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( 3 REVIEWS )ABOUT THE COURSEThis course brings together two most of the most important areas of financial management: Understanding Finance to Influence Strategic Decisions, and Financial Analysis, Planning and Control in Donor Funded Projects like World Bank Projects etcIt will help finance and account officers to: Think and manage strategically and plan more effectively for effective use of donor funding Identify the role of financial management in strategic decision-making Use the financial techniques of planning and control in donor funded projects Improve performance from the use of the tools of financial analysis
COURSE OBJECTIVESThe course provides delegates with the knowledge required to find better answers to questions such as:
Target Participants
• Chief Accountants• Group Finance Directors• Heads of Finance• Finance Managers• Financial Controllers• Accountants• Management Accountants• Executive Directors of Finance• Managers of Financial Accounts• Heads of Accounting and Administration• Finance and Information Systems Managers• Financial Analysts• Auditors• Portfolio Managers
COURSE CONTENT
 Budgeting
The what and Why of budgeting • Budgeting and Reporting Overview: So You Want Perfect Analytics • The key benefits of “good” budgeting and the pitfalls of “bad” budgeting • Essential elements in planning any viable budget • Know your organization’s budgeting “environment” • Putting the pieces together: The budget preparation phase - planning is most of the battle • Monitoring the approved budget: Do more than just "live with it" … succeed with it! • Administering a Budget • Budgets are financial statements: How do we use them effectively. What do they tell you about the past ... the future? • Learn how to use them to pinpoint organizational strengths and weaknesses • The income statement: What does it measure? What is missing from it? • The balance sheet budget: a measu