Webinar

Building Flexible Budgeting Models: Walking Through and Crunching The Numbers

If you have questions about this event, please call us at 952-831-2707.

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The budgeting process can be a time consuming and frustrating process for accountants. The constraints and pressures can lead to poor decisions in both the technical and human components. This session will cover:

Building Flexible Budgeting Models: Walking Through and Crunching The Numbers

-- We can all learn from others and improve our budgeting process by listening to our colleagues' wisdom and experience. This session takes a unique review of the fundamental budget issues faced by all and walks through a detailed modeling process intended to generate discussion and best practices to improve your organization's financial planning.

Major subjects

• Budget defining,
• Budget cultures
• Tacticle budget issues
• Ideas for budget solutions and process solutions
• Understanding people in the budget process
• Communicating your budget to non financial types

Learning objectives

• Define the budget process
• Understand varying budget cultures and choosing the right one for your organization
• Walk through a 12-step cure for the typical Budgetaholic
• Use Balanced Scorecard Budgeting
• How to build a model that works
• How the right Chart of Accounts can simplify your work
• Building a volume sensitive model
• Budgeting to GAAP and for Board understanding
• Efficiently modeling payroll and benefits
• Identifying controllable and uncontrollable expenses
• Using variables to stress test your budget
• Understanding core personality types
• Learning the type of person you are
• Managing and coping with the budget team
• Dealing with A, B and C players
• Connecting through disconnection
• Identifying the 'big picture" and your communications role
• Communicating so others can understand us
• Understanding a presentation's anatomy
• Tips and tricks for budget presentation

Who should take this program?

• Current and aspiring CFO's and Controllers and/or Finance related professionals involved in teh budget process

Pricing

Our records indicate you are a nonmember. If you register, you will be charged $79.00 (Standard Nonmember Fee). Members: Please log in to receive member fee.