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Webcast description

In the first part of this two-part webcast series, you'll explore how to plan and set up a short-term cash flow forecast.

First, you'll review some of the benefits of cash flow forecasting, then consider the prospective users of the cash flow forecast and how their requirements guide the setup of the forecast. 

You'll also learn about forecast attributes and format, types of cash flows, and some fundamental short-term forecast techniques.

This webcast should be useful to finance and business professionals setting up a first cash flow forecast or for those who want to refine an existing cash flow forecast. 

 

Presenter: Karen Horcher Read more

This webcast will teach you to

• plan properly for good cash flow forecasting
• choose appropriate attributes, including time horizon and forecast interval
• understand basic cash flow forecast methods
• update and refine the forecast as needed

Presentation outline

• Fundamentals of cash flow forecasting
• Benefits of cash flow forecasting
• Types of forecasts
• Planning the cash flow forecast
• Setting up the time horizon
• Forecast interval
• Foreign currencies
• Forecast format
• Types of cash flows
• Forecast method
• Forecast updating

Companion webcast

If you want to go deeper, check out the second part of the cash flow forecasting series, where you'll learn about tools and techniques for refining your short-term forecast. 
 

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Karen Horcher, CFA, CGA, provides expertise in treasury and finance for multinational corporations and financial institutions. She began her career trading currencies, interest rates, and derivatives and later moved into financial risk management. Karen’s recent projects involve assisting management and boards with treasury and cash management issues, development of financial policies and processes, analysis of derivatives losses, and she has also acted as an expert for legal and regulatory authorities. The author of several finance books including Essentials of Managing Treasury and Essentials of Financial Risk Management, both published by Wiley, Karen is a frequent seminar leader and speaker on financial topics. She is a Certified General Accountant (CGA) and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.