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Course overview
Effective budget forecasting and management is an essential part of the job for the modern-day manager, yet the techniques and methods necessary for success are often left for people to work out for themselves. As the physicist Neils Bohr said: 'Forecasting is difficult, particularly when it's about the future!'
It is very important that budget holders appreciate the function of the budget and understand how it affects the rest of the business operation and strategy. There are many established practices, processes, techniques and nuances that can only be truly understood through effective training.
This highly practical and interactive course will clearly explain the purpose of the budget in controlling costs and forecasting financial and operational performance and planning.
This course will help you to:
- Understand the purpose of budgets and their impact on the organisation
- Appreciate the place of the budget in strategic planning
- Understand the motivational effects of budgets and how you can apply them to your business
- Understand how to use budgets for planning and for control
- Develop an awareness ot the ‘true cost’
- Use different methodologies for budgeting and costing
- Think beyond the budget and adapt as financial decisions become operationalised
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Course content
- The function of the budget in a financial context
- The basic principles of accounting
- Financial Statements – a refresher
- Strategic planning, budgeting costing and management control
- What is a budget and its role for achieving organisational purpose
- The different types of budget
- Limitations of the budget
- The master budget and its schedules
- Motivational aspects of budgeting
- Linkage between budgeting and costing
- Cost terms and methodologies
- Budgets and performance measurement as tools for communications
- Imperative of value creation: toward value based budgeting
- Static budget vs variable budget
- Flexible budget variances and sales volume variances as decision making tools
Who should attend?
The course is ideal for anyone with a responsibility for managing or preparing a budget, seeking a solid understanding of the key concepts of financial planning, cost-control and forecasting.
Extra benefits
- A course pack containing the information presented on the day
- A certificate of attendance
- Complimentary refreshments and lunch provided
Course presenters
David Joel
View testimonialsDavid is a Chartered Director and an active practicing non-executive director. He has been facilitating, delivering and mentoring at senior management and director level for over ten years in both the public and private sectors. He has also provided training and consultancy services through the Institute of Directors for over 12 years and has broad practical experience of business change management, board evaluation and in mergers and acquisitions.
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