DAY TWO (cont.)
Budgeting and Forecasting Conference
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 12:15 Networking & Lunch Break
1:15
Benchmark your Budget Process and Financial Goals to Set Performance Targets • Benchmark core processes to better understand performance gaps • Apply benchmarking data to redefine your performance management strategy • Establish high-level indicators of your performance that incite management to long-term performance planning Sid Ghatak –President, Rolling Forecast International, Ltd.
2:25
Create a Roadmap to Lead and Manage the Change to a More Dynamic Budgeting Process By now you may have identified multiple opportunities to improve your budgeting and forecasting processes. So what is your plan for leading some of these change initiatives and transitioning to a more refined budgeting & forecasting culture? • Develop a change road map to identify change agents and inhibitors (Interactive Exercise) • Communicate and create the business case for such a change • Identify the change initiative most vital to performance improvement and leverage it to broaden the change effort Sid Ghatak –President, Rolling Forecast International, Ltd.
2:20 Break & Refreshments 3:50 Conference Adjourns
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