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Sector:
Cross-Industry – Corporate Finance
Technical Focus Area:
Budgeting & Cost Control (BUD)
About the Course
This masterclass equips finance and management professionals with advanced budgeting, planning, and cost control skills that integrate seamlessly with strategic objectives. Covering forecasting techniques, budget preparation, implementation, and performance evaluation, the program emphasizes practical application using Excel and leading software. Participants will explore time series models, regression, activity-based budgeting, sensitivity and what-if analysis, and variance reporting, ensuring they can anticipate challenges, allocate resources effectively, and make data-driven strategic decisions. Real-world scenarios and hands-on exercises will strengthen the ability to design flexible budgets, optimize capital allocation, and maintain financial control under changing market conditions, enabling organizations to achieve sustainable growth and profitability.
Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Develop the skills to plan budgets within a sound strategic framework.
- Prepare budgets using forecasting techniques, including time series models, exponential smoothing, regression, and correlation analysis.
- Implement budgets effectively with awareness of potential limitations.
- Integrate the budgeting process with long-term strategic vision development.
- Identify key performance indicators for focused decision-making.
- Perform what-if and sensitivity analysis to assess the impact of changing factors.
- Recommend strategies to manage the implications of analytical findings.
- Apply advanced budget planning and control processes to drive efficiency.
Who Should Attend
- Financial Managers
- Financial Planning and Control Staff
- Executives with Financial Responsibilities
- Executives responsible for cost and strategic analysis
- Project Managers
- Professionals seeking to enhance their budgeting and financial control expertise
Course Program
The Essentials of Budgeting
- Strategic planning, forecasting, budgeting, and costing – defined
- Inter-relationship of planning, forecasting, and control
- Benefits & limitations of budgets; conditions for success
- Evaluation of budget types: fixed, variable, zero-based, activity-based, capital
- Features and application of activity-based budgeting (ABB)
- Developing ABB cost standards and processes
- Budgeting for processes vs. departments
- Preparing the master budget (sales, production, cash, capital) using Excel
Course Dates & Prices
Picture | Location | Starting Date | Price | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Online | 19/10/2025 | 1799 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 20/10/2025 | 2549 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 20/10/2025 | 2799$ | ||
Cairo (Egypt) | 27/10/2025 | 2549 $ | ||
Online | 27/10/2025 | 1799 $ | ||
Online | 03/11/2025 | 1799 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 10/11/2025 | 2799 $ | ||
Muscat (Oman) | 10/11/2025 | 2799 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 17/11/2025 | 2799 $ | ||
Online | 17/11/2025 | 1799 $ | ||
Muscat (Oman) | 24/11/2025 | 2799 $ | ||
Online | 24/11/2025 | 1799 $ | ||
Online | 24/11/2025 | 1799 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 01/12/2025 | 2799 $ | ||
Online | 01/12/2025 | 1799 $ | ||
Online | 01/12/2025 | 1799 $ | ||
London (UK) | 01/12/2025 | 3299 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 08/12/2025 | 2799$ | ||
Online | 08/12/2025 | 1699 $ | ||
Istanbul (Turkey) | 15/12/2025 | 2799 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 15/12/2025 | 2799 $ | ||
Online | 15/12/2025 | 1799 $ | ||
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) | 22/12/2025 | 3899$ | ||
Doha (Qatar) | 22/12/2025 | 2799 $ | ||
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) | 22/12/2025 | 3899$ | ||
Online | 29/12/2025 | 1799 $ | ||
Dubai (UAE) | 29/12/2025 | 2799$ | ||
Istanbul | 29/12/2025 | 2549 $ | ||
Online | 29/12/2025 | 1799 $ |
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