Advanced Planning Core module

Financial planning & business planning

Turn a business idea into numbers: sales, costs, cash flow, break-even and a plan you can defend.

Duration
4 days · 24h
Format
Intensive multi-day, one day per week, or weekend
Language of instruction
Khmer, with English materials
Locations
Siem Reap, Kampong Chhnang, Phnom Penh

Objective

Teach participants how to translate a business idea into a realistic financial plan.

Main topics

  • What is a business plan?
  • Defining the business idea
  • Identifying customers
  • Understanding the market
  • Estimating sales
  • Determining prices
  • Fixed and variable costs
  • Initial investment requirements
  • Preparing a start-up budget
  • Revenue forecasting
  • Expense forecasting
  • Cash-flow planning
  • Break-even analysis
  • Profitability
  • Financing requirements
  • Identifying financial risks
  • Scenario planning
  • Monitoring actual performance against forecasts

Practical exercise

Participants develop a simplified financial plan for a small Cambodian business, such as a café, food stall, agricultural activity, handicraft business or service company.

What is included

  • Trainer-led sessions in person
  • Printed workbook and reusable templates
  • Individual and group exercises
  • Certificate of participation on completion