INTRODUCTION

This leading-edge program is builds on your basic finance and budgeting skills to empower you to tackle those key issues facing today's business executive. This program is for managers who understand the basic concepts of budgeting and finance, and want to take their skills to the next step.

If you are challenged with the responsibility decisions relating to profit enhancement, design and implementation of cost controls, and the evaluation of professional and technical personnel, this course is a must. Through the approaches and techniques presented in this powerful program

Course Objective

• Understand the relationship between planning, forecasting, & budgeting
• Use Excel© to develop various forecasting models
• Use Excel© to build various budget models
• Test forecasting & budgeting models using Excel©
• Use the forecasting/budgeting cycle to improve the budget accuracy

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

Your programme leader will present, guide and facilitate learning, using a range of methods including the use of the programme material, case studies and discussion of “real life” issues in organizations, to ensure the development of skills as well as knowledge. Participants will learn by active participation preparing both budgets and forecasts using a variety of statistical tools and by using budgets to make management decisions.

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours:

• 30% Lectures, Concepts, Role Play
• 30% Workshops & Work Presentations, Techniques
• 20% Based on Case Studies & Practical Exercises
• 20% Videos, Software & General Discussions
• Pre and Post Test

PROGRAMME SUMMARY

In today’s fast changing world Organisations need to be able to respond rapidly to the challenges and global changes surrounding them. Budgeting and forecasting in an essential part of the success of the organisation. This programme provides the essential skills necessary to ensure the successful development of budgeting and forecasting techniques, thereby improving your understanding,development, management and control of budgets within your organization.

Certificates

A Certificate of Completion will be issued to those who attend & successfully complete the programme.

Schedule

  08:30 – 10:15 First Session

 10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:15 Second Session

 12:15 – 12:30 Coffee Break

12:30 – 14:00 Third Session

 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch

Fees

 The Fee for the seminar, including instruction materials, documentation, lunch, coffee/tea breaks & snack is: