Skills for Budget Analyst Training
Monday, February 23, 2026
Category:Accounting & Finance
3
Days
Dubai
9:00am – 4:00pm
Introduction
Budget is an inherent part of the financial planning process both in the public sector as well as the private sector. In the public sector, the budget affects almost every citizen and forms the basis of a government’s fiscal policy. It is also a crucial document to plan for future development expenditure. Given the size of public sector expenditure, all appointed budget analysts must have the right skills to deal with forthcoming challenges.
Budget analysts at all levels of the government are responsible for determining how to distribute resources effectively among various departments and development programmes. Budget analysts also help measure performance, analyse financial results and help draft budget-related legislation. Organisations hire a budget analyst to keep a check on all finances, making sure expenditures are on track. Their scope of work involves helping organizations keep a close eye on current finances and plan future budget decisions ahead of time. Budget preparation in the private sector is equally important for every business, irrespective of its size.
Objectives
The objectives of this course are to ensure that the participants:
- Appreciate the importance of budget preparation exercise
- Critically review the assumptions made in the budget preparation exercise
- Understand different types of budgets and use the one most appropriate to the organization.
- Learn to prepare the organization’s budget from the scratch
- Learn to differentiate between capital and revenue expenditure
- Project Various Types of Expenditures
- Estimate Working Capital Needs
- Compare actual results with the budgeted figures and conduct variance analysis
- Understand Various sources of finance with their utilisation, based on the cost of capital
- Obtain an overview of the financial statements and management reports to evaluate the organisation’s performance
- Understand ratio, horizontal and vertical analytical concepts
- Prepare forward plans based on interim quarterly and half-yearly results
- Know the benefits of having an excellent E.R.P system
Training Methodology
Solid State Training collaborative Budget Analyst Certification Course will comprise the following training methods: Lectures, Seminars & Presentations, Group Discussions, Assignments, Case Studies & Functional Exercises. Like all our acclaimed courses, this program also follows the ‘Do-Review-Learn-Apply’ model, which is a unique way of training by Solid State Training.
Organizational Impact
Organisations nominating their employees to participate in this course can benefit in the following ways:
- Estimate funds requirements together with their sources
- Allocate funds smartly amongst various departments/ divisions
- Ensure a reasonable balance between inflows and outflows of funds to maintain a healthy liquidity position
- Evaluate financial statements and measure own performance in comparison with the budget and historical figures
- Understand components of the budget with a clear distinction between revenue and capital expenditure
- Recognise cost behaviour for better analysis and identify areas for cost-cutting
Personal Impact
Upon completion of this course, individuals attending the course will be able to:
- Learn key accounting concepts and apply the same for budgetary planning
- Learn to differentiate between cash and accrual accounting
- Prepare budgets and forward plans based on sound assumptions
- Build an Integrated Financial Model for budget preparation including cash flow forecasts
- Gain a thorough understanding of cost behaviour and learn to prepare variance analyses
- Understand components of working capital and learn to reduce operating cycle
Budgeting and planning personnel, Revenue Department personnel, Chief Executives, Financial Controllers, Departmental managers, Internal Auditors, Data analysts, Risk Officers.
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