Working Capital Management Corporate Training
Learn to manage receivables, inventory, and payables, forecast short-term cash, and free up working capital trapped in the business.
Edstellar, a corporate training company, delivers corporate Working Capital Management training for finance, treasury, and operations teams that need practical, hands-on cash management skills.
Instructor-led group trainingVirtual / on-site / off-site10 languagesDelivered inEnglish, Spanish, Mandarin, German, Arabic, Portuguese, Hindi, French, Japanese, Italian100+ countriesWe have delivered inUnited States, United Kingdom, India, Canada, Germany, France, Netherlands, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Australia, Japan, Brazil, South Africa and 90+ more countries
How we build a cash-efficient finance team
The Edstellar WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Capability Model
Assess working capital capability
Skill checks map your team's grasp of cycle drivers, ratios, and cash forecasting basics.
Standardize cycle diagnostics
Common templates for aging, inventory, and payables analysis align every analyst to one method.
Practice with guided finance labs
Hands-on labs let teams model receivables, inventory, payment timing, and cash forecasts on realistic data.
Measure cash released
Improvement plans with quantified cash impact turn working capital work into visible outcomes.
Scale discipline across units
Forecasting routines and policy templates extend working capital discipline across the business.
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Program Overview: What is Working Capital Management?
Working Capital Management is Edstellar's instructor-led program for finance, treasury, credit control, procurement, and operations teams that influence cash tied up in the business. Over six modules, participants diagnose the cash conversion cycle, manage receivables, optimize inventory, time payables, and forecast short-term cash. The emphasis stays practical: freeing working capital without straining suppliers or customers.
Training is hands-on from the first module. Participants build a cash conversion cycle model in guided spreadsheet labs, layering in receivables aging, inventory days, and payables schedules module by module. Instructors coach teams through credit policy redesigns, supplier-term renegotiation scenarios, and cash forecasting exercises, reviewing every model with direct feedback. The program closes with a capstone in which the team presents a full Working Capital Improvement Plan for its own business.
Many profitable businesses still bleed cash through slow collections, bloated inventory, and payables timed by habit rather than strategy. This program teaches teams to read the cash conversion cycle as one system and pull the right lever at the right time. Every technique is practiced on realistic data, so learning transfers straight to the balance sheet.
The program's final module is the capstone: each team builds a complete Working Capital Improvement Plan on its own numbers, with receivables, inventory, and payables targets plus a prioritized action sequence. Plans are defended in front of instructors who pressure-test the assumptions. Your finance team goes back to work with a signed, sequenced improvement plan that the CFO can read and act on.
Six modules and 24 hours: working capital fundamentals and the cash conversion cycle, receivables and credit policy, inventory optimization, payables and supplier terms, forecasting and financing decisions, and a capstone improvement plan. Each module pairs concise concept delivery with a guided spreadsheet lab on realistic company data, so teams leave with models, templates, and policy checklists they can apply to their own balance sheets immediately.
What's Included in this Workshop for Your Enterprise Teams
- 1
Cycle diagnostic toolkit
Worksheets to break the cash conversion cycle into actionable levers.
- 2
Forecasting model pack
13-week cash forecast and funding-need models your team can reuse.
- 3
Policy checklists
Credit, inventory, and payables policy formats ready to adapt.
- 4
Improvement plan format
A structured template for quantified working capital plans.
- Instructor-led delivery across virtual, onsite, and hybrid
- 24 hours of live instruction across six modules
- Guided spreadsheet labs in every module with instructor coaching
- Models: cash forecasts, aging schedules, inventory calculators
- Capstone working capital improvement plan with instructor review
- Session recordings and lab guides shared on your LMS
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Working Capital Management Course Topics and Program Outline
A tailored 24-hour, six-module workshop: one learning journey from cash cycle basics to a capstone working capital improvement plan.
Built by Edstellar with finance and treasury practitioners
Built by practitioners who manage working capital and cash on live balance sheets, shaped around your stack and use cases.
Skill checks baseline your team's grasp of working capital drivers, ratios, and cash cycle mechanics before training begins.
Instructor-led sessions cover working capital fundamentals, receivables, credit policy, and the cash conversion cycle.
Guided labs on realistic data: aging schedules, inventory models, payment timing, and cash forecasts.
A capstone build assembles a complete working capital improvement plan and defends it in a leadership review.
From cash cycle basics to a capstone working capital improvement plan your team can run.
Delivered as
Delivered as a hybrid program of live instruction and guided spreadsheet labs, with recordings and models shared afterward.
