An Interactive 5-Day Training Course
Budgeting, Forecasting and the Planning Process
Integrated Approach To Financial Planning
Course Overview
This Budgeting, Forecasting and the Planning Process training course provides the theoretical basis and necessary skills to develop world class strategic planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes. A strategy is a long-term plan of what an organisation is going to do to achieve its overall policy. This training course will enable delegates to develop a framework that links strategies to annual budget and targets and aims for world class levels of management and organisational performance.
A budget is a short-term plan of how an organisation quantifies the operational activities required to achieve its long-term strategy. This training course will provide delegates with the skills and forecasting techniques to develop a budget as a plan, and use control budgets and analysis of variances to actual to identify areas in which financial performance may be improved.
This GLOMACS training course will highlight:
- Links between Strategic Financial Planning, Forecasting, and Budgeting
- Effective Excel and other Forecasting Techniques to support Financial Planning and Budgeting
- Impacts on Financial Plans of alternative methods of Financing, and Business and Financial risk
- Traditional and Modern Costing Systems that are used in the Budget Process
- Best Practice in Operating Budgeting, Budgetary Control, Capital Investment Budgeting, and Cash Forecasting and Budgeting
Training Objectives
By the end of this Budgeting, Forecasting and the Planning Process training course, participants will learn how to:
- Improve their ability to think strategically and participate in the integration of the organisation’s strategic management and budgeting processes
- Use forecasting techniques most appropriate to their organisation’s strategic planning and budgeting
- Apply the techniques that relate to the key principles of financial management: shareholder wealth maximisation; cash flow; time value of money; risk
- Appreciate the behavior of costs and identify the costing methods that may best be used in financial planning, budgeting, and budgetary control
- Use best practice to develop operating budgets, capital expenditure budgets, and cash flow budgets and forecasts in line with organisational strategic objectives
Who should Attend?
This GLOMACS training course is designed to be suitable for anyone involved in budgeting and planning in companies, corporations, and governmental, education, and health service organisations. It is equally valuable for those working in finance and accounting, costing, and treasury departments, and all other financial and non-financial professionals who have budget responsibility or are involved in the planning process, for example:
- Line Managers
- Project Managers
- Professional Advisers and consultants who would like to further develop their strategic thinking and decision-making, and refresh and update their skill sets relating to planning, forecasting and budgeting, and their linkages
About Saudi Glomacs
At Saudi GLOMACS, we specialize in delivering world-class training courses in Saudi Arabia and across various international locations. Our training courses are tailored to meet the unique demands of Saudi Vision 2030 and the Human Capability Development Program, focusing on empowering Saudi citizens and enhancing workforce skills. We offer diverse courses spanning leadership, management, engineering, and technical disciplines to cultivate expertise and drive professional growth. Our flexible learning options—whether in-person, online, or in-house—ensure accessibility and convenience for individuals and organizations alike.
With over 30+ years of experience through the GLOMACS global network, we are committed to delivering innovative, results-driven training solutions. Our expert instructors combine industry knowledge with dynamic teaching methods, fostering practical skill development and long-term career success. By choosing Saudi GLOMACS, you're investing in personal excellence and contributing to the Kingdom’s sustainable economic growth and vision-driven transformation.
Training Outline
DAY 1: Strategic Management and Financing
- Strategic Analysis, Strategic choices and evaluation, and Strategic implementation
- The Links between Strategy, Forecasting, Planning, Budgeting, Performance Measurement
- Strategic capability and avoiding the Spiral of Death
- Shareholder Wealth maximisation, Corporate and Shareholder value creation
- Financial Strategy, Dividend Policy, the Agency Problem and Corporate Governance
- Long-term Financing
- Debt and Equity; Cost of Equity using Dividend Growth and Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM); Cost of Debt; Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
- Capital Structure Optimisation Models to minimise WACC
- Using Strategy Maps to link strategies to Performance Measurement: The Balanced Scorecard
DAY 2: Financial Planning, Forecasting, and Risk Analysis
- The Financial Planning Process and Modelling using Excel
- Statistical Forecasting Tools and Techniques
- Time series; moving averages; exponential smoothing; Pareto Analysis; trend progression; linear regression; correlation
- Forecasting long- and short-term sales revenues, and sales pricing
- Porter’s generic strategy of cost leadership and differentiation; Bowman’s strategy clock; full cost pricing; marginal cost pricing; target cost pricing; life-cycle costing; kaizen costing; value-based pricing
- Using Excel for Optimum Product mix decisions
- Short-term Financing, Working Capital, and the Cash Operating Cycle
- Direct and Indirect Cash Flow Analysis and Cash Flow Forecasting using Excel
- Uncertainty and Risk
- Business Risk
- Financial Risk
- Systematic Risk
- Unsystematic Risk
- The Choices available to minimise and mitigate risk
DAY 3: Cost Analysis Techniques
- Cost Behaviour and Activities
- Fixed and Variable Costs, Direct and Indirect Costs
- Product Costs and Period Costs
- Cost Allocation and Absorption of Overheads
- Absorption or Full Costing
- Marginal Costing
- Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) and ‘what-if’ analysis using Excel
- Activity Based Costing (ABC) and Activity Based Management (ABM)
DAY 4: Budgeting, Budgetary Control and Performance Improvement
- To Budget or Not – Purposes and Reasons for Budgets
- Stages in the Budget Preparation Process
- Preparation of the Master Budget
- Activity Based Budgeting (ABB)
- Responsibility Accounting and Variance Analysis
- Standard costing; flexed budgets; budgetary control to measure organisational and management performance
- Advantages, Disadvantages and Behavioural Aspects of Budgeting
- The Conflict between Performance Improvement and the Costing System
- Lean thinking and integrating continuous performance improvement into the Budget Process
DAY 5: Project Appraisal and Capital Budgeting
- The Time Value of Money
- Future Values
- Present Values
- Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
- Capital investment Project Appraisal
- Accounting Rate of Return (ARR); payback; Net Present Value (NPV); Internal Rate of Return (IRR); Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR); Discounted Payback; Equivalent Annual Cost (EAC)
- Project Risk
- Sensitivity Analysis; simulation; scenario analysis; NPV break-even
- Capital Rationing
- Capital Budgeting and the Profitability Index (PI)
Certificates
- On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates
- Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) : In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsor, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance
Accreditation
GLOMACS 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. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.
All Training Seminars delivered by GLOMACS by default are eligible for CPE Credit.
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