The British Academy for Training and Development offers a professional training course in Budget Preparation Skills. This course focuses on the fundamental skills needed to understand an organization's costing and budgeting processes. This training addresses all questions related to cost analysis, budget preparation and performance measurement. This budget preparation training course is a must for any professional who needs to master the skills of budgeting by learning how costs work to create a realistic business plan.

In today's business world, a good knowledge of finance is essential for managers. Whether we realize it or not, we all play a role in the financial health of our organization. This course will help you create a budget and make decisions with confidence.

Who should attend? 

• Anyone who wants to understand the basics of budgeting and costing.
• Employees responsible for entering data into budget systems or training others to enter information.
• Professionals, Sales/Marketing.
• Professionals, General Accounting.
• Professionals, Business Unit Professionals.

How attendees will benefit? 

After completion of the course, delegates will understand: 

• Learn costing and budgeting terms used in business.
• Understand the importance of a clearly defined costing and budgeting process.
• Determining the total cost of the resulting goods and services provided.
• Master traditional techniques and current best practices.
• Financial and operational links for budgeting and strategy execution.
• Learn how to build a comprehensive performance measurement system.

• The Fundamentals of Finance.
• Budgeting Basics and the Building Blocks of a Budget.
• Budgeting Process.
• Budgeting Tips and Tricks.
• Budget Monitoring and Control.
• Process Numbers.
• Get Budget Approval.
• Comparison of Investment Opportunities.