Working Capital & Cash Flow Optimization
Free up cash, fund growth, and de-risk liquidity.
The executive challenge
The problem this program solves
Your close still eats the first two weeks of every month, and by the time the numbers land, the decisions they were meant to inform have already been made. working capital pays for this monthly — in trust, talent and time. The CFO's credibility is the institution's internal currency, and working capital quietly devalues it one reconciliation dispute at a time. In five days you learn to diagnose working capital at the architecture level, rebuild the close, and deliver numbers the board will trust on day nine, not day twenty.
Context
Why this matters now
Capability
What you will be able to do
- Diagnose working capital failure at the architecture level, not the symptom level.
- Architect financial data so working capital automation becomes possible rather than aspirational.
- Lead the working capital transformation agenda: sequencing, business case, governance and adoption.
- Defend a working capital transformation plan before board, audit and budget committee.
The IPAT Course Standard
The five-day journey
Each day is a deliberate progression in managerial capability — from strategic context, to analytical frameworks, to applied practice, to executive judgement under pressure, to a capstone that produces something your organisation keeps.
IPAT Signature Case™
The Working Capital Runway Is Six Months
A rebuilt 13-week cash forecast at a national power utility reveals that working capital no longer covers growth. The bank is nervous, the shareholders want expansion, and the working capital function has one credible forecast to its name.
Your decision: Choose the equity raise, the working-capital squeeze, or a growth pause — and design the working capital reporting that prevents recurrence.
IPAT Data Lab™
A county treasury cannot produce one set of numbers its directors trust.
Dataset: Synthetic consolidated statements and transaction data for a multi-division a county treasury.
Your task: Clean, map and automate the close, then design the decision dashboard the board actually needs.
A working decision dashboard and the working capital data architecture behind it.
Data → Analysis → Decision, not Data → Code → Certificate
Day 5 · The Capstone
What will you change when you return to work?
Design the finance function your institution needs: data architecture, automated processes, and a decision dashboard — with a 90-day starting sequence.
Methodology
Frameworks you will master
- • IPAT FIT Framework™
- • IPAT Data-to-Decision Framework™
- • Financial close and reporting benchmarks
- • Master data management principles
- • Zero-based process design
Cohorts
Upcoming cohorts
New dates are being scheduled
Register with your preferred start date and our admissions team will match you to the next available cohort — or contact us to arrange an in-house delivery for your organisation.
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