Effective Budget Preparation Skills Workshop

Program Date

1 Apr 5 Apr 2024

Program Location

Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan

Program Venue

Erbil Quartz Hotel

Registration & Payment Deadline

29 Feb 2024

Program Overview

Budgets are essential to resource allocation allowing organizations to plan and organize financial, human, and material resources. Effective budget preparation can lay the foundation for efficiency maximization and prevent wastage. It can also facilitate informed decision-making and serve as a basis for performance evaluation. Well-structured budgets promote transparency, help navigate challenges, seize opportunities, and prove financially responsible.

Effective Budget Preparation Skills Workshop in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan is an extensive program that anchors on major crucial skills that are required to analyze and comprehend the entire process of budgeting & costing within various organizational structures. The workshop addresses all substantial issues related to budget drafting & preparation, cost analysis and performance evaluation.


Target Audience

This workshop has been designed to help its delegates master the art and science of effective budget preparation. It serves as a body of knowledge for quantitative analysis, strategic thinking, and communication for more comprehensive, accurate, and impactful budget planning.

  • Specialists responsible for budget preparation and financial planning
  • Project heads and managers
  • Investment and planning managers
  • Accountants and reporting specialists
  • Budget and financial analysts.

Program Objectives

Upon the successful completion of the course, the attendees will have thorough understanding of:

  • Budgeting & Costing Terminology applied in different organizations
  • The role of well-defined Budgeting & Costing Process
  • Best practices and techniques for preparing budgets
  • The relationship between budgeting and strategy execution
  • Ways for building comprehensive performance measurement system.

Program Contents

First Day

  • Budgeting as a key determinant for organizational success
  • Foundational terms in budgeting and costing
  • Budgeting as a tool for strategic planning
  • The process of value creation – its implications for budgeting
  • Budgets as a financial expression of the operating plan
  • Comparative analysis of budgeting types (incremental, zero-based, activity-based)

Second Day

  • Establishing links between organizational goals and budgeting priorities
  • KPIs in budgeting
  • Budgeting using SMART objectives
  • Data gathering and analysis for effective budget preparation
  • Using data to inform budget projections
  • Revenue and expense forecasting
  • How to build more accurate budget projections

Third Day

  • Cost terms, purposes, and budgeting
  • Fixed and variable costs
  • Allocation issues with direct and indirect costs
  • Traditional vs. activity-based costing
  • Integrating continuous improvement into variance analysis
  • Collaborative budgeting

Fourth Day

  • Budgeting tools and software
  • Streamlining the process of budgeting
  • Budgeting risk assessment and contingency planning
  • Budget monitoring and reporting
  • Budget adaptability and revision

Fifth Day – Practical application exercise

The last day of the workshop shall entirely be dedicated to the practical application exercise. The goal is to reinforce the understanding of the theoretical base and encourage hands-on utilization of budgeting knowledge and skills. The session shall cover:

  • Making budgetary decisions based on real-life scenarios/case studies.
  • Collaborative budget planning and resource allocation exercise.
  • Assignment on budget forecasting and projection.
  • Application exercise on budgeting software and tools.

Program Methodology

The design of Effective Budget Preparation Skills Workshop in Erbil is based on proven adult learning principles. It combines elements of blended and experiential learning. These include open presentations, case studies, simulations, group projects, and collaborative assignments in addition to budgeting software application exercises.

Program Fee
GBP2630

Payment Options

Fee Covers

  • Visa Assistance (complementary)

  • Participant Assessment

  • Airport Pickup

  • Accommodation

  • Wi-Fi

  • Welcome Dinner

  • Breakfast

  • Workshop Kit

  • Program Materials

  • Program Experts

  • Practical Activities

  • Lunch

  • Refreshments

  • Interactive workshop

  • City Map & Direction

  • Risalat T-shirt

  • Field Visit

  • Program Certificate

  • Entertaining Tour

  • Program Report

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