Effective Budgeting and Cost Control

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Course Aims and Objectives

Budgeting is more than mere vague oversight. Budgeting should deliver the corporate strategy, add shareholder value and lead to a well-run business for the benefit of all involved in it. Effective budgeting leads to real control i.e. effective day-to-day operational control and more. This course demonstrates what proper budgeting and operational control can do. It aims to show that:

• Budgets can and must deliver value
• Budgets should be tied to corporate strategy
• Cultural harmony – method / reports / people are vital
• Having clear objectives and deliverables is a must
• Report and feedback leading to action will deliver

Course Methodology

This course uses a mix of interactive techniques, such as classroom based presentations, group discussion, case studies analysis and group exercises aimed at application of budgeting and cost control knowledge as acquired throughout the course. However, it is recommended that for maximum benefit, this programme to be tailored to incorporate individual organisation’s internal budgeting and control systems. To allow time for these to be covered, and for the learning to be reinforced with practical exercises and trainer-facilitated discussions.

Outcomes

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Appreciate the importance of the budgeting process
• Learn the importance of linking an organization’s budget with its strategic plan.
• Take ownership of budget and cost control decisions.
• Use it as a daily working tool and not an annual exercise to help run their part of the operation.
• Improve their reporting against budget.
• Ensure their delivery against budget and improve overall organisational cost control and management.

Target Audience

All executives, managers, accountants, engineers and other staff who need to:

• Review or learn the concepts and measures used to budget and control operations;
• Develop their organisational and personal process of budgeting and control;
• Focus themselves and other members of the team on the issues which must be managed to ensure proper budgeting and operational control.

Course Outline

This course is covered in 6 major learning modules which are as follows:

1. Objectives of budgets

• • Understanding budget process and Stages
  • Forecasting and its objectives (Planning and Implementation)

2. Budget and Cost Control focus

• • Choosing objectives
  • Links with corporate strategy and resource management

3. Cost control

• • Budget – tool and its control process
  • Characteristics of an effective control system
  • Responsibility reporting
  • Variance analysis: identifying the components of variance and taking the corrective action

4. Traditional budgeting and control

• • Benefits and drawbacks
  • Control and feedback
  •  Reporting

5. Advanced budgeting and control

• • Understanding the business process
  • Taking out costs
  • Cost awareness
  •  ZBB

6. Reports

• • Reports for action
  • The purpose of a report and content (deliverable and feedback)

Location and Date:

London | 14 – 17 Mar 2022
Cardiff | 01 – 05 Aug 2022

EUPlatform reserves the right to alter dates, content, venue and trainer.

Course Fee:

Per Participant: £5375
Student Rate: £2665
Discount for group of 4 or more

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4+1 Offer
For companies that want to maximize the return on their investment in training: Register 5 participants on the same course and dates and pay only for 4.

Registration Terms
Nominations to our public courses are to be processed by the client’s HR/Training department except for self-nominations which are to be paid in advance using the “payment by self” option on the online registration form. A refund will be issued back to the client in the event of course cancellation or seat unavailability. Registration confirmation is subject to Platform’s review of registration request and seat availability.

Cancellation Terms
If a confirmed registration is cancelled less than 5 calendar days prior to the course start date, a substitute participant may be nominated to attend the same course, or a 20% cancellation charge is applied.

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