Objectives:

The aim of this course it to help business owner/managers to better understand the fundamental financial drivers of their business and teach them effective cash management, principles and tools, as well as tips on planning and pivoting. It will teach the participants the best functions and lay-outs for financial projections and forecasting.

Syllabus:

• What is Cash Flow Management?
• Cash Vs Profit (Incorporating the Profit & Loss Account and Balance Sheet)
• The Cash Conversion Cycle
• Ways to preserve and improve your cash flow
• The supports available to business owners
• Planning & Pivoting
• Cash Flow Forecasts & Projections – demonstration and
• templates
• Tax Planning – cashflow deadlines and helpful tips

Methodology:

Clear demonstrations by the trainer using PowerPoint and Excel and Annotations (Zoom).

User-friendly, real business case-study used as the training tool.

Practical exercises for participants.

Interactive learning with lots of opportunities to ask practical questions of a chartered accountant in the (zoom) room with them for a day.

Trainer:  Sarah McGuinness is a Chartered Certified Accountant (a fellow of ACCA), business advisor and trainer. She runs her own accounting, tax and training practice in Lucan, Co. Dublin since June 2004. She has built up invaluable experience and a reputation as a strong, effective communicator. As she is a practicing accountant, it ensures the course material always stays relevant, up-to-date and effective for small business owners. Over the last twenty years she has developed and delivered training courses for many LEOs.

This course is for Westmeath Businesses. Businesses who book on who are not based in Westmeath may be removed if the place is required by a Westmeath-based business