Rotterdam School of Business and Public Policy

Faculty of Business, Communication and Finance

Strategic Cost Control

18th – 23rd November 2024 – Rotterdam

In order to achieve an effective budget management; strategically control cost and minimize impact on an organization’s performance; managers need to plan for complex set of factors; consider contingencies and evaluate resource level.

This course focuses on identifying these factors and provides participants with the right skills.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, participants should be able to:

  • Develop sound financial management and control
  • Apply essential concept of accounting, budgeting and finance.
  • Reduce unnecessary costs and budgeted expenditure and look towards better value for money
  • Create savings for flexible budgeting.
  • Establish key performance indicators
  • Produce timely and adequate information for management of decisions

Target Participants

The course is ideal for officers of all grades who assemble budgets or manage expenditure budgets associated with projects, especially finance managers

Outline

  • Planning and Contingency Expenditure
  • Resource Allocation and Budget Management
  • Budget Justification
  • Integral Performance Budgeting to Control Cost
  • Accrual-Base Accounting and Cash Accounting
  • Public Private Partnership Exposure
  • Practice and Processes of Audit and Accounting
  • Procurement Arrangement and Cost Control
  • Financial Aspect of Project Management
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