Liquidity Planning: Simple, System-supported, Future-Proof 2021 - Mannheim | Schwabe, Ley & Greiner | 3 May 2021 | Online

The sustainable safeguarding of liquidity is considered to be the main goal for the financial management of companies. A prerequisite for this is a meaningful and reliable liquidity planning. This must take into account the individual requirements of the business model and should be as efficient as possible. This is ensured by lean, digital processes, the targeted use of the right data, and suitable system support. We present different methods and approaches, discuss current trends and range from Excel to predictive analytics.

Main Topics:
• What is "Liquidity"?
• Factors influencing liquidity risk
• What distinguishes multi-year financial planning from intra-year liquidity planning?
• What is the difference between direct and indirect liquidity planning?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of indirect or direct liquidity planning?
• How should liquidity planning be structured?
• How can plan cash flows be determined?
• What must be considered in the process of liquidity planning?
• How are actual cash flows determined and for what purpose?
• How can the liquidity risk be analyzed?
• How can system support be designed?

2021 Speaker

Peter Zeller
Manager at Schwabe, Ley & Greiner