Compute the cash conversion cycle for sample companies using their financial statements.
learna)Components of working capital on the balance sheet
b)The cash conversion cycle, step by step
c)Reading working capital in financial statements
d)Working capital needs by business model
Build an aging schedule from sample invoices and design a collection plan for overdue accounts.
learna)Credit policy design and customer risk checks
b)Aging schedules and days sales outstanding
c)Collection routines and escalation paths
d)Discounts, factoring, and receivables trade-offs
Run ABC segmentation and set reorder points on a sample SKU dataset in a spreadsheet lab.
practicea)ABC analysis and inventory segmentation
b)Reorder points and safety stock logic
c)Carrying cost versus stockout trade-offs
d)Slow-moving and obsolete inventory actions
Model payment timing scenarios and compare early-pay discounts against the cost of capital.
practicea)Negotiating payment terms with suppliers
b)Days payable outstanding and cash timing
c)Early-payment discounts versus cost of capital
d)Supplier relationship risks of stretched payables
Build a 13-week cash forecast for a sample business and size its funding requirement.
applya)Short-term cash flow forecasting methods
b)Sizing the working capital requirement
c)Overdrafts, credit lines, and supply chain finance
d)Covenants and reporting to lenders
Build a complete working capital improvement plan for a sample company and defend it in an instructor-led review.
applya)Diagnosing the full cash conversion cycle
b)Prioritizing levers by cash impact
c)Sequencing actions across finance and operations
d)Presenting the plan for leadership review
Customize this program tailored to your team?
Tell us your training needs: what your team already works with, the level they’re at, and the topics you want them to focus on. We’ll adjust the modules, duration and hands-on labs, and send you a customized outline for your group.
Key Skills and Outcomes Your Team Will Gain
Seven job-ready outcomes your team will demonstrate by the end of the program, practiced in guided labs.
Diagnose the cash conversion cycle
Break the cycle into receivables, inventory, and payables levers with numbers.
Design credit policy and collection routines
Set terms, assess customer risk, and run collections that cut DSO.
Optimize inventory levels
Use ABC analysis, reorder points, and safety stock to balance cash and service.
Time payables strategically
Negotiate terms and time payments for cash benefit without harming suppliers.
Build short-term cash forecasts
Produce 13-week forecasts that size funding needs before they bite.
Compare working capital financing options
Weigh overdrafts, credit lines, and supply chain finance for seasonal needs.
Build a working capital improvement plan
Combine diagnosis, levers, and sequencing into one quantified plan.
Teams that Benefit from this Working Capital Management Group Training
This group training is built for finance, treasury, credit control, procurement, and operations teams that influence cash tied up in the business. Content adapts to role and experience so each cohort practices the diagnostics, models, and routines it owns day to day.
Free cash trapped in receivables and inventory.
Finance teams learn to diagnose the cash conversion cycle, forecast short-term cash, and size funding needs with confidence.
Workflow friction
- Cash forecasts built on gut feel
- Working capital buried in month-end close
- Funding needs sized too late
How the program helps
- Cash conversion cycle diagnostics by lever
- 13-week cash forecast models
- Financing options compared side by side
Practice use cases
- Cash forecast labs
- Cycle diagnostic exercises
- Funding model builds
Collect faster with a sharper credit policy.
Credit teams practice customer risk checks, aging analysis, and collection routines that cut days sales outstanding.
Workflow friction
- Overdue accounts discovered too late
- One-size-fits-all credit terms
- Collections without a clear process
How the program helps
- Aging schedules that flag risk early
- Credit terms matched to customer risk
- Collection playbooks with escalation paths
Practice use cases
- Aging schedule labs
- Credit policy workshops
- Collection plan builds
Turn payables into a cash management lever.
Procurement teams learn to negotiate terms, time payments, and balance cash benefit with supplier health.
Workflow friction
- Terms negotiated without cash impact view
- Early-pay discounts left on the table
- Stretched payables damaging suppliers
How the program helps
- Payment terms negotiation frameworks
- Discount versus cost-of-capital analysis
- Supplier risk checks before stretching terms
Practice use cases
- Terms negotiation labs
- Payment timing models
- Supplier risk reviews
Cut inventory without risking service levels.
Operations teams practice ABC analysis, reorder points, and safety stock logic on realistic demand data.
Workflow friction
- Excess stock tying up cash
- Stockouts from guesswork ordering
- Obsolete inventory written off late
How the program helps
- ABC segmentation for focused effort
- Reorder points grounded in demand data
- Slow-moving stock action plans
Practice use cases
- Inventory modeling labs
- Reorder point exercises
- Slow-stock reviews
Cohorts train as a cross-functional workforce, with each small group practicing the working capital workflows it owns and sharing models and plans across teams.
Prerequisites: This program benefits finance, treasury, and operations professionals who touch receivables, inventory, or payables. Comfort with basic financial statements helps but is not required; the program adapts to each cohort's industry, systems, and maturity level. No advanced finance background is needed.
Finance Analyst to Treasury Lead
Tracks how finance professionals progress from cash cycle fundamentals to designing quantified improvement plans through hands-on practice.
A program that grows with finance careers, from cash cycle basics to confident working capital improvement planning.
Different Teams, Locations, Time Zones, or Languages? We've Got You Covered.
Whether your teams are spread across countries, time zones, languages, or experience levels, we deliver tailored training programs that ensure a consistent learning experience across your global workforce.
Certificate of Training Completion.
On successful completion, employees receive an Edstellar course completion certificate, recognizing their commitment to ongoing learning and professional development. It validates the skills they have built and motivates them to keep growing and contribute to organizational success.
Earned, not attended. Awarded on completion of all hands-on labs and the capstone project.
