Course Info

Length: 1 Week

Type: Online

Available Dates

Fees

  • Jan-06-2025

    1,735

  • Feb-03-2025

    1,735

  • Mar-03-2025

    1,735

  • Apr-07-2025

    1,735

  • May-05-2025

    1,735

  • June-02-2025

    1,735

  • July-07-2025

    1,735

  • Aug-04-2025

    1,735

  • Sep-01-2025

    1,735

  • Oct-06-2025

    1,735

  • Nov-03-2025

    1,735

  • Dec-01-2025

    1,735

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

 

Strategic Planning
 
  • Why strategy comes before the budget
  • The strategic planning process
  • Developing a strategic plan
  • Strategic planning tools
  • Where are we now, and where do we want to be?
  • Linking the budget with the strategy

 

Forecasting
 
  • What is forecasting?
  • Strategic role of forecasting
  • The forecasting process
  • Forecasting demand
  • Sales forecasting using various methods in Excel©
  • Qualitative and Quantitative forecasting methods

 

Budgeting
 
  • What is a budget
  • Budgeting and the Management Process
  • Budgeting framework
  • How to evaluate budgeting software
  • Budget preparation
  • Building the master budget

 

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

 

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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