Essential of Budgeting & Cash Flow Forecasting

2 days’ workshop

Introduction:

The primary goal of this workshop is to help professionals to manage their Budget & cash flow well. Real-current budgeting & cash flow business cases will be analyzed and scenario solutions will be discussed in the workshop.

This practical budgeting & Cash flow forecasting course will assist you to revisit the way budgeting is being done and ways to improve and create values for your organization. By creating value for your organization, you will be amazed at the speed of career advancement. 

Course Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Revisit your organization vision & mission to be relevant in today’s competitive environment.

  • Devise ways to achieve your budget targets

  • Plan how to achieve optimum profitability under budget constraints

  • Consider the basis for deciding whether to proceed or reject the project proposal 

  • Formulating the Cost Reduction Strategies for Your Organization Costs

  • Understand the relationship between cash flow statement and balance sheet

  • Applying Working capital management 

  • Understand Project Investment & Sources of Funding

  • Treasury role in Business Turnaround Strategies 

METHODOLOGY

Case Study & Group Discussion. Real-current financial issues & cases will be analysed and scenario solutions will be discussed within the workshop.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Accountants, CFO, Business Managers, Finance Managers, Supervisors, Managers and All Professionals Who Are Interested in Managing Budgeting & Cash Flow Forecasting      

Special Feature:

NOTE: Please bring laptop along (Practical Templates are provided)

Course outline

Day 1

Module 1: Managing P&L & Cash Flow (Simulation exercise)

Objective:

  • with little or zero accounting knowledge, will walk you through

 Your business or new business on sales, purchases, operating expenses, investment, capital injection, depreciation & interest payment

  • you see your own P&L, Balance sheet, cash flow & equity

  • provide strategies (using goal seek) to improve your cash flow & P&L position

]Module 2: Cash Flow Statement (simulation exercises)

Objective:

  • You will learn why you fund increase or decrease 

  • What are the causes: operational, investing or financial driven?

  • Using goal seek will improve your cash flow position.

Module 3:  Working Capital Management (Simulation Exercises)

Objective: how much resources needed (e.g. Capital) to hit the sales budget 2018

  • Will show you how to manage your inventory, debtors & suppliers

Module 4: Case Study: How to Achieve the Budget Target 

  • Asset conversion 

  • Collection 

  • Cost reduction 

  • Revenues 

  • Purchasing policy 


Day 2

Module 5: Converting Business Plan & Key Performance Indicators into Budgets

  • CEO Vision & Mission

  • KPI (Dept & Individual)

Module 6: Profit Planning and Activity-Based Budgeting (Exercise)

  • Operational Budget 

  • Financial Budget

Module 7: Linking the Budget to Management Actions

  • What are Essential Considerations Before Preparing the Budgets

  • How to Present a More Accurate & Realistic Budget

  • How to Get Cooperation from Operating Units

  • How to Convince or Find Out Easier Solution for Other Staffs to Understand /Follow on Budget Being Prepared

  • How to Avoid Unexpected Results or Uncertainties

  • How to Measure Performance

  • Discuss the Planning Budgeting Strategies for Management

Module 8: Project Based Budgets (Case Study)

  • Calculation of operating cash flow

  • Calculation of Project payback period, profitability index, IRR & NPV of the project? 

  • Basis for decision on proceeding or rejecting the project proposal 

Planning & Budgeting (Case study approach) - 2 Days

MANUFACTURING COSTING FOR NON-COSTING MANAGERS

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