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This one day course is being run four times between Thursday 29th March 2012 and Tuesday 18th December 2012 in London,
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Download Course OutlineThis course takes the fear out of budgets and gives delegates the skills to manage departmental budgets, monitor divisional costs and apportion department expenses on an appropriate basis.
Budget holders, cost centre managers, and those who manage department or event budgets. This course is particularly suited to delegates with less than one year''s experience of managing budgets.
- Manage budgets within your department, division, cost or profit centre.
- Forecast revenue and capital expenditure at a departmental level.
- Develop an understanding of the budgeting process.
- Work more productively with colleagues from the finance department.
- Prepare and monitor a budget.
- Utilise budgets for monitoring performance and identifying cost savings in your department.
- Appreciate the importance of reducing unnecessary departmental costs and working towards increased corporate profitability.
Budgeting: the Basics
- Income and expenditure, capital and cash budgets
- Clarifying the difference between master and departmental budgets
- Approaches and different types of budgets
Cost Management
- Charging department expenditure to the correct period - accruals, prepayments and depreciation
- Nature and behaviour of costs
- Standard and actual costing
- Activity Based Costing (ABC)
- Absorption and marginal costing
Preparing the Departmental Forecast
- How to gather information: where and what to look at
- The limiting factors
- Estimating revenue, expenditure and cash flow
- How to forecast the department expenditure for a capital item
- Break-even analysis
- Stock forecasting and how to calculate the minimum quantity needed
Presenting the Departmental Budget
- Giving clear information
- Presenting the main variables
- Getting agreement
- Putting it clearly onto paper
Tracking Expenditure and Variance Analysis
- Reconciling actual with budgeted expenditure
- Identifying cost saving opportunities
- Looking for volume discounts
- Phasing expenditure to help cash flow
Reporting on the Budget
- Preparing a report
- Providing the information to make decisions
Personal Development
- Action planning - the essential next steps
- Continuous professional development - what next?
This course takes the fear out of budgets and gives delegates the skills to manage departmental budgets, monitor divisional costs and apportion department expenses on an appropriate basis.
Hemsley Fraser is a highly dedicated global innovator and leader in learning and people development. All courses are designed and delivered by highly skilled and knowledgeable consultants who are passionate about helping people learn. With over 32,000 customers worldwide and with an impressive portfolio with courses in excess of 1,700 unique subjects.
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