Budget Preparation and Financial Reports

Course Info

Length: 1 Week

City: London

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

  • Apr-01-2024

    London

  • Apr-22-2024

    London

  • May-06-2024

    London

  • June-03-2024

    London

  • July-01-2024

    London

  • July-22-2024

    London

  • Aug-05-2024

    London

  • Sep-02-2024

    London

  • Sep-23-2024

    London

  • Oct-07-2024

    London

  • Nov-04-2024

    London

  • Dec-02-2024

    London

  • Dec-23-2024

    London

Dates in Other Venues

  • Apr-01-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Apr-08-2024

    Istanbul

  • Apr-08-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Apr-15-2024

    Paris

  • Apr-15-2024

    Singapore

  • Apr-22-2024

    Dubai

  • Apr-29-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Apr-29-2024

    Barcelona

  • May-06-2024

    Amsterdam

  • May-13-2024

    Istanbul

  • May-13-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • May-20-2024

    Paris

  • May-20-2024

    Singapore

  • May-27-2024

    Dubai

  • May-27-2024

    Barcelona

  • June-03-2024

    Amsterdam

  • June-10-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • June-10-2024

    Istanbul

  • June-17-2024

    Paris

  • June-17-2024

    Singapore

  • June-24-2024

    Dubai

  • June-24-2024

    Barcelona

  • July-01-2024

    Amsterdam

  • July-08-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • July-08-2024

    Istanbul

  • July-15-2024

    Singapore

  • July-15-2024

    Paris

  • July-22-2024

    Dubai

  • July-29-2024

    Barcelona

  • July-29-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Aug-05-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Aug-12-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Aug-12-2024

    Istanbul

  • Aug-19-2024

    Paris

  • Aug-19-2024

    Singapore

  • Aug-26-2024

    Barcelona

  • Aug-26-2024

    Dubai

  • Sep-02-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Sep-09-2024

    Istanbul

  • Sep-09-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Sep-16-2024

    Paris

  • Sep-16-2024

    Singapore

  • Sep-23-2024

    Dubai

  • Sep-30-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Sep-30-2024

    Barcelona

  • Oct-07-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Oct-14-2024

    Istanbul

  • Oct-14-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Oct-21-2024

    Paris

  • Oct-21-2024

    Singapore

  • Oct-28-2024

    Barcelona

  • Oct-28-2024

    Dubai

  • Nov-04-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Nov-11-2024

    Istanbul

  • Nov-11-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Nov-18-2024

    Singapore

  • Nov-18-2024

    Paris

  • Nov-25-2024

    Barcelona

  • Nov-25-2024

    Dubai

  • Dec-02-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Dec-09-2024

    Istanbul

  • Dec-09-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Dec-16-2024

    Singapore

  • Dec-16-2024

    Paris

  • Dec-23-2024

    Dubai

  • Dec-30-2024

    Barcelona

  • Dec-30-2024

    Amsterdam

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

Budgeting and Planning

 

  • The Budget and the Functions of Management.
  • Budget as a Planning Tool.
  • Budgets and the Key Financial Statements.
  • Top-Down versus Bottom-Up Process.
Budgeting and Its Role Within the Management Process
 
  • The Role of Budgeting within Management Accounting
  • Linking Costing and Budgeting to Strategy and Performance Measurement
  • The Process of Value Creation: Implications for Budgeting
  • What is a budget and why costing is fundamental?
  • Budgets - The Financial Expression of the Operating Plan
  • Linking Financial and Operational Issues
  • Behavioural Implications of Budgeting
  • Case Discussion and Examples

 

Designing and Presenting Effective Financial Reports

 

  • The limitations of financial reports
  • Designing effective internal business reports
  • Incorporating Excel graphics in internal reports
  • Developing and using business dashboards
  • Making effective financial presentations
  • Developments in Integrated Reporting (IR)
  • Integrated Reports: purpose, structure, and presentation
 
Preparing Financial  Reports and Notes

 

  • Mapping the Adjusted Trial Balance to the Financial Statements
  • Preparing Income Statements
  • Preparing Balance Sheets
  • Preparing Cash Flow Statements
  • Preparing the Equity Statements
  • Reading and Interpreting the Audit Opinion

 

Notes to the Financial Statements

 

  • Understanding the Requirements for the Notes
  • Organization and Activities of Notes
  • Basis for Preparation
  • Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
  • Accounting Convention
  • Use of Estimates
  • Completing the Financial Statements and the Notes

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