Dr Rajeev Gupta

The Ins And Outs Of Corporate Budgeting

Corporate budgeting is important to any business entity where the financial position of the company dictates the strategies, motivations and achievements that are to be chosen.

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The following are some of the issues that most corporate budgeting exercises encompass:

The designing of the budget and then the processes involved in informing the various levels within the company structure which may include all subsidiaries and linked business units.

It also provides the clarity and consistence, though in quite general terms regarding procedures, responsibilities and time lines that would have direct connections to the corporate budgeting exercise.

With the corporate budgeting in place there is a definition of strategy success factors and organizational performances indicators in place that can better gauge the overall condition of the company’s performance. The methodology used can also be assisted using the relevant software, especially when implementing budgeting software.

There is also the possibility of being able to have follow-up process added into the general outline to analyze and variances that may be evident.

The definition of revenue, cost and balance sheet items will be able be better observed through the more complete corporate budgeting tools thus providing information that is vital for future consideration.

The cycle time which would ideally include the streamlined consolidation procedures will also be dealt with and worked out through the budgeting process, all of which is much simpler and more effective and ensures the eventual smoother running of the business entity.

There are a number of software programs available that can assist in making the whole process a lot easier, as the more recent software take into account the complexities arising from the reconciliation problems of streamlining spreadsheets and workbooks reporting structures. This will be helpful when clearer overviews are needed to make accurate projections for the company.

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