Training Delivery Modes: Onsite, Virtual and Hybrid
All three modes include the same 24 hours of instruction, guided labs, and models; recordings and lab guides are shared on your LMS afterward.
Onsite Training
Instructor-led training delivered at your office for teams that want in-person instruction and collaboration.
- Delivered at your office
- In-person labs and coaching
- Team workshops on your data
- Direct trainer interaction
Live Virtual Training
Live virtual sessions with the same spreadsheet labs, models, and instructor interaction as onsite cohorts.
- Live instructor-led sessions
- Interactive labs and breakout groups
- Real-time Q&A and coaching
- Recordings for later review
Hybrid Training
Instructor-led sessions mix onsite and virtual delivery so distributed teams train together with live labs and coaching.
- Blend of onsite and virtual sessions
- Same guided labs in every module
- Instructor coaching across locations
- Recordings shared on your LMS
Need a customized training format that works for your team?
Our training delivery is customized to your team's schedule, full days, half days, sessions spread across weeks, or modular formats. Share your preferred timeline, and we'll plan the training around it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Share your team size, timelines, and delivery preference, and we will send a tailored proposal for your cohort.
Yes. A short call with a training advisor maps your working capital pain points and goals before we finalize the plan.
Yes. Live virtual sessions run instructor-led with the same spreadsheet labs, models, and Q&A as onsite cohorts.
Yes. Onsite delivery is available at your offices for teams that want in-person instruction and collaboration.
The program runs 24 hours across six modules, typically delivered over four to six working days.
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Where this Training Fits in Your Team's learning path.
Working capital management builds on statement analysis. Your team reads the statements first, then manages receivables, payables and inventory in this course, moves to treasury and liquidity, and finally uses trade and supply chain finance.
READ THE STATEMENTS
Financial Statement Analysis Training
Analyse financial statements to see how cash is tied up in operations.
MANAGE WORKING CAPITAL
Working Capital Management Training
Improve receivables, payables and inventory cycles to release cash.
MANAGE LIQUIDITY
Treasury & Liquidity Management Corporate Training
Forecast and manage liquidity across the business at treasury level.
FINANCE THE SUPPLY CHAIN
Trade Finance & Supply Chain Finance Corporate Training
Use trade finance and supply chain finance to fund trade and support suppliers.
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Why Choose Edstellar as Your Working Capital Management Corporate Training Provider
When comparing providers, Edstellar is the training partner that turns working capital management into practiced team skill, not theory.
EXPERT TRAINERS
YEARS DELIVERING
ORGANIZATIONS TRAINED
CERTIFIED
Tailored
Every cohort's labs, datasets, and case companies are tuned to your industry and working capital priorities.
Proven Methodology
A structured cycle-to-cash framework refined across finance teams in global enterprises.
Practice-Based Learning
Guided labs in every module: aging schedules, inventory models, payment timing, and cash forecasts.
Expert Trainers
Finance practitioners with real treasury and credit management experience teach every session.
Global Scale
One delivery partner across regions, with consistent working capital content for every cohort.
Measurable Outcomes
Skill checks, model builds, and the capstone improvement plan make capability gains visible.
Connect Working Capital Choices With Cash Forecasts and Balanced Operational Decisions
Edstellar develops working capital skills by linking receivables, inventory, and payables with short-term cash needs. Participants analyze aging, compare operating levers, and build a forecast before examining funding choices. A complete improvement plan makes customer, supplier, and service trade-offs visible, with feedback on calculations, assumptions, and the practicality of proposed actions.
- Step 01
Consult
We explore finance and operations responsibilities, identifying gaps in cash conversion analysis, overdue receivables, inventory decisions, supplier terms, and the forecasting of short-term funding needs.
- Step 02
Plan
We establish the cash conversion cycle, develop receivables and inventory analysis, then connect payables and forecasting with financing choices in a working capital plan.
- Step 03
Align
We align working capital expertise with treasury, credit, procurement, and operations teams, calibrating financial exercises to their experience and the cash-cycle levers they influence.
- Step 04
Customize
We adapt fictional invoices, stock profiles, supplier terms, and cash flows to familiar business conditions, preserving trade-offs without changing payment commitments or using confidential accounts.
- Step 05
Execute
Participants build aging schedules, design collection approaches, and prepare a 13-week cash forecast, receiving feedback on assumptions, funding estimates, and the effects of proposed operating changes.
- Step 06
Evaluate
We assess the improvement plan for accurate cash-cycle analysis, consistent forecasts, justified funding comparisons, and actions that explicitly consider customer relationships, supplier effects, and operating needs.
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Working Capital Management Training Packages & Pricing
Where L&D holds an annual budget, license packages price the whole year at once instead of raising a purchase order per workshop. Hours and licenses are pooled across teams, programs and locations, so unused capacity is not stranded in one department.
Starter
120
trainee licenses64 hours of group training
Tailored for SMBs
Growth
320
trainee licenses160 hours of group training
Ideal for growing SMBs
Enterprise
800
trainee licenses400 hours of group training
Designed for large corporations
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Unlimited
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Multi-region and multi-year
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