Budgeting and control

A one- or two-day workshop

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 – effective day-to-day operational control and more. This course demonstrates what proper budgeting and operational control can do. It shows that:

Budgets can deliver

Budgets must deliver

Budgets should be tied to corporate strategy

Cultural harmony – method / reports / people – is vital

Having clear objectives and deliverables is a must

Report and feedback leading to action will deliver

Who should attend?

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, and focus themselves and other members of the team on the issues which must be managed to ensure proper budgeting and operational control.

Format

For maximum benefit, this programme can be tailored to incorporate your 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, we recommend that the course be presented over two days. If required, a one-day version of the programme can be provided instead, although the learning would be significantly diminished without so much emphasis on your systems and the exercises.

Special features

This programme can be tailored to reflect your organisation’s internal budgeting and control systems. The examples can also be adapted for specific sectors.

Expert trainer

Ralph is, unusually, dual-qualified as both an engineer and a chartered accountant. Having worked initially as an engineer, he qualified as an accountant and was a manager in one of the big international accountancy firms before setting up his own accountancy and consultancy practice. His clients include many international businesses from the banking, power, telecom, oil, manufacturing, engineering, construction and retail sectors.