CBA Certified Budget Analyst – Advanced Tools in Budgeting, Forecasting & Reporting

COURSE OVERVIEW

This program has been designed to provide the participants with a broad view and understanding of financial budgeting for enterprises. A discussion of financial statements is a must when considering the creation or analysis of financial budgets.
Also, an understanding of how costs behave and how they can be derived and allocated to the various aspects of the business units is also an important part of preparing budgets.
We will be discussing various budgeting methods that have been used and are still in use today in various enterprises. We will also be discussing the methods we can use to assess whether a budget is appropriate and should be approved, and in some cases, whether a project should be undertaken at all.
And finally, no discussion about budgets can be complete without assessing how well a company or sub-unit has actually performed in relation to their budget, and understanding why there are any differences, which there will usually always be.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Understanding of how to prepare budgets
2. Ability to analyse budgets using various methods
3. Improved ability to forecast revenues and costs
4. Understanding of the key elements of financial statements
5. Ability to prepare a complete master budget

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Budgeting and planning personnel
• Capital and resource planning
• Managing Directors
• Finance managers
• Financial Controllers
• Senior and mid-level management
• Department managers
• Strategists
• Data analysts
• Risk controllers
• Board members

 

CERTIFIED BUDGET ANALYST CERTIFICATION

The International Academy of Business and Financial Management™ is one of the world’s fastest growing professional associations with more than 200,000 members, associates and affiliates in 145 countries. IABFM™ hosts and organizes certification training worldwide and offers exclusive board designations to candidates who meet the highest professional standards and assessment criteria.
The IABFM is credited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) the International Standards setting authority.