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Budgeting:  Presenting and Communicating your Numbers


Total Credits: 2 including 2 Accounting - Technical

Average Rating:
   32
Categories:
Accounting and Auditing |  Personal Development |  ACPEN Industry Institute
Speaker:
Bob Mims, CPA
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
2 Hours
Product Type:
Live Webcast Replay
License:
Product Setting: Expires 30 day(s) after program date.

Dates
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Description

The budgeting process can be a time consuming and frustrating process for accountants.  The constraints and pressures can lead to poor decisions in both the technical and human components.  This session will cover:

Budgeting:  Presenting and Communicating your Numbers

•    Now that the budget is complete, how we communicate our plan is critical.  this session reveals some key guidelines in budget presentation and will identify key problems in how people often communicate financial plans. 

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • 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

Major Subjects
  • Budget defining,
  • Budget cultures
  • Tacticle budget issues
  • Ideas for budget solutions and process solutions
  • Understanding people in the budget process
  • Communicating your budget to non financial types

Course Materials

Speaker

Bob Mims, CPA's Profile

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Bob Mims, CPA, is an entrepreneur and accounting/management executive based in Memphis, TN. He has served as a financial consultant across various industries in the role of planning, modeling and CFO capacities.  Bob has had the privilege of serving as chair on an AICPA committee and on two FASB advisory committees.  During his ten years with the accounting firm KPMG, he was selected national instructor of the year on three occasions. 
Bob graduated from the University of Mississippi, and enjoys outdoor sports with his wife, 5 children, 2 service dogs, and a 20-pound cat named ‘Squirt’.
 


Dates

Tue, Apr 02, 2024 - 11:00am to 12:53pm CDT
Thu, Apr 18, 2024 - 01:00pm to 02:53pm CDT
Wed, May 08, 2024 - 02:00pm to 03:53pm CDT
Mon, May 20, 2024 - 09:00am to 10:53am CDT
Sat, Jun 01, 2024 - 09:00am to 10:53am CDT
Mon, Jun 03, 2024 - 11:00am to 12:53pm CDT
Wed, Jun 19, 2024 - 01:00pm to 02:53pm CDT
Thu, Jun 27, 2024 - 07:00pm to 08:53pm CDT
Thu, Jul 25, 2024 - 11:00am to 12:53pm CDT
Thu, Aug 08, 2024 - 01:00pm to 02:53pm CDT
Mon, Aug 19, 2024 - 02:00pm to 03:53pm CDT
Thu, Sep 05, 2024 - 09:00am to 10:53am CDT
Fri, Sep 20, 2024 - 11:00am to 12:53pm CDT
Fri, Oct 04, 2024 - 01:00pm to 02:53pm CDT
Tue, Oct 22, 2024 - 02:00pm to 03:53pm CDT
Sat, Nov 02, 2024 - 09:00am to 10:53am CDT
Fri, Nov 08, 2024 - 09:00am to 10:53am CST
Tue, Nov 19, 2024 - 07:00pm to 08:53pm CST
Wed, Dec 04, 2024 - 01:00pm to 02:53pm CST
Sat, Dec 07, 2024 - 09:00am to 10:53am CST
Thu, Dec 12, 2024 - 06:00pm to 07:53pm CST
Fri, Dec 20, 2024 - 09:00am to 10:53am CST
Mon, Jan 13, 2025 - 02:00pm to 03:53pm CST
Fri, Jan 24, 2025 - 08:00am to 09:53am CST
Thu, Feb 06, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:53am CST
Tue, Feb 18, 2025 - 12:00pm to 01:53pm CST
Thu, Mar 13, 2025 - 06:00pm to 07:53pm CDT
Wed, Mar 26, 2025 - 08:00am to 09:53am CDT
Thu, Apr 03, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:53am CDT
Fri, Apr 18, 2025 - 12:00pm to 01:53pm CDT
Sat, Apr 26, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:53am CDT
Wed, May 14, 2025 - 02:00pm to 03:53pm CDT
Thu, May 29, 2025 - 08:00am to 09:53am CDT
Tue, Jun 03, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:53am CDT
Fri, Jun 13, 2025 - 12:00pm to 01:53pm CDT
Thu, Jun 26, 2025 - 05:00pm to 06:53pm CDT
Sat, Jun 28, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:53am CDT

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites None
Advanced Preparation None
Designed For Current and aspiring CFO's and Controllers and/or Finance related professionals involved in teh budget process
Original Recording Date 08/08/2022
Course Developer The Knowledge Institute
Date Added to Catalog 08/02/2022
Yellow Book No

Additional Information

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Instructional Delivery Method

Group Internet Based


Course Registration Requirements

Online Registration


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Overall:      4.3

Total Reviews: 32

Comments

Wendy S

"Great webinar!"

Neil D - Pensacola, Florida

"Very interesting way to present the materials to make better, effective presentations."