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The aim of this one-day course is to provide managers with key concepts, terminology, and importance of aligning budgets with organisational goals. You will gain knowledge to create, implement, and monitor budgets while addressing variances confidently.

Developing skills to communicate financial insights and work collaboratively to make the most of your organisation’s resources.

Pre-course preparation: You will need to bring your laptop with you on the day and have Microsoft Excel installed.

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of using Excel spreadsheets.

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For companies who need to train groups of staff either remotely or in-person.

  • One day course
  • Up to 12 delegates
  • Flexible in-house training dates
  • Face-to-face training
  • In-house or a venue of choice
  • Virtual training option
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Finance Course Trainer Zahoor Bargir

Zahoor Bargir

Zahoor is a dynamic and engaging finance trainer known for delivering interactive, effective, and enjoyable sessions.

As a qualified accountant, he brings a wealth of experience from his roles as a consultant and manager across various sectors before focusing on training.

Drawing on his industry experience enables him to contextualise the training material. Zahoor takes a very pragmatic approach to training. Whatever your professional background, and whether you are comfortable with numbers or not, Zahoor’s courses explore the process of finance, making it easier for people to grasp the concepts.

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Full Budgeting for Non-Finance Managers Course Content

Finance Principles and Language

  • Exploring the main financial principles and how they guide finance thinking.
  • Going over the various terms and definitions of budgeting and to bring more clarity around the terms used.

Understanding Financial Statements

  • Identifying the financial statements and why it’s important to know them as a budget-holder.
  • How the three statements are related and the role they play in budgeting.

Budgeting

  • What a budget is and its fundamentals.
  • Building a budget that aligns with your department’s goals and overall business objectives.
  • Understand the importance of setting realistic financial targets and planning for future needs.

Different Types of Costs

  • Distinguish between the different types of costs and their impact on budgeting.
  • Learn how to classify costs to improve future budgeting accuracy and decision-making.

Forecasting

  • To be able to distinguish a forecast from a budget – the four main elements that differentiate a forecast from a budget.
  • What is involved with forecasting.
  • Understand how to adapt forecasts to changing market conditions and business needs.
  • Identifying areas of overspending and underspending.

Capital and Operational Budgeting

  • Key distinctions between a capital and operational budget.
  • Why are they separate budgets?
  • How it affects an organisation’s finances and the bottom-line.

Management Accounts and Reports

  • A breakdown of management reports and what they are made up of.
  • Learn how to track actual spend against your budget and identify variances that develop.
  • Going over reports that are generated and how to read them.
  • What is expected of budget-holders and what is expected of the finance business partner.
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Budgeting for Non-Finance Managers Training – Business Benefits

By investing in people, you can give your team all the necessary skills they need to help support your organisation’s goals.

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Completing our Budgeting for Non-Finance Managers training course will give you additional skills you need to help support your career development.

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  • Individual delegates or group training
  • Flexible dates to fit schedules
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"International SOS is a truly global company with 12 000+ employees and we have been working with TrainingU for 3+ years. With TrainingU, we feel like valued customers as they are able to adapt to the wide variety of requests we give them. Be it working with different time zones or training a wide population or exploring new topics, they always overdeliver and are a pleasure to work with. The professionalism, positivism and expertise that the trainers bring is like no other and make TrainingU's Microsoft office training a robust part of our L&D curriculum. A big thank you to trainers Dee Walters and Martyn Hale. Our employees look forward to every session. Thank you and we look forward to continuing this partnership!"

Fransien Hermans, Europe L&D Lead, International SOS

"Absolutely first class. Dee got the pace just right, was supportive and knowledgable. I learnt some key skills and would love to go through the intermediate course ASAP"

Dee Walters

The IT courses run by TrainingU have been extremely well received by all that have attended them. The company has been supportive, flexible and attentive, going the extra mile to ensure that the courses are a success. All trainers and staff have been professional and pleasant, helping the whole process run smoothly. I am very happy with the training we have received and would not hesitate to recommend them to others.

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