Advanced Budgeting and Forecasting

Date: 11 – 12 November 2026
Miri, Sarawak.

Key Benefits of Attending

• EXPLAIN the role of advanced budgeting and forecasting in strategic management
• DISTINGUISH between budgeting, forecasting, planning and target-setting
• DEVELOP integrated operating and financial budgets
• APPLY driver-based budgeting and activity-based approaches
• PREPARE flexible budgets for different levels of activity
• DEVELOP rolling forecasts and continuous forecasting systems
• PREPARE reliable sales, cost, profit and cash-flow forecasts
• APPLY trend, regression and other quantitative forecasting techniques
• PERFORM sensitivity and scenario analysis
• DEVELOP best-case, base-case and worst-case scenarios
• ANALYSE budget-versus-actual performance using advanced variance analysis
• IDENTIFY the causes of significant variances and recommend corrective action
• USE KPIs and dashboards to monitor financial performance
• INTEGRATE budgeting with strategic planning and business objectives
• APPLY Excel and AI tools to improve budgeting and forecasting
• DEVELOP a practical budgeting and forecasting framework for their organisation