Business skills

Successful budgeting

Organisations frequently delegate responsibility for budget preparation and control to line managers who have had no budget training. Our budgeting courses prepare them for this responsibility to effectively manage a key resource.

Cost: £499 + VAT

Duration: 1 day(s)

Available dates and locations

London
- Monday 11/10/2010
- Monday 06/12/2010
- Thursday 20/01/2011
- Thursday 03/03/2011
- Friday 15/04/2011
- Tuesday 24/05/2011
- Monday 04/07/2011
- Tuesday 30/08/2011
- Tuesday 11/10/2011
- Tuesday 06/12/2011

Our budget training can help you to:

Understand the basic principles of budget preparation and control
Be more confident in making informed financial decisions
Be able to communicate budgetary information more effectively
Recognise importance of effective preparation in establishing realistic budgets
Improve ability and confidence in preparing and controlling budgets.

Our budgeting courses suit any manager who is about to have budgetary responsibility or needs to be more effective in their budget management.

What are the barriers to successful budgeting? Considering what stops us from being effective at budgeting
What is a budget? Where does it come from? Why do we do it?
Good reasons for budgeting - benefits to the organisation of the delegated budget
Budget training covering the basic principles of budgeting: income and expenditure, capital and cash, approaches to budgeting and different types of budgets
Preparing forecast profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow to understand where we want to be
Focus on budgeting as part of the business plan - where does it fit?
Cost behaviour and its relevance to budget setting and control - knowing the sensitivity of your costs to ariations in output will help you understand what is happening to your figures
Budgeting for profit
The budget cycle - how it all comes together
Planning and preparation for budgeting - what it takes to be effective in your preparation
The 7 steps to successful budgeting - a guide to the key areas to master to help your success
Budget setting exercise - a practical budgeting training exercise in setting a departmental budget with realistic constraints
Tracking expenditure and variances - the need to monitor and take effective control action and learning for next time.

Payment:
Must be made in full no later than 14 working days prior to the course start date.

Transfers:
The following charges will apply if you wish to transfer your booking to a later course date:
21+ working days before a course = 0% of the course fee
5-20 working days before a course = 50% of the course fee
1-4 working days before a course = 100% of the course fee

To transfer a delegate please call us on 0800 022 3410.

Substitute delegates:
You can transfer a place on a course to a substitute delegate free of charge.

Cancellations:
The following charges will apply if you wish to cancel a course:
21+ working days before a course = 20%
1-20 working days before a course = 100%

Cancellations must be received in writing via email to courses@capita-ld.co.uk and must contain the full booking details including organisation name, booking and delegate contact details.

For full terms and conditions please see Terms and conditions page, for other queries please refer to our frequently asked questions page.

Enquiries

For more information on any of our services contact:

E: enquiries@capita-ld.co.uk
T: 0800 022 3410

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