Is long- and short-term planning within your organisation integrated sufficiently to provide effective and meaningful financial and business plans? If we don’t plan effectively it’s like being in a rudderless boat bobbing about on the ocean with no destination and no direction.
Financial and business planning are functions that must be integrated in order to determine where we want to be headed as an organisation and to provide the necessary direction to get there. This online course includes not only the theoretical background but also provides the necessary skills for attendees to build world class standards into their organisations’ planning, budgeting, performance measurement and reporting systems.
This COPEX online training course covers the various approaches to operational budgeting, but also the all-important cash flow budgeting, and capital budgeting for projects and new asset acquisitions. It focuses on use of the appropriate tools and techniques for attendees to become better able to carry out their planning and budgeting tasks and responsibilities.
Online Training Course Objectives
By the end of this COPEX online training course you will be able to:
Appreciate the importance of integrated long-term strategic business and financial planning
Develop a strategic financial planning model using Excel®
Prepare short-term, annual operating budgets and cash budgets for planning purposes
Use flexed budgets and variance analysis for budgetary control
Consider the range of techniques for capital project appraisal and capital budgeting
Designed For
This COPEX online training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
Professionals who require a more in-depth understanding of integrated planning and budgeting techniques
Accountants responsible for budget preparation and management reporting
Financial planners and cost analysts
Line managers with direct planning and budgeting responsibility
Professional advisers, accounting personnel and business consultants
Online Training Course Outline
Among a wide range of valuable topics, the following will be prioritised:
Organisational planning frameworks for strategic and tactical approaches to business planning
The international business environment
Corporate objectives and key value drivers, and development of business and financial plans
Operating budgets, zero-based budgets, activity based budgets
The cash flow budget
Flexed budgets and variance analysis for budgetary control
Identification of the various types of capital projects and capital budgeting
The time value of money impact on future values of cash flows and capital project evaluation
WACC and ROI as benchmarks and the ‘hurdle rate’ for capital projects
Capital project evaluation using ARR and payback, and DCF techniques of NPV, IRR, MIRR
The Certificate
A COPEX e-Certificate for delegates who attend and complete the online training course
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An Integrated Approach to Financial and Business Planning
Upcoming Dates
27 - 29 Jun 2021 in N/A,$1,750
26 - 28 Sep 2021 in N/A,$1,750
28 - 30 Nov 2021 in N/A,$1,750
Online Training Course Overview
Is long- and short-term planning within your organisation integrated sufficiently to provide effective and meaningful financial and business plans? If we don’t plan effectively it’s like being in a rudderless boat bobbing about on the ocean with no destination and no direction.
Financial and business planning are functions that must be integrated in order to determine where we want to be headed as an organisation and to provide the necessary direction to get there. This online course includes not only the theoretical background but also provides the necessary skills for attendees to build world class standards into their organisations’ planning, budgeting, performance measurement and reporting systems.
This COPEX online training course covers the various approaches to operational budgeting, but also the all-important cash flow budgeting, and capital budgeting for projects and new asset acquisitions. It focuses on use of the appropriate tools and techniques for attendees to become better able to carry out their planning and budgeting tasks and responsibilities.
Online Training Course Objectives
By the end of this COPEX online training course you will be able to:
Appreciate the importance of integrated long-term strategic business and financial planning
Develop a strategic financial planning model using Excel®
Prepare short-term, annual operating budgets and cash budgets for planning purposes
Use flexed budgets and variance analysis for budgetary control
Consider the range of techniques for capital project appraisal and capital budgeting
Designed For
This COPEX online training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
Professionals who require a more in-depth understanding of integrated planning and budgeting techniques
Accountants responsible for budget preparation and management reporting
Financial planners and cost analysts
Line managers with direct planning and budgeting responsibility
Professional advisers, accounting personnel and business consultants
Online Training Course Outline
Among a wide range of valuable topics, the following will be prioritised:
Organisational planning frameworks for strategic and tactical approaches to business planning
The international business environment
Corporate objectives and key value drivers, and development of business and financial plans
Operating budgets, zero-based budgets, activity based budgets
The cash flow budget
Flexed budgets and variance analysis for budgetary control
Identification of the various types of capital projects and capital budgeting
The time value of money impact on future values of cash flows and capital project evaluation
WACC and ROI as benchmarks and the ‘hurdle rate’ for capital projects
Capital project evaluation using ARR and payback, and DCF techniques of NPV, IRR, MIRR
The Course Content
The Certificate
A COPEX e-Certificate for delegates who attend and complete the online training course