Introduction to Budgeting and Planning

Price Code: B

Effective financial planning through budgetary control contributes to organisational strategic objectives. Finance and non-finance staff are assigned the responsibility for establishing and managing budgets. This event will help participants to understand why and how this is done; and enhances your skills. It will identify factors that impact on business performance, allow staff to identify and plan for these, including contingencies, and regularly monitor performance against budget.

Participants will learn:

Budgeting in context
Budgeting process
Types of budget
Budgeting techniques
Preparation of budgets
Budgetary control reports
Variance analysis
Evaluation and review of budgets
Taking control action

This programme is aimed at:

Business owners, managers, professionals and support staff who want to broaden their knowledge of budgeting or who are about to undertake a role with budgetary responsibilities.