Rolling Forecast vs Traditional Budgeting

Recorded Session
75 Minutes

In a fast-changing, technology-driven business environment, predicting and planning for the future is hard. This 75-minute rolling forecast vs traditional budgeting webinar explains why many organizations are moving away from the annual budget.

Traditional budgets take too long, rest on assumptions that no longer hold, look backward instead of forward, encourage a use-it-or-lose-it mindset and limit creative resource management. Rolling forecasts address these problems.

You'll learn to base forecasts on key business drivers, including cash, apply the five core components of rolling forecasts, use technology to build them, and validate them with what-if analysis. Simple samples and exercises reinforce each point.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

Rolling forecasts are quickly replacing traditional budgeting. This session sets out the key differences and advantages, and challenges anyone who manages resources to think differently about planning.

It suits budget and financial analysts, cost center managers, accounting managers, chief accountants, finance and budget managers, CFOs, finance VPs, and operations and production managers.

AREA COVERED

  • Why traditional budgeting falls short
  • Why rolling forecasts matter in a turbulent environment
  • Defining key business drivers as the basis for rolling forecasts
  • Cash as a key business driver
  • Using key business drivers and cash to shape the future
  • The five core components of rolling forecasts
  • Using technology to develop and implement rolling forecasts
  • Simple techniques to put forecasts in place
  • Samples and exercises to reinforce teaching points
  • Using what-if scenarios to validate forecasts
  • Benefits of rolling forecasts and pitfalls to avoid
  • Selling the culture change needed for rolling forecasts

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Explain the weaknesses of traditional budgeting
  • Identify key business drivers, including cash, as the basis for forecasts
  • Apply the five core components of a rolling forecast
  • Use technology and simple techniques to build rolling forecasts
  • Validate forecasts with what-if analysis
  • Avoid common pitfalls and gain support for the culture change

WHO WILL BENEFIT?

  • Budget Analyst
  • Financial Analyst
  • Cost Center Managers and any position responsible for the management of resources
  • Accounting Managers
  • Chief Accountants
  • Finance & Budget Managers
  • Chief Financial Officers
  • VP Finance
  • Operation and Production Managers

Rolling forecasts are quickly replacing traditional budgeting. This session sets out the key differences and advantages, and challenges anyone who manages resources to think differently about planning.

It suits budget and financial analysts, cost center managers, accounting managers, chief accountants, finance and budget managers, CFOs, finance VPs, and operations and production managers.

  • Why traditional budgeting falls short
  • Why rolling forecasts matter in a turbulent environment
  • Defining key business drivers as the basis for rolling forecasts
  • Cash as a key business driver
  • Using key business drivers and cash to shape the future
  • The five core components of rolling forecasts
  • Using technology to develop and implement rolling forecasts
  • Simple techniques to put forecasts in place
  • Samples and exercises to reinforce teaching points
  • Using what-if scenarios to validate forecasts
  • Benefits of rolling forecasts and pitfalls to avoid
  • Selling the culture change needed for rolling forecasts
  • Explain the weaknesses of traditional budgeting
  • Identify key business drivers, including cash, as the basis for forecasts
  • Apply the five core components of a rolling forecast
  • Use technology and simple techniques to build rolling forecasts
  • Validate forecasts with what-if analysis
  • Avoid common pitfalls and gain support for the culture change
  • Budget Analyst
  • Financial Analyst
  • Cost Center Managers and any position responsible for the management of resources
  • Accounting Managers
  • Chief Accountants
  • Finance & Budget Managers
  • Chief Financial Officers
  • VP Finance
  • Operation and Production Managers
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Speaker Profile

ins_img Carl Young

Carl Young is an Author, Speaker, Trainer, Consultant, and Coach. He holds a MBA and completed graduate studies in Accounting and Taxation. He is a former CFO of a 275M, high growth technology based company. He has over 25 years of senior level business management experience. In addition, he has over 25 years of training experience in finance, accounting and business management. Former CEO of his own small parts manufacturing company as well as former Senior Financial Associate of major consulting firm. Carl is a member of the following organizations: American Society of Corporate Controllers, Council of Experts (investment firm …

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