About this course
Budget drivers and ownership. For CA associates; finance executives; directors new to the topic. Seven topic lessons and narrated animated explainers, seven knowledge checks, five applied activities and a sampled final assessment. Complete the guided Driver-based budget outline. Prerequisite: None. Original fictional cases develop practical finance and governance decisions. Confirm current rules, exemptions and live filing requirements for the actual entity. The study estimate measures all required learning; the workbook's 55-minute value was a planning target.
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What you will learn
Course outline
1. Plan objective and time horizon
- Plan objective and time horizon
- Plan objective and time horizon — video
- Topic 1 knowledge check
- Decision Mission: Plan objective and time horizon
2. Volume, price, mix and capacity drivers
- Volume, price, mix and capacity drivers
- Volume, price, mix and capacity drivers — video
- Topic 2 knowledge check
3. People and operating-cost assumptions
- People and operating-cost assumptions
- People and operating-cost assumptions — video
- Topic 3 knowledge check
4. Owner inputs and challenge process
- Owner inputs and challenge process
- Owner inputs and challenge process — video
- Topic 4 knowledge check
- Case Quest: Volume, price, mix and capacity drivers
5. Cash and balance-sheet links
- Cash and balance-sheet links
- Cash and balance-sheet links — video
- Topic 5 knowledge check
- Impact Simulator: launch volume
6. Approval and version control
- Approval and version control
- Approval and version control — video
- Topic 6 knowledge check
- Roleplay Studio: challenge an unsupported volume target
7. Case: Build a sales and cost driver tree for a new product
- Case: Build a sales and cost driver tree for a new product
- Case: Build a sales and cost driver tree for a new product — video
- Topic 7 knowledge check
- Practice Lab: launch budget review
Final assessment
- Final assessment