Budget Preparation Skills

Course CodeFI00013

Available Dates & Locations

This course is available in multiple locations and online. Choose the most suitable date and delivery method.

Amsterdam

Dates

Amsterdam

Venue / Hotel

Vijzelstraat 68, 1017 HL Amsterdam, Netherlands

Duration
1 Week
Price
€5,775
Amsterdam

Dates

Amsterdam

Venue / Hotel

Vijzelstraat 68, 1017 HL Amsterdam, Netherlands

Duration
1 Week
Price
€5,775
Manama

Dates

Manama

Venue / Hotel

Diplomatic Area 317, Manama | | Bahrain

Duration
1 Week
Price
€4,725
Tbilisi

Dates

Tbilisi

Venue / Hotel

-

Duration
1 Week
Price
€5,775
London

Dates

London

Venue / Hotel

82 - 83 Eccleston Square, Pimlico, London SW1V 1PS, UK

Duration
1 Week
Price
€5,775
Geneva

Dates

Geneva

Venue / Hotel

-

Duration
1 Week
Price
€6,050
Amman

Dates

Amman

Venue / Hotel

-

Duration
1 Week
Price
€4,200
Bangkok

Dates

Bangkok

Venue / Hotel

-

Duration
1 Week
Price
€6,350
London

Dates

London

Venue / Hotel

82 - 83 Eccleston Square, Pimlico, London SW1V 1PS, UK

Duration
1 Week
Price
€5,775
Sharm El-Sheikh

Dates

Sharm El-Sheikh

Venue / Hotel

Sheraton Sharm Hotel

El-Salam, Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt

Hotel Website
Duration
1 Week
Price
€4,350
Madrid

Dates

Madrid

Venue / Hotel

-

Duration
1 Week
Price
€5,775
Madrid

Dates

Madrid

Venue / Hotel

-

Duration
1 Week
Price
€5,775
Casablanca

Dates

Casablanca

Venue / Hotel

-

Duration
1 Week
Price
€4,725
Manama

Dates

Manama

Venue / Hotel

Diplomatic Area 317, Manama | | Bahrain

Duration
1 Week
Price
€4,725

Course Overview

Budget Preparation Skills is a comprehensive program that focuses on the essential skills required to understand the processes of costing and budgeting within organizations. The program is designed to address all the relevant issues concerning cost analysis, budget preparation,, and performance measurement. This course is a must for all professionalss who needs to master their budgetary skills by learning how costs behave so that realistic business plans can be produced.

The seminar enables participants to:

  • Identify the key factors required to understand business processes
  • Develop a a proper system of cost analysis for budgeting purposes
  • Master the budgeting and financial skills required for better decision-making
  • Identify sources of financial and operational data to support the budgeting process
  • Learn new best practices to manage organizational performance

Course Objectives

  • Learn costing and budgeting terminology used in business
  • Understand the importance of a well-defined costing and budgeting process
  • Determine the full costs of outputs for the goods and services provided
  • Master traditional techniques and recent best practices
  • Link finance and operation for budgeting purposes and strategy execution
  • Learn how to build a comprehensive performance measurement system

Who Should Attend

  • Budgeting and Cost Control Officers
  • Management Accountants and Cost Accountants
  • Finance and Accounting Professionals
  • Department Heads and Operational Managers
  • Project Managers and Supervisors
  • Business Planning and Analysis Staff
  • Non-financial managers involved in budgeting and performance management
  • HR, Sales, and Administrative Managers responsible for cost planning
  • Internal auditors and performance measurement specialists
  • Professionals seeking to improve budgeting, cost analysis, and decision-making skills
  • Individuals aiming to strengthen financial planning and organizational performance management

Course Outline

Budgeting and Its Role Within the Management Process

  • The role of budgeting within management accounting
  • Linking costing and budgeting to strategy and performance measurement
  • The process of value creation: implications for budgeting
  • What is a budget and why costing is fundamental
  • Budgets - the financial expression of the operating plan
  • Linking financial and operational issues
  • Behavioral implications of budgeting
  • Case discussion and examples