Budgeting & Cost Control

An Intensive 5-day Training Course

Budgeting & Cost Control

  • Format: Classroom, Live/Online
  • Duration: 5 days
  • Language: English
  • Accredited: CPE, KHDA Certified training courses
Budgeting & Cost Control

CLASSROOM DATES

Date Venue Fee CPE Credit
Date: 27-31 May 2024
Venue: Dubai
Fee: US $5,950
CPE Credit: 30
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Date: 22-26 Sep 2024
Venue: Riyadh
Fee: US $5,950
CPE Credit: 30
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Date: 09-13 Dec 2024
Venue: Dubai
Fee: US $5,950
CPE Credit: 30
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ONLINE DATES

Date Venue Fee CPE Credit
Date: 27-31 May 2024
Venue: Live/Online
Fee: US $3,950
CPE Credit: 30
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Date: 09-13 Dec 2024
Venue: Live/Online
Fee: US $3,950
CPE Credit: 30
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INTRODUCTION

All business decision making involves analysing situations and assessing alternatives, risks and benefits. This Budgeting & Cost Control training course offers an opportunity to acquire and then deploy new skills and ideas to achieve improved financial operations and strategies. The knowledge acquired will enhance the budget process and control processes through a variety of strategies and techniques that will provide new insights to how financial performance can be enhanced. 

In this programme you will participate in many aspects of modern thinking:

  • Budgets and Models as a key element of management and financial strategy
  • The analysis of opportunities, risks and rewards in the context of Capital Projects
  • Controlling costs by analysis, modelling, KPI’s and review of the cost drivers
  • Develop a broader view in the context of the enterprise’s objectives and constraints
TRAINING OBJECTIVES
  • Understand the importance of a well-defined budget processand create budgets relevant to your organisation
  • Acquire costing and budgeting terminology and techniques
  • Master methods for risk, payback and cost-benefit analysis
  • Learn how to integrate profit, cash and balance sheet plans and budgets
  • Using ‘what-if’ and Stochastic Models to evaluate probable outcomes and ranges of variances and identify key drivers for corrective actions
  • Understand the use of Present Value, IRR and discounted cash flow (DCF) to support investment and financial decision making

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
  • Both financial and non-financial professionals at all levels
  • Delegates with a financial background will enjoy the opportunity to broaden their knowledge base in aspects of budgeting and cost control that may not be part of their current responsibilities or experience
  • By participation in this course, participants whose background is not in the financial sector will gain an understanding of both the strategic and the technical aspects of budgeting and cost control involving both the financial and the operational opportunities for performance improvement
  • At the conclusion of the course all delegates will gain a strong understanding of the practicalities; techniques and strategies of budgeting and cost control that will both enhance their effectiveness and contribution in their current role and their career opportunities based on the skills and insights acquired
Training methodology
TRAINING METHODOLOGY

You will learn by active participation during the programme through the use of exercises, case studies, practical workshops, syndicate and group discussions.

TRAINING SUMMARY

This training session is presented in a manner that will make budgeting, costing and decision making techniques more easily understood by people from every discipline across the organisation. Case studies and practical exercises are used to emphasise key issues and underpin learning by relating them to typical business scenarios.

Delegates will progress through the underlying accounting principles, the application of various techniques to evaluate capital projects and the use of analysis to both understand and manage costs. They will then engage in practical steps to building budgets and conclude by gaining experience in the various developments in organisational and strategic analysis that can enhance the fundamental operational and behavioural aspects of an effective organisation.

TRAINING OUTLINE
Day 1 - The need for Financial Control in Business
  • Understanding accounting principles and methods
  • Management accounting versus financial accounting
  • The relationship between business management and financial management
  • How budgeting fits into the bigger picture
  • How cost management  improves an organisation’s financial position
  • Key aspects of managing working capital
Day 2 - Capital Budgeting and Investment Appraisal
  • The time value of money
  • Understanding Appraisal Techniques – Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Payback period
  • Probability Models (Monte Carlo), Stress Testsand Value at Risk (VaR)
  • The use of Sensitivity analysis in evaluating projects
  • Strategic  considerations in assessing capital projects
  • Creating an effective Capital Budgeting framework
Day 3 - Cost Analysis and Management
  • Understanding cost structure and behaviour
  • Costs as a relationship to outputs – cost / volume / price relationship
  • The concept of contribution margin
  • Break-even analysis for planning and control
  • Cost allocation and apportionment
  • Benefit-cost analysis
Day 4 - Full Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing
  • Comparing full and marginal costing
  • Direct and indirect costs in budgeting for decision making
  • Role of costs in pricing strategies
  • Activity Based Costing (ABC)
  • Managing cost control
Day 5 - Budget Construction and Control
  • Nature and purpose of budgets for planning and control
  • Types of budgets and budgeting
  • Creating Key Performance Indicators for financial and non-financial performance
  • Building a budget
  • Budgetary control and variance analysis
  • Budgeting for non-financial measures -introducing the Balanced Scorecard
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    ACCREDITATION

    EuroMaTech is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.

    Euromatech is a Knowledge & Human Development Authority (KHDA) approved training institute in Dubai, licensed and approved to deliver training courses in the UAE.

    The KHDA is the regulatory authority in the UAE, that oversees administering, approving, supervising, and controlling the activities of various education providers in the UAE.  We are proud of our commitment to ensuring quality training courses and status as a KHDA-approved training provider.

    Taught by our team of highly qualified trainers, our KHDA approved training courses will provide you with an enriching learning experience and practical knowledge that will help you future-proof your career and support professional development within your organisation.

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