The effective management of budgets and operational cost is a key aspect in leading and managing organizations. Nowadays, if contemporary organizations want to stay competitive, they are urged to think, plan and act in terms of value added to customers and shareholders. Along this line, budgeting, as well as tracking, controlling & reducing cost represent essential activities to be performed and monitored as strategies get executed.

In addressing these issues, this course is relevant for those professionals and analysts facing the difficult challenge of improving performance while reducing costs of those processes for which there are accountable.

This course will feature:

• The management system in practice;
• Budgeting practices;
• Traditional and innovative tools for budgeting and cost control;
• Multiple cost analysis for different purposes;
• KPIs and the Balanced Scorecard.

• Master the budgeting process
• Understand costs behavior
• Explore traditional & innovative approaches to Budgeting & Cost Control
• Analyze process costing
• Manage balanced scorecard