The budgeting process can be a mysterious and scary process for employees who are not accounting experts. The list of benefits that a budget can provide, however, is very long! This course aims to overcome the fear and confusion surrounding the budgeting process by explaining the process and its importance in terms that are easy to understand.

Master the Budgeting Process Using Simple Step by Step Examples

• Recognize the benefits and importance of the budgeting process
• Create supporting schedules to build a full Income Statement and Balance Sheet
• Assess the value of the first draft and revise to create a final polished budget
• Use flexible budgets to assess organizational performance

Learn and Master Budgeting Concepts to Drive Organizational Improvements

There are many benefits to the budgeting process when used properly. You can become a more valuable employee or more successful business owner when you are able to understand and contribute to the budgeting process. Budgeting helps promote teamwork, communication, and continuous improvements. The organization’s goals for the coming year are translated into dollars and cents and shared in a way that helps monitor and improve performance.

However, not everyone is comfortable in the world of accounting. This course is perfect for motivated employees and business owners eager to improve their value and contribute in a more meaningful way to the budgeting process.

Contents and Overview

This course contains 24 lectures, 2 budget templates with completed solutions, five quizzes to track your progress, and 2.5 hours of content. It's designed for any employee, current business owner, business student, or future business owner, regardless of experience level, who wishes to improve their contributions to the organization’s success.

In this course, you will learn the why the budgeting process is important, who is involved, when and where data is collected, and what the process entails.

You'll then dive into the nuts and bolts of the budget, learning where the data comes from, how it all fits together, eventually building a complete budgeted Income Statement and Balance Sheet.

And, finally, you'll learn how to assess organizational performance using a flexible budget.

Upon completion of this course you will be well versed in the basic concepts of budgeting, be comfortable with budgeting calculations, and be able to use the budgeting templates provided to create supporting schedules, a budgeted Income Statement, a budgeted Balance Sheet, and calculate variances using a flexible budget.