An Intensive 5-day Training Course

Advanced Budgeting & Cost Management

The Complete Course on Budget - Estimating, Budgeting & Cost Control

NASBA

Course Introduction

This Advanced Budgeting & Cost Management training course provides participants with key cost awareness and budgetary skills, which are essential for managing and controlling resources in times of increasing global competition where the budgets are inextricably linked with both the achievement of strategic objectives as well as with evaluation of future plans and initiatives.

Budgeting and cost analysis are crucial elements for the management of contemporary organizations. Nowadays, if companies want to stay competitive, they are urged to link their strategies with accurate systems of resource allocation and performance measurement. Along this line, budgeting, as well as tracking, controlling & reducing cost represent essential activities to be performed and monitored by organizations as they implement their key processes, activities and operations. In addressing these issues, this training course is relevant for those professionals & analysts facing the difficult challenge of improving performance while reducing costs of those processes for which there are accountable.

In particular, this Advanced Budgeting and Cost Management training course enables participants to:

  • Link budgeting and costing with strategy execution
  • Understand the critical factors which have an impact on business processes
  • Discuss about modern system of cost analysis for budgeting purposes
  • Master the budgeting and financial skills required for better decision-making
  • Identify sources of financial and operational data to support the budgeting process
  • Explore the best practices required to manage the multiple organizational performances

Objectives

By the end of this Advanced Budgeting & Cost Management training course, you will be able to:

  • Understand Costing and Budgeting terminology used in business
  • Implement a well-defined costing and budgeting process
  • Determine full costs of outputs for the goods and services provided
  • Master traditional techniques and recent best practices on budgeting / cost management
  • Link finance and operation for budgeting purposes and strategy execution
  • Learn how to build a comprehensive performance measurement system

Training Methodology

This Advanced Budgeting & Cost Management training course will utilize a variety of proven online learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension, retention of the information presented. The training course is conducted Online via an Advanced Virtual Learning Platform in the comfort of any location of your choice.

Organisational Impact

  • Cost and budgeting awareness will be enhanced
  • Higher chances to design or select a budgetary system that works
  • Broadened knowledge of performance management techniques
  • Better attitude to link cost and budgeting to strategy and performance measurement
  • Deeper understanding of cause and effect relationship for budgeting purposes
  • Better awareness of non-financial implications of budgeting and cost management

Personal Impact

By attending this Advanced Budgeting and Cost Management training course, delegates will:

  • Understand the budgeting methods most useful to them
  • Understand how to construct a relevant and efficient budget
  • Learn to evaluate the usefulness of costing techniques in accurately calculating and ensuring profitability
  • Reinforce and expand their knowledge by linking budgeting to strategy and performance measurement
  • Broaden their understanding by linking financial and operational issues

Who Should Attend?

This Advanced Budgeting & Cost Management training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • The staff person who will be responsible for entering data into the budget system or training others how to enter information
  • Those who want to gain control of the firm's financial standing and obtain a firm grasp on the numbers side of their job
  • Financial Professional, Professional R&D, Sales / Marketing Professional, General Accounting Professional, Business Unit Professional
  • Anyone who wants to refine and advance the budgeting and costing knowledge

Course Outline

Day One

Introduction: The Relevance of Budgeting and Cost Management within Strategy Execution

  • The Link between Strategy, Planning, Budgeting and Cost Management
  • Why Budgeting and Costing are so important to manage your company?
  • Financial & Management Accounting 
  • Preparing Financial Statements & Cost Evaluation
  • Understand your Processes: Integrating Financial and Non-financial Aspects
  • Identify and Discuss the Key issues in terms of Budget / Costing for your own Organization
Day Two

The Budgeting Framework and its Role within the Management Process  

  • The Role & Types of Budgets within Management Accounting
  • The Budget Process
  • Preparing the Master Budget & Departmental Budgets
  • Preparing a Project/CAPEX Budget
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Budgets & the Budget Process: The Critical issues for Success
  • Budgetary Control
Day Three

Cost Management for Budgeting Purposes

  • Cost Classification, Concepts and Terminology
  • Fixed vs. Variable Costs: The Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Model
  • Contribution Margin Analysis
  • Estimating / Forecasting Costs
  • Calculating, Evaluating & Managing the Cost of:
    • Purchases
    • Manufacture
    • Inventory (IAS 2)
    • Working Capital
  • Improving Efficiency to Reduce Costs
Day Four

Traditional vs. Advanced Techniques in Cost-control

  • Under-costing and Over-costing: The Consequences for Profitability
  • How to refine a Costing System?
  • Indirect vs. Direct costs: Traditional Cost Allocations Systems vs. Activity-Based Costing
  • Cost Drivers: Linking Resources, Activities and Management
  • Introducing Activity-Based Budgeting (ABB) and Management (ABM)
Day Five

Broadening the Performance Measurement Systems

  • Shortcomings of Traditional Approaches to Budgeting and Performance Measurement
  • Recent Best Practices: the Balanced Scorecard and Six-sigma
  • Financial Perspective and Customer Perspective
  • Internal Business Process Perspective and Learning & Growth Perspective
  • Developing and Adapting the Scorecard
  • Elkington’s Triple Bottom Line: Profit, People & Planet

Certificate

Oxford Management Centre Certificate will be provided to delegates who successfully completed the training course.

Accreditation

NASBA

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This training course is also part of below 10-day title:

Advanced Budgeting & Cost Management
Duration
5 days
Format
Classroom, Live/Online
Language
English
Certificate
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Abu Dhabi
12-16 May 2025
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02-06 Jun 2025
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21-25 Jul 2025
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25-29 Aug 2025
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Istanbul
19-23 Jan 2026
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Abu Dhabi
11-15 May 2026
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Barcelona
01-05 Jun 2026
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24-28 Aug 2026
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Dubai
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Paris
09-13 Nov 2026
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London
28 Dec 2026-01 Jan 2027
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29 Dec 2025-02 Jan 2026
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Yes, Oxford Management Centre is accredited by the following professional bodies;

National Association of State Board of Accountancy (NASBA)
The Oxford Management Centre is registered with NASBA as a sponsor of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. NASBA have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.

Yes, discounts are available. For further information please call +971 50 985 0174 or email, [email protected]

Note: Discounts are not applicable with any other special offer that may be available.

There are 2 easy ways to register:

  • Online: Select the training course you want to register for, Click the “Book Your Place” button on the course page, complete the form and click submit.
  • E-mail: Send your details to [email protected]

We request that all cancellations be made at least one week before the class start date. You may reschedule this class without any penalty. If not, a $250 fee will be charged for cancellations received less than one week before a class begins and for no-shows. Cancellation penalties and any fees incurred by Oxford Management Centre will be deducted from refunds.

For more information request, email [email protected] or call +971 50 985 0174.

The classroom training fees include course presentation, relevant materials, physical & digital documentation, lunch and refreshments served during entire training. Accommodation and transportation are not included in the training course fees.

While, online training fees cover the course presentation and digital documentation and relevant materials.

The Oxford Management Centre Certificate of Completion with corresponding CPE credits shall be awarded to delegates who has successfully completed the training course.

Payment must be received before the training course commences. You can make payment by bank draft, cash, credit card or wire transfer.

Note: If the payment is not received, Oxford Management Centre has the right to refuse admission.

Upon receipt of your registration form, we will send you the following by e-mail:

  • Registration Confirmation
  • Invoice/Receipt (where appropriate)

If you register online you will receive an e-mail within 24 hours confirming your registration.


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