Objective
- Gain up-to-date knowledge in all facets of the budgeting process
- Recognize techniques to improve forecasting
- Learn how a budget can be a vital tool for overall long-term improvement
- Identify immediate actions that can result in measurable benefits to an organization.
- Become aware of the management, uses, and potential benefits of Big Data
- Garner techniques for further research
Highlights
- Why Forecasts and Budgets are Frequently Wrong:
- Behavioral finance
- Improper goal setting
- Games
- Continuing the status quo
- Traditional budgeting techniques
- Incorporating Strategy into Budgets:
- Improving measurement systems
- Common errors
- Developing strategic measurements
- Strategies vs. non-strategies
- Expanding the Budgeting Framework:
- Quarterly and rolling forecasts
- Mission-based budgeting
- Zero-based budgeting
- Post-completion evaluations
- Contingency planning
- Identifying improvements
- Big Data:
- Definition
- Challenges
- Goals
- Current uses/examples
- Sources of information
- Analytical Tools:
- Ratio analysis
- Benchmarking
- Pareto analysis
- What If analysis
- Trend analysis
- Regression
- Simulation
Designed For
Public, private and non-profit organizations and their members -- CFOs, CEOs, controllers, auditors, and managersPrerequisite
Experience and/or exposure to financial managementAdvanced Preparation
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