Leveraging Working Capital: Back to Basics in Turbulent Times

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Sponsored by: Capital One

In today's unpredictable economic landscape, building financial resilience is paramount. Turning inward to optimize working capital is a cost-effective strategy to weather financial storms. Effectively managing your working capital—collecting money faster, optimizing your liquidity, and extending your payables—transforms your ability to operate efficiently, manage cash flow, and seize growth opportunities, even in turbulent times.

Join our webcast to explore practical strategies for strengthening your financial foundation. Discover why working capital, costing virtually nothing to build, is crucial for day-to-day operations, meeting short-term obligations, fueling growth, and maintaining financial stability.

You'll learn how to:

  • Implement actionable strategies to accelerate receivables and assess the true cost of slow payments
  • Enhance liquidity, review idle cash for better returns, and implement "laddering" for optimal cash management
  • Optimize payables by strategically reviewing vendor terms, discounts, and payment options to extract value
  • Establish critical KPIs, benchmark against peers, and regularly review metrics to guide working capital decisions
  • Identify, measure, track, and mitigate financial risks, including uncovering hidden vulnerabilities

Register today to fortify your business against uncertainty and unlock the inherent value within your working capital. Gain the knowledge to navigate these turbulent times with confidence.

Speakers:
David Benjamin | Director, TM Client Advisory & Development | Capital One
Dave Benjamin joined Capital One's Treasury Management (TM) organization in 2014 and led the TM Sales teams for Mid-Corporate and Large Corporate markets.  Currently, Dave leads the Client Advisory & Development efforts.  This team is responsible for Sales Enablement and Readiness, Content Management, RFP responses, and other TM-related initiatives which touch our Clients.

Prior to Capital One, Dave worked at Fifth Third Bank, Bank of America, Visa, and USBank in a number of roles including Product Management, Sales, Consulting, and Acquisition Migration.  Much of his background prior to Capital One centered on the card industry and he was a member of the teams which introduced the early versions of ATM/Debit Cards, Purchasing Cards, and Virtual Card offers.

Dave and his wife are both from a small town in Minnesota and now live in Richmond, VA with their son and a miniature  dachshund named Clara.  Beyond Capital One, their family enjoys traveling, fishing, and getting together with their neighbors and friends.

Erol Aspromatis | Sr. Business Director, TM Go to Market | Capital One
Erol Aspromatis joined Capital One in 2022, where he leads the Commercial Deposit Pricing, Analytics, and Data functions within Treasury Management's Product and Analytics team. He and his team are responsible for managing the Commercial Bank's $30 billion deposit portfolio, collaborating closely with Relationship Managers and Treasury Management Consultants to provide clients with optimal liquidity solutions at competitive rates.

Before his tenure at Capital One, Erol gained extensive experience at JPMorgan Chase, PNC, and KeyBank, holding various positions of increasing responsibility. He developed expertise in banking by building out best-in-class capabilities in Marketing Analytics, Deposit & Loan Pricing, and Product Management. Erol holds an MBA from The Ohio State University and is a graduate of the CBA Executive Banking School program.

Erol resides outside of Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife and daughter. When he's not focused on his banking career, he enjoys attending his daughter's soccer games or riding through the countryside.

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