Corporate Planning, Budgeting, And Forecasting

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Course Description

Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting are crucial components of a company’s performance management and key responsibilities of your executive finance department. These processes are generally combined into one, in which each component represents a step towards a successful financial strategy. You will need to create an insightful financial plan to establish accessibly, company-befitting short-term, and long-term goals.

This Online Finance CPE course provides a comprehensive view of the corporate planning and budgeting process - from the strategic plan to the operating budget. Emphasis is especially laid on key elements of successful strategic plans, flexible budgeting, identification of investment opportunities, budgeting best practices, and techniques to improve the quality of forecasts. The content covered in this Online CPE webinar provides a pathway to develop your analytical and critical-thinking skills and closing skills gaps in a variety of relevant topics.

This online CPE/CPD webinar covers the following key topics:

Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning Tools and Techniques
Budgeting Concepts
Correlation and Regression
The Learning Curve
Budget Methodologies
The Operating Budget
Capital Expenditure and Cash Budgets
Top Level Planning and Analysis

Learning Objectives

To explore how strategic planning determines the path an organization chooses for its long-term goals.
To identify the appropriate time frame and the characteristics of successful strategic plans.
To explore Michael Porter’s 5 forces model.
To explore Michael Porter’s generic strategies of cost leadership, differentiation and focus.
To identify the internal and external factors that should be analyzed during a SWOT analysis, how the analysis leads to recognition of organizational opportunities, limitations, and threats.

Recommended For

This CPE Event will be very insightful for any Accounting & Finance Professional Involve in Business Financial Planning, Funding, Budgeting, Forecasting etc.
This online CPE webinar is recommended for US CPAs, CFAs, CVAs, ABVs, business or firm owners, managers, practicing professionals, CFOs, COOs, and Top management personnel.
This CPD course is recommended for Canadian CPAs who desires to improve their knowledge on planning, budgeting and forecasting for corporates.

Who Should Attend?

Accounting Managers
Accounts Director
CEO
Certified Management Accountant
CFO/Controller
Chief Accounting Officer
CPA (Industry)
CPA - Mid Size Firm
CPA - Small Firm
Directors of Finance
Finance Director
Finance Pros
Financial Planner
VP Finance
Young CPA

Course Qualification

Webinar Qualifies For

4 PL Credit for Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
4 CPE Credit for Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA)
4 CPE Credit of Finance for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US)
4 CPE Credit for Certified Management Accountants (CMA)
4 PL Credit for Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement
4 CPD Credit of Financial Forecasting for Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV)
4 CPD Credit for Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA Canada)

Presenter

About Presenter

Thomas Coghlan

Founder & CEO CPE University, LLC

He has worked at the intersection of entrepreneurship, business leadership, technology, and education for over 25 years, resulting in a wide range of skills and experiences...

Entrepreneur:

Founder and CEO of two successful businesses: Appitur® Co. (EdTech) and CPE University (training for accountants).
Advisor and investor for startups in food services, online retail, and technology.

Business Leadership:

Progressively responsible roles for multi-national firms in the manufacturing and software industries (Controller -> CFO and IT Director -> VP of Client Services).

Technology:

Business Fellow for the Analytics Center of Excellence at Villanova University School of Business.
Sold and delivered over $4 million of successful consulting projects.

Education:

Developed and delivered over 1,300 hours of live Continuing Professional Education (CPE) for financial professionals.
Created and taught undergrad and MBA courses in accounting and analytics for a top US university.

About Company

CPE University, LLC

www.thecpeuniversity.com

Building a career is challenging, with many factors seeming to be out of your control. Making an investment in yourself through professional certifications and continuing education separates you from everyone else. CPE University's programs are designed to help you develop new skills, differentiate yourself, and “Achieve Your Strategic Advantage”.

For over 15 years we have leveraged deep subject matter expertise and cutting-edge online course delivery to provide in-depth programs for a reasonable investment. Let CPE University help you “Achieve Your Strategic Advantage”.

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Our courses meet the global Continuing Professional Development (CPD-IES7) Standard for Chartered Accountants with International Education Standard 7 (IES 7) set by The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), the International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Based on our accreditation by existing IFAC members and affiliates, we believe learners can count their professionally relevant, verifiable learning activities on myCPE, including taking on demand courses and attending live webinars, toward fulfillment of their verifiable CPD-IES7 requirements. However, if there is any question, we recommend that the individual learner confirm with his/her professional licensing organization before taking myCPE courses for CPD-IES7 credit.
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As an accredited provider of Continuing Professional Education in the United States, myCPE online learning platform, courses, and webinars meet the requirements set forth by the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), an IFAC Member Organization, as well as the National State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) and the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), both IFAC Affiliates. As well as it has been approved by NASBA, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Certified Financial Planner Board (CFP Board), California Tax Education Council (CTEC), Society of Human Resource Professional (SHRM), Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) and many more.Therefore, we believe learners can count their professionally relevant, verifiable learning activities on myCPE, including taking on demand courses and attending live webinars, toward fulfillment of their verifiable continuing education requirement as CPD-IES7 requirements. However, if there is any question, we recommend that the individual learner confirm with his/her professional licensing organization before taking myCPE courses for CPD-IES7 credit.
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