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Budget Mastery: Process, Problems, and Solutions

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$79.00 Regular Registration
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$109.00 Regular Registration
This course is being offered on multiple dates, listed below. Click the Register button next to your preferred date to register.
 Thu, 08/28/2025 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
 Tue, 09/02/2025 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
 Sat, 09/13/2025 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
 Thu, 09/18/2025 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
 Tue, 09/30/2025 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
 Thu, 10/09/2025 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
 Tue, 10/28/2025 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
 Thu, 10/30/2025 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
 Sat, 11/08/2025 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
 Thu, 11/20/2025 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
 Tue, 11/25/2025 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
 Thu, 12/11/2025 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Designed For:

Current and aspiring CFO's and Controllers and/or Finance related professionals involved in teh budget process

Prerequisite:

None

The budgeting process can be a mundane one for accountants. Let’s be realistic and agree that even the word “budget” does not bring excitement to you and your departmental colleagues.  The constraints and pressures can lead to poor decisions in both the technical and human components.  This session is the first part of a four part series and will cover the big picture of keeping the process fresh, pragmatic and useful. We discuss these keys in an engaging manner by discussing both our flaws and strengths, including how to build on these characteristics towards an enjoyable solutions-based method that should deliver effective results for your organization. 

Delivery Method: Individual webcast
CPE Credit: Accounting
Program Level: Intermediate

Sponsors

For Technical Support: 
Please contact the ACPEN Help Desk at (877) 602-9877, [email protected]   or visit https://vscpa.acpen.com/Support/. The Help Desk is available by phone 24/7, 365 days a year. Allow 1 business day for email

Objectives

  • Understanding and Preventing Budget Calamities
    • Recognize and find solutions to the budget process 
  • Define the budget process
    • Understand varying budget cultures and choosing the right one for your organization
    • Walk through a 12-step cure for the typical Budgetaholic
    • Use Balanced Scorecard Budgeting
  • How to build a model that works
    • How the right Chart of Accounts can simplify your work 
    • Building a volume sensitive model
    • Budgeting to GAAP and for Board understanding
    • Efficiently modeling payroll and benefits
    • Identifying controllable and uncontrollable expenses
    • Using variables to stress test your budget
  • Understanding core personality types
    • Learning the type of person you are
    • Managing and coping with the budget team
    • Dealing with A, B and C players
    • Connecting through disconnection
  • Identifying the ‘big picture” and your communications role 
    • Communicating so others can understand us
    • Understanding a presentation’s anatomy 
    • Tips and tricks for budget presentation

Speakers

Advanced Preparation

None

Vendor

The Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy 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: NASBARegistry.org.

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