Learn how to improve communication and create checks and balances as you create plans, budgets, and forecasts for your organization. Recognize how the planning process can move from long-range thinking, to medium-term planning, to the annual budget, to the monthly cash-flow forecast. Identify strategies that will instill staff with a shared sense of accountability. Highlights
* Defining planning, forecasting, and budgeting * Business models * Strategic plans, marketing plans, and technology plans * Five-year operating plan and sales/income plan * Intermediate planning and capital equipment planning * One-year operating plan and monthly planning * Cash plan and risk plan * EVA analysis (PV, ROI and Modified ROI)
Registration
PICPA Member: $249 Nonmember: $349
More Information
Course No. 724002Level: Intermediate
Prerequisites:
Experience in financial management in a medium or small company.
Notes
Accepted for CFM and CMA credits.
Speaker(s)
William Allen
Dr. William H. Allen Jr., MBA, CPA, Ph.D. Dr. William H. Allen Jr. opened
his own accounting firm (Allen & Associates, CPA) in 1984 and he still
manages the firm’s overall day-to-day operations. His particular expertise lies
within the areas of taxation and attest functions, which include auditing,
compilations, reviews, and other services where independence is required. Prior
to starting his own company, Dr. Allen worked for Arthur Andersen, LLP for 12
years in their Chicago, Atlanta, and Los Angeles offices. Dr. Allen holds a B.A.
degree (double major in accounting and economics) from Florida A&M
University. He received his M.B.A. degree (emphasis in accounting and finance)
from Northern Illinois University. He also has a Ph.D. degree in accounting
systems design and implementation from Temple University.