EARN UP TO 8 CPD CREDITS ONLINE

PROGRAMME

FINANCIAL PLANNING & FORECASTING

Accurate Planning For A Successful Financial Future

4 4-WEEK ONLINE COURSE 2 HOURS PER WEEK

02 - 29 OCTOBER 2022

Key Benefits of Attending

• Appreciate the need for building an accurate budget
• Learn how to create an interactive 3-statement budgeting model
• Examine the assumptions that drive the financials
• Assess how to report accurately against budget Ted Wainman
• Understand the need for quality forecasting Associate Chartered Accountant
(ACA)

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OVERVIEW
The ability to produce robust and reliable budgets at the start of the financial year is crucial to the
financial success of any organisation. Indeed, the survival of most organisations depend on the
ability to produce accurate budgets and then operate withing the parameters set.

This online programme will examine the need for a strong budgeting process and how everyone in
the organisation can contribute to a timely and accurate budget. The programme will also cover
the need for quality analysis of actual performance against the budget, including action-planning,
and how the data can be used to generate accurate forecasts.

Established in 1996, The CPD Certification Service is

ASSOCIATION the independent CPD accreditation centre working
TARGET AUDIENCE across all sectors, disciplines and further learning
applications and supports policies of institutional and
This programme is aimed at anyone involved in the budgeting and planning process; from senior professional organisations globally.
managers, budget holders, operational executives and department heads to members of the
finance team who want to improve the value of their organisation’s budgeting process. This CPD is the term used to describe the learning activities
professionals engage in to develop and enhance their
programmes is also suitable for those from non-finance backgrounds who have responsibility for
abilities and keep skills and knowledge up to date.
managing budgets and delivering against the forecasted figures. This course is an accredited Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) training which means it meets
CPD standards and benchmarks.The learning value
has been scrutinised to ensure integrity and quality.
TARGETED COMPETENCIES
• Financial fluency

• Numeracy skills

• Accounting knowledge COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND CERTIFICATES

• Commercial awareness Delegates must meet two criteria to be eligible for an Informa/CPD Certificate of Completion:

• Successful completion of all modules of the 4-week online course

• Pass all module online assessments with a score of at least 70%

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 WEEK 1 strategy Module 9: Key Aspects Of The Budget: Cost • Identifying the drivers
• Incremental vs. zero based budgeting Decision Making • The cash flow forecast output
Module 1: The Need For Financial Planning • P&L forecasts
This module looks at how budgets and
• Cash flow forecasts
This module sets the scene for budgeting and forecasts are used to drive decision making in
• Planning cycles
forecasting, examining why it is so important the organisation.
• Fixed and rolling forecasts WEEK 4
and why it is not just the domain of the finance • Cost volume profit analysis
• Using budgets and forecasts to manage
team. • Relevant costs and revenue for decision
the business Module 13: Building The Master Budget
• Overview of business finance making
The need for financial planning This module will show participants how to
• Module 5: Building The Budget
• The role of finance in decision making create the master budget and get it signed off.
• Looking beyond the numbers This module will look at the yearly budgeting • Identifying the limiting factor
process and how managers can add value to WEEK 3 • Consolidating the budget
the business by actively engaging with the
COURSE OUTLINE

Module 2: The Basics Of Accounting • Negotiating the budget

budgeting process. Module 10: Key Aspects Of The Budget: Capex Sign off and communication
This module will provide an overview of the key •
financial statements and how they link to each • The budgeting process Decision Making
other. • The operating plan Module 14: Running Against The Budget
This module examines the concept of the ‘time
• Long term forecasts
• The income statement value of money’ and how discounted cash This module will focus on the month end
• The balance sheet flow analysis can be used to provide financial numbers and how, through variance analysis,
Module 6: Key Aspects Of The Budget: Sales &
• Double entry bookkeeping justification for Capex decisions. this can be used to control the business
Margins
• How the income statement and balance • Time Value of Money • The month end process
sheet interact This module will examine the key drivers of • Creating Discounted Cash Flows • Producing ‘actual’ numbers
• The role of the cash flow statement sales and various pricing strategies to optimise • Determining the Net Present Value • Actual vs. budget variance analysis
the top line. • Calculating the Internal Rate of Return • Trend analysis
Module 3: Business Drivers • Drivers of revenue • Commercial capex decision making • Reading the numbers
This module will highlight how companies use • Gross margin analysis • Asking the right questions: from ‘what’
a mix of financial and non-financial metrics to • Pricing strategies Module 11: Key Aspects Of The Budget: to ‘why’
assess the performance of the business. Working Capital Requirement • Flexing the budget
• Identifying key performance indicators Module 7: Key Aspects Of The Budget:
This module will explain the impact of working
• Identifying key financial indicators Operating Costs
capital when using the P&L budget to calculate Module 15: From Budgeting To Forecasting
• Performance dashboards This module will examine the overheads of the the cash flow budget.
This module will examine how the original
organisation and their impact on the budget. Inventory management
• budget, together with the actual information,
• Fixed and variable costs • Receivables management can be combined to create accurate forecasts.
• Direct and Indirect costs • Payables management
WEEK 2 • Forecasting defined
• Breakeven analysis • The impact of working capital on the
• The need for accurate forecasting
budget
Module 4: The Basics Of Budgeting And • The forecasting process
Module 8: Key Aspects Of The Budget: Project
Forecasting • Developing a forecasting model
Costs Module 12: Cash Flow Forecasting: Building An
• Testing your assumptions
This module will help participants to get to grips Interactive Budgeting & Forecasting Model
This module examines how to incorporate the • Sensitivity analysis
with the fundamentals of budgets - how they are
various projects in progress, or planned, into the This module will consolidate what has been
different to forecasts and how they are used to
master budget. covered so far and show participants how to
run the business.
• Identifying the corporate projects build a 3-statement interactive budgeting model.
• Defining budgets and forecasts • Building in corporate project costs • The income statements
• Linking budgets and forecasts to • The balance Sheet

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internationally renowned associations delivered by subject matter experts
Ted Wainman
Designed for busy professionals to learn on their own schedule, these digital, interactive and engaging
educational experiences employ a variety of interactive learning techniques, including short high-impact Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA)
videos, case studies, assessments, downloadable tools and templates, relevant articles and blogs, in
addition to on-going trainer support.

Ted Wainman trained and qualified as an Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) with Ernst & Young
before joining JPMorgan on the Investment Management side of the business. Whilst at JPMorgan,
he undertook a company sponsored MBA in the International Management of Financial Services,
from which he graduated at the top of his class with merit.

Since 2003, Ted has been designing and delivering programmes for the private sector across a range
Flexibility Lowered Costs Trainer Support of business needs. With a background in finance, Ted is able to explain complex financial concepts
You can access our content from Prices for online programmes are You can ask questions to the in plain English and help delegates learn the language of finance. Using practical examples gained
just about anywhere. All videos cost effective as usual logistical trainer about any challenges in over 15 years of delivering financial workshops, Ted gives delegates the confidence to know what
are transcribed, which means you burdens are waved. you are facing via the forum. questions to ask regarding the financial drivers of their organisations.
can search inside the videos, make
notes and rank content. You will Ted has worked with over 200 companies – primarily private or listed – from blue chips to financial
only need to dedicate 2 hours/week services, including banks and insurance companies. He has worked in over 35 countries globally and
towards your training. is experienced in addressing the need of programmes across varying cultural backgrounds.

Ted is the author of “How to Talk Finance: Getting to grips with the numbers in business” –
published by Pearson (FT) in April 2015.

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