Dates and location
Pricing
Hours
Dates and location
Pricing
Hours
Description
This certificate program is tailored for CPAs leading cash management and liquidity for small and mid-size businesses, especially in times of trade disruptions and economic uncertainty. Learn to manage cash and liquidity confidently during volatile times. This hands-on program provides practical tools for forecasting, treasury management, and cash control tailored to fast-moving, resource-constrained environments.
Topics Covered:
- Navigating Economic Uncertainty: A Canadian SME Survival Playbook
- Cash Flow Forecasting and Liquidity Planning for SMEs
- Optimizing Operating Cash and Working Capital
- Managing FX, Interest Rate and Liquidity Risks
- Resilience Planning and Strategic Treasury
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Schedule
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September 15, 2026 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
Module 1: Navigating Economic Uncertainty: A Canadian SME Survival Playbook
Module 2: Cash Flow Forecasting & Liquidity Planning for SMEs
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September 22, 2026 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
Module 3: Optimizing Operating Cash & Working Capital
Module 4: Managing FX, Interest Rate, and Liquidity Risks
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September 29, 2026 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. |
Module 5: Resilience Planning & Strategic Treasury
Capstone Activity: Build Your Treasury Playbook Participants will complete a 1-page customized liquidity strategy for their company, applying tools and tactics learned across all sessions which must address real issues within their company and be implementable. The expectation is the practical capstone generates actual cost avoidance, cost savings, reduce financial risks, or increase revenues. |
Key Takeaways
On completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Understand the role of treasury in entrepreneurial finance.
- Develop accurate, dynamic cash flow forecasts.
- Optimize operating cash and manage funding constraints.
- Select tools, platforms, and structures to improve visibility.
- Strengthen governance and contingency planning.
Earn a Digital Badge
Our new collection of digital badges can be earned through the completion of any of our certificate programs offered in our professional development catalogue. Collect these digital badges to add to your website, social profiles, email signature and more. These badges are an easy way to visually communicate your skills and accomplishments to your peers and network. Digital badges will be awarded based on course completion requirements.
Who Will Benefit
CPAs leading cash management and liquidity for small and mid-size businesses, especially in times of trade disruptions and economic uncertainty.
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Attendance Requirements
To earn your CPD hours and Digital Badge, you must attend 2 of 3 live sessions. We understand that sometimes unplanned absences happen. Please reach out to our Operations Team if you're unable to attend a session as scheduled.
How to Access the Course
This CPA Ontario course is a live virtual certificate program delivered over three live sessions. We recommend you join five minutes prior to the scheduled starting time of each session. Recordings of all sessions will be available to all registrants.
To access the course please visit our BlackBoard site, and log-in using the same login and password used for the Registration Portal.
Please allow up to 15 minutes after registration for the course to appear on your BlackBoard page.
Registration, cancellation, withdrawal and all other CPA Ontario PD policies can be found here.