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Course Overview
LEXX Live’ instructor-led Budgets course teaches participants a solid understanding of the Federal Workplace’s basic financial terms and methods. This training will address:
- Commonly used terms
- Financial statements
- Budgets
- Forecasting
- Purchasing Decisions
- Financial Legislation
There are no prerequisites for this class.
Schedule
Currently, there are no public classes scheduled. Please contact a LEXX LIVETraining Consultant to discuss hosting a private class at 301-258-8200.
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Course Outline
Getting Started
- Housekeeping items
- The parking lot
- Workshop objectives
- Action plans and evaluations
Glossary
- What is finance?
- Commonly used terms
- Key players
- Important financial organizations
- Understanding GAAP
- Case study
- Review questions
Understanding Financial Statements
- Balance sheets
- Income statements (AKA profit & loss statements)
- Statement of retained earnings
- Statement of cash flows
- Annual reports
- Case study
- Review questions
Analyzing Financial Statements (I)
- Income ratios
- Profitability ratios
- Liquidity ratios
- Working capital ratios
- Bankruptcy ratios
- Case study
- Review questions
Analyzing Financial Statements (II)
- Long-term analysis ratios
- Coverage ratios
- Leverage ratios
- Calculating Return on Investment (ROI)
- Case study
- Review questions
Understanding Budgets
- Common types of budgets
- What information do I need?
- Who should be involved?
- What should a budget look like?
- Case study
- Review questions
Budgeting Made Easy
- Factoring in historical data
- Gathering related information
- Adjusting for special circumstances
- Putting it all together
- Computer based methods
- Case study
- Review questions
Advanced Forecasting Techniques
- Using the average
- Regression analysis
- Extrapolation
- Formal financial models
- Case study
- Review questions
Managing the Budget
- How to tell if you’re on track
- Should your budget be updated
- Keeping a diary of lessons learned
- When to panic
- Case study
- Review questions
Making Smart Purchasing Decisions
- 10 questions you must ask
- Determining the payback period
- Deciding whether to lease or buy
- Thinking outside the box
- Case study
- Review questions
A Glimpse into the Legal World
- A brief history
- The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- CEO/CFO certification
- 8th Company Law Directive
- Case study
- Review questions
Wrapping Up
- Words from the wise
- Parking lot
- Action plans and evaluations
Budgets Training FAQs
This course is intended for those who are responsible for a budget and who would like to get better at understanding and managing a budget.
BONUS! LEXX Online Subscription Included: All LEXX Live students receive complimentary ninety (90) day access to the LEXX Online learning platform, which hosts hundreds of expert asynchronous training courses in Cybersecurity, IT, Soft Skills, and Management and more!
LEXX Live is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints re-garding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its web site: www.nasbaregistry.org
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