Budgeting, Planning and Management Reporting

Budgeting lies at the heart of business management, yet businesses often encounter planning and financial difficulties as a result of either inadequate planning, lack of understanding of the business, or errors within the compilation of the budgets. Ineffective management reports heighten the challenge in collating inputs to the budget, and use of budgeted information.

This EuroMaTech training course takes a practical approach to budgeting, planning and management reporting for the organisation and considers the following:

• The planning process and how to improve it
• The compilation of budgets – who needs to be involved and why;
• How to identify potential problems arising and suggests actions which can be taken
• Ways of improving financial control using effective management reporting

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

• Implement advanced planning and control techniques into your budgeting process
• Integrate the budgeting process with the development of the company’s long-term strategic vision
• Successfully build an integrated planning, budgeting and reporting process
• Apply management tools to the budgeting process that contribute to strategic goals
• Identify key performance indicators for effective and focused decision making
• Increase profitability and performance through stream lined planning and reporting