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| Budgeting and Financial Management: Preparing Your Budget |
| Course Status: | Released |
| Course Language: | English |
| Course Duration: | 6 Hours |
| Deployment Options: | Online, Interactive CDs, Network, Downloads, Intranet |
| Audience |
| Managers, prospective managers, and any other employees seeking advanced competency in the area of budgeting and financial planning |
| Prerequisites |
| An understanding of the principles of financial planning |
| Course Aim |
| To introduce the learner to all aspects of budget preparation |
| Learning Objectives |
| Describe the stages involved in preparing and submitting a budget forecast. Prepare a sales budget forecast. Create a sales budget forecast spreadsheet. Prepare a production budget. Create a production budget forecast spreadsheet. Compile direct materials budgets. Prepare a manufacturing budget. Discuss other typical company budgets. Create a cash budget. Prepare a budgeted balance sheet. |
| Topics Covered |
| Preparing budget forecasts - Stages in the preparation process - Submitting your budget forecast Preparing income budgets - Introduction to sales budgets - How to prepare a sales budget - Hands-on: Preparing a sales budget Preparing expenditure budgets I - The production budget - Hands-on: Preparing a production budget - The direct materials usage budget - Hands-on: Preparing a direct materials usage budget - The direct materials purchase budget Preparing expenditure budgets II - The direct manufacturing labor budget - Hands-on: Preparing a direct labor budget - The manufacturing overhead budget Preparing expenditure budgets III - The closing stock budget - The cost of goods sold budget - Other costs budget Preparing the master budgets - The cash budget - The budgeted profit and loss account - The budgeted balance sheet |