An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Budget Preparation, Allocation and Cost Control
Principles of Traditional and Advanced Cost Techniques
Course Introduction
Budget preparation, cost allocation and control are important elements for all organisations regardless of their sizes. It is important for organisations that the employees have the budgetary skills and able to analyse the costs effectively. Such skills are important in times of increasing global competition where the budgets are inextricably linked with both strategy formulation and cost analysis. Understanding budgeting and costing are essentials for organisations and likely to contribute significantly to their success in contemporary competitive environment.
This Budget Preparation, Allocation & Cost Control training course is relevant for those professionals & analysts facing the difficult challenge of improving performance while reducing costs of those processes for which they are accountable.
Objectives
The Oxford Management Centre training course will provide delegates with the necessary tools and techniques to enable the delegates to:
- Understand costs behaviour more accurately
- Deliver more timely and useful information to decision-makers
- Understand capital budgeting
- Identify & manage key financial indicators for the business
- Be able to interpret the financial impact of strategic directions
- Understand the problems of overheads allocation and how Activity-Based Analysis may aid decision making and pricing strategies
- Select the performance measurement systems that work
Who Should Attend?
- Those in charge for designing and managing a budgetary system
- 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 Professionals, R&D Professionals, Sales / Marketing Professionals, General Accounting Professionals, Business Unit Professionals
Course Outline
Day One to Day Five
- Budgeting and the Management System of Contemporary Organizations
- From Strategic to Operating Plans
- Measuring and Managing the Performance
- Principles of Budgeting
- Main Issues with Budget Preparation
- Fixed vs. Variable Costs: The Cost-Volume Profit Analysis Model
- Contribution Margin Analysis
- Traditional Cost Allocation Systems vs. Activity-Based Costing (ABC)
- Beyond Budgeting: Integrating Financial and Pre-financial Information
- The Drivers of Value Creation
Certificate
On successful completion of this training course, Oxford Management Centre Certificate with eligible Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) from National Registry of CPE Sponsor will be awarded to the delegates
Accreditation
In association with
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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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.
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Oxford Management Centre reserves the right to make reasonable adjustments to course content, trainers, or schedules where necessary, without entitling delegates to a refund. Full details of each course – including objectives, target audience, and content – are clearly outlined prior to enrolment, and it is the responsibility of the delegate to ensure suitability before booking.
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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.
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- Registration Confirmation
- Invoice/Receipt (where appropriate)
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