Course description
Practical knowledge of budgeting skills is vital for effective operational management, and for ensuring short-term tactical goals are aligned correctly with medium and longterm strategic objectives. This is, of course, particularly challenging in the current uncertain economic and social climate, making it more all the more important for nonfinancial corporate leaders to keep abreast of the latest forecasting techniques and practices
This highly intensive course offers a theoretical background and also the practical methods and techniques essential for the development of budgeting systems and their related functions.It will provides a simplified, yet in-depth, insight into the mechanics of budgeting
It will also give the opportunity for delegates to focus on developing and enhancing their knowledge and practical application of all the concepts, processes, and techniques evolved around budgeting for best performance.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
This Budgeting Masterclass Training Course Ideal for:
- People who want to manage their finances better, but don't know where to start.
- Someone interested in learning how to enhance their current financial framework.
- Anyone who wants to objectively manage and analyze their financial goals.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
By the end of the Budgeting Masterclass Training Course you will be able to:
- Build up the appropriate methods for effective budgeting as part of the planning process.
- create multiple budgeting models for all elements of a budget.
- Understand the use of activity-based budgeting, compared with other budgeting methods
- Develop and effectively control budgets.
- Provide budgeting knowledge that can be shared for the benefit of your company.
Training Course Content
Day 1
Strategic Planning
- Why strategy comes before the budget.
- The process of strategic planning.
- Building up a strategic plan.
- Strategic planning tools.
- Where are we now, and where do we want to be?
- Linking the budget with the strategy.
Day 2
Forecasting
- What is forecasting?
- Strategic role of forecasting.
- The forecasting processes.
- Forecasting demand.
- Sales forecasting using various methods in Excel©.
- Qualitative and Quantitative forecasting methods.
Day 3
Budgeting
- What is a budget.
- Budgeting and the Management Process.
- Budgeting framework.
- How to evaluate budgeting software.
- Budget preparation.
- Building the master budget.
Day 4
Using a budget as a management tool
- Linking strategic planning, forecasting budgeting and reporting.
- Budget cost behaviour.
- Budget cost, volume, profit (CVP) and break-even analysis.
- Sensitivity & What-If Analysis.
- Budgetary Control.
- Variance Analysis.
Day 5
Capital Budgeting (CAPEX)
- Capital budgeting principles.
- Raising finance.
- Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC).
- Methods of Evaluating Capital Investment Projects.
- Comparing different projects and their returns.
- Capital Rationing.
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