BUDGETING CASH FLOW AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS

BUDGETING CASH FLOW AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS

Overview

Once your business is operational, it’s essential to plan and tightly manage its financial performance. Creating a budgeting process is the most effective way to keep your business – and its finances on track. A little advance planning can help avoid short-term shortages of cash. One useful tool for planning the use of capital in a business is a cash flow budget.

The key benefit of Budgeting cash flow and management is that it allows you to create a focus for the direction of your business and provides targets that will help your business grow. It will also give you the opportunity to stand back and review your performance and the factors affecting your business. This course outlines the importance of budgeting cash flow and management accounts and explains how to go about it. It suggests action points to help you manage your business’ financial position more effectively and ensure your plans are practical.

What will I learn?

• Learn about preparing and presenting a budget
• Learn about project budgeting
• Gain an understanding of direct, fixed and variable costs
• Learn how to prepare cash flow forecasts
• Learn about management accounts

COURSE CURRICULUM
Introduction
1.1 Introduction to the course
All About Budgeting
2.1 All about budgeting
2.2 Budget excel Example template
Preparing & Presenting A Budget
3.1 Preparing & presenting a budget
Project Budgeting
4.1 Project Budget
4.2 Project budget template
Direct, Fixed & Variable Costs
5.1 Direct, Fixed & Variable Costs
Cashflow Forecasts
6.1 Overview
6.2 Cashflow forecast doing it
6.3 Input expenses
6.4 Adding up the net cash flow
6.5 Budgeting and Cashflow and Man Acs for NFP
6.6 Budget outline cashflow and man Acs for NFP checklist
Management Accounts
7.1 Management accounts
7.2 Management accounts using excel example

Who is it for?

• Students learning accounting or finance
• Job seekers looking for a job in accounting or finance
• Individuals working in the finance or accounting field

Method of Assessment

In order to complete the course successfully, learners will take an online assessment. This online test is marked automatically, so you will receive an instant grade and know whether you have passed the course.

Certification

Upon the successful completion of the course, you will be awarded the ‘Budgeting Cash flow And Management Accounts’ certificate accredited by CPD.