The Working Capital Playbook (Excel Toolkit)
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The Working Capital Playbook — The Excel System That Finds and Releases Your Trapped Cash
If someone asked you right now — "How much cash could you release from your working capital cycle in the next 90 days, and exactly which three actions would get you there?" — could you answer with a number?
Most finance leaders can't. Not because the cash isn't there. It's because nobody's built the system to find it, quantify it, and turn it into a plan.
The Working Capital Playbook is that system.
The problem this solves
Working capital advice online is either too generic ("reduce your DSO!") or too academic (textbook formulas with no path to action). Neither tells you: how much cash, from where, by when, and who owns the next step.
What the Playbook actually does
Built as a 13-tab Excel workbook, it takes your receivables, payables and inventory data and turns it into:
A live Cash Conversion Cycle diagnostic — your DSO, DPO, DIO and CCC calculated automatically and benchmarked against targets you set
A quantified cash release opportunity, broken down by category (Receivables / Payables / Inventory) — not an estimate, a number
A ranked, 12-action implementation plan — each action scored by cash impact, effort and priority, so you know what to tackle first
A 12-month phasing schedule — because cash doesn't release all at once; this shows you the realistic month-by-month build-up
A CFO/board-ready dashboard — KPI ribbon, cash conversion cycle chart, cash-release-by-category donut chart, prior-vs-current trend, and the 12-month cash-release area chart, all auto-populated from your inputs
An Executive Summary tab — a genuine one-page board document: the headline number, the top 3 priority actions, and a sign-off block, ready to forward or print
Proof, not promises
We ran the Playbook on a demo manufacturing company's numbers. The result: £1,651,829 in cash release identified — 13% of annual revenue — with the largest single opportunity in receivables (faster collections), phased in fully within 6 months. That's the kind of output you're building for your own business from day one.
What's included in your download
✅ 13-tab Excel workbook (.xlsx) — fully formula-driven, editable, pre-built charts
✅ PDF user guide — walks through every tab, every input, every output
✅ One-page quick reference (PDF) — Keep this beside your workbook — not a substitute for the full User Guide
✅ Works completely offline — no subscriptions, no browser add-ins, no data leaves your machine
✅ Lifetime access — one payment, yours to keep and reuse every reporting period
Who this is built for
Finance Managers, Finance Directors, Finance Controllers, CFOs, Treasurers, Treasury Managers and Accountants — at companies of any size, in any sector, in any country — anyone who needs a working capital position they can defend in a board meeting, not just describe in a memo.
Why Boss Finance
This isn't a template pulled together for resale. Boss Finance is built and run by a practitioner: MSc, FCA-qualified, with 15+ years of hands-on treasury and CFO advisory experience. Every formula, every benchmark, and every action in this workbook reflects how working capital is actually diagnosed and released in real finance functions — not how it's described in a textbook.
The Ownership Method™
The Working Capital Playbook is part of Boss Finance's See It · Own It · Achieve It framework — practitioner-built tools that take you from visibility to control to results. This is the "release the cash" chapter of that system.
Pricing
$39 / £29 / ₦41,000 / Also available in your home currency — one-time payment, instant download, lifetime use.
(Also available as part of the Own It Bundle, paired with the Daily Treasury Snapshot — see that listing for bundle pricing and savings.)
FAQ
Does this require any add-ins or subscriptions?
No. It's a standard .xlsx file that opens in Excel (2016 or later) or Excel 365. No plugins, no internet connection required after download.
Will this work with my company's numbers, or is it built for one industry?
The structure is industry-agnostic — you input your own receivables, payables and inventory data, and the benchmarks are yours to set. The demo uses a manufacturing example, but the logic applies across sectors.
Is this a one-time report or something I use repeatedly?
It's built to be re-run every reporting period — monthly, quarterly, whatever your cadence is — so your cash release plan stays current.
What if I want the daily cash visibility tool too?
Check out the Own It Bundle, which pairs this Playbook with the Daily Treasury Snapshot at a bundled price (~20% less than buying both separately).
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Olubusola Olawale | BOSS Finance
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