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Integrating Budgeting, Forecasting & Business Planning

An Intensive 5-day Training Course

Integrating Budgeting,
Forecasting & Business Planning

Financial Skills for Effective Long and Short-term Planning

UPCOMING SESSIONS

Classroom sessions
DateVenueFee
30 Jun-04 Jul 2025Munich - Germany$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
04-08 Aug 2025Dubai - UAE$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
22-26 Sep 2025London - UK$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
01-05 Dec 2025Dubai - UAE$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
26-30 Jan 2026Istanbul - Turkey$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
29 Jun-03 Jul 2026Munich - Germany$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
21-25 Sep 2026London - UK$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
30 Nov-04 Dec 2026Dubai - UAE$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
Online sessions
DateVenueFee
02-06 Jun 2025Online$3,950RESERVE A SEAT
13-17 Oct 2025Online$3,950RESERVE A SEAT
11-15 May 2026Online$3,950RESERVE A SEAT
19-23 Oct 2026Online$3,950RESERVE A SEAT

Training Course Overview

To thrive in today’s volatile markets, companies must meticulously integrate their Business Plans with Budgeting, Forecasting, and Cost Analysis. This Integrating Budgeting, Forecasting & Business Planning training course offers not only theoretical foundations but also essential skills to implement world-class standards in planning, budgeting, performance measurement, and reporting systems. Through a blend of analytical techniques, case studies, and practical examples, delegates will gain key concepts and hands-on skills crucial for managing and controlling processes, projects, and departments amidst intensifying global competition. This comprehensive approach underscores the interdependence of budgets with strategic formulation and cost management.

Training Course Objectives

By attending this Anderson training course, delegates will be able to:

  • Understand the integration among planning, budgeting and costing
  • Appreciate cost behavior and cost allocation
  • Improve budgeting and financial skills to take better decision
  • Understand capital budgeting and project appraisal
  • Design reports and KPIs for measuring performances

Designed for

This Anderson training course is designed for anyone involved in the budget and business planning process within their organization. It is equally appropriate for those who manage projects and who wish to have a greater understanding of how budgets, business plans, and projects interlink. This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals who have budgetary control and are involved in the business planning process, including, but not limited to:

  • Professionals who require a more in-depth understanding of integrated planning & budgeting techniques
  • Accountants responsible for budget preparation & management reporting
  • Financial Planners and Cost Analysts
  • Line heads with direct planning and budgeting responsibility
  • Professional advisers, Account Personnel and Business Consultants

The Course Outline

Day One: Budgets and Strategy in Today’s International Environment
  • Organizational planning framework
  • The product / information / decision support cycle
  • Strategic, tactical and operational forecasts
  • The strategic approach to business planning
  • Various strategic and tactical approaches to business planning
  • The international business environment
Day Two: The Business Plan and Budget Development
  • Developing the business plan
  • Identification of key value drivers
  • Achieving objectives
  • Zero base budgeting
  • Activity based budgeting
  • Developing the Cash Budget
Day Three: Analysing the Applicability of Historical Data Using Excel®
  • Problems of forecasting
  • Using historical data to help predict the future
  • Forecasting
  • Development of Time Series Models
  • Using Regression Analysis as a predictor and estimator
  • Mastering the use of Exponential Smoothing as a Data Analysis tool
Day Four: Using Activity-Based Budgeting and Cost Analysis Techniques
  • Cost behaviour and breakeven analysis
  • Activity based costing
  • Budgeting for Processes rather than Departments
  • Defining Key Cost Drivers
  • Defining Key Activities
  • Developing the Activity-Based Budget
Day Five: Capital Budgeting and Project Appraisal
  • Identify the various types of capital projects
  • Discuss the capital project evaluation process
  • The impact time has on the value of money
  • Using WACC and ROIC as benchmarks
  • Development of the "Hurdle Rate" for capital projects
  • Evaluate capital projects by applying NPV, IRR, ARR Payback model

The Certificate

  • Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
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    Our training programs are hosted at luxurious five-star hotels in prestigious destinations across the globe. Some of our popular locations include Dubai, London, Kuala Lumpur, Amsterdam, New York, Paris, Vienna, and many other iconic cities.

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