UPCOMING

Projecting and Financing Long-Term Sales Growth and Cash Flow Repayment Ability

Webinar ID
DSP-LW-2607-191
Date
Thursday, September 10, 2026
Time
09:00 AM PDT | 12:00 PM EDT
Duration
60 Minutes

Webinar Details

Overview 

Sustainable business growth requires more than increasing sales—it demands careful financial planning, realistic forecasting, and a clear understanding of how growth impacts cash flow and debt repayment capacity. Whether seeking financing, evaluating investment opportunities, or planning for expansion, organizations must be able to demonstrate that projected growth is both achievable and financially sustainable.

This practical webinar provides finance professionals, lenders, business owners, and financial analysts with a structured approach to projecting long-term sales growth, forecasting cash flow, and evaluating repayment ability. Participants will learn how to build realistic financial projections, assess financing needs, identify potential risks, and communicate growth strategies with confidence.

Why You Should Attend

Growth projections play a critical role in business planning, lending decisions, and investment analysis. However, unrealistic assumptions, poor cash flow forecasting, or inadequate financing strategies can quickly undermine even the most promising growth plans.

This webinar will help participants develop reliable forecasting techniques, evaluate repayment capacity, and make informed financing decisions that support long-term business success.

By attending, you will learn how to:

  • Develop realistic long-term sales and revenue projections

  • Forecast cash flow to support business growth

  • Evaluate a company's debt repayment capacity

  • Determine appropriate financing strategies for expansion

  • Identify financial risks that could impact future performance

  • Improve financial planning and lending decisions

Who Will Benefit

This webinar is ideal for:

  • Commercial Lenders and Loan Officers

  • Credit Analysts and Underwriters

  • CFOs and Finance Leaders

  • Financial Analysts and FP&A Professionals

  • Controllers and Accounting Managers

  • Business Owners and Entrepreneurs

  • Treasury and Cash Management Professionals

  • Risk Management Professionals

  • Investment and Banking Professionals

  • Anyone involved in financial planning, lending, or business growth decisions

Areas Covered in the Session

  • Building Realistic Long-Term Sales Growth Projections

  • Forecasting Cash Flow and Working Capital Requirements

  • Evaluating Debt Service Coverage and Repayment Ability

  • Financing Growth Through Debt, Equity, and Internal Cash Flow

  • Developing Financial Assumptions and Scenario Analysis

  • Measuring Profitability, Liquidity, and Financial Sustainability

  • Identifying Risks That Can Affect Future Cash Flow

  • Using Financial Ratios to Assess Repayment Capacity

  • Presenting Financial Projections to Lenders and Investors

  • Real-World Case Studies and Best Practices for Financial Planning

 

Instructor Details

Dev Strischek

Dev Strischek

Principal

Devon Risk Advisory Group

Dev Strischek A frequent speaker, instructor, advisor, and writer on credit risk and commercial banking topics and issues, Dev is principal of Devon Risk Advisory Group and engages in consulting, speaking and training on a wide range of risk, credit, and lending topics. As former SVP and senior credit policy officer at SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, he was responsible for developing, implementing, and administering credit policies for SunTrust's wholesale lines of business--commercial, commercial real estate, corporate investment banking, capital markets, business banking, and private wealth management. He also spent three years as managing director and credit approver in SunTrust's Florida commercial lending and corporate investment banking areas, respectively. Prior to SunTrust, Dev was chief credit officer for Barnett Bank's Palm Beach market. Besides stints at other banks in Florida, Kansas City, and Ohio, Dev's experiences outside of banking include CFO of a Honolulu construction company, combat engineer officer in the U.S. Army, and college economics instructor in Hawaii, Missouri, and Florida. A graduate of Ohio State University and the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking, he earned his M.B.A. from the University of Hawaii.

Dev serves as an instructor in the ABA’s Stonier Graduate School of Banking, the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking, the Pacific Coast Banking School, and the American Bankers Association's (ABA) Commercial Lending. His school, conference, and workshop audiences have included participants drawn from the ABA, RMA, OCC, Federal Reserve, FDIC, FFIEC, SBA, the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) and the AICPA.

Dev has written about credit risk management, financial analysis and related subjects for the ABA's Commercial Insights, the Risk Management Association's RMA Journal, and other business professional journals. He is the author of Analyzing Construction Contractors and its related RMA workshop. A past national chair of RMA and former Florida Chapter president, Dev serves as a member of the RMA Journal's advisory board, and an ex-officio board member of the Florida and Atlanta RMA chapters. He also serves on the advisory board of the Atlanta Chapter of the Professional Risk Managers' International Association (PRMIA), and he has consulted on credit risk issues with banks in Morocco, Egypt, and Angola through the US State Department's Financial Service Volunteer Corps (FSVC)

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$137
Multi Attendees: Unlimited team members
Recording Access: 6 months unlimited viewing
Recording Availability: Within 24 hours after live session