 370 EUR + VAT

Duration

8 hours - from 9:00 to 13:15 CET (including one 15-minute break)

Format

Open training, LIVE/Online

Language

English

Contact us

Svitlana Zasukhina

Trainer, Senior Manager, MBA, CFA, ACMA/CGMA, CIA, PwC Poland

Tel: +48 519 062 937

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