Finance and TreasuryZero Based Budgeting and Cost Control
This intensive course teaches zero based budgeting as a disciplined cost control methodology for organisations facing margin pressure, currency volatility, or restructuring, requiring every cost line to be justified from a zero base rather than carried forward from prior periods. Delegates practise building decision packages, ranking them by value, and defending cuts to stakeholders. The course draws on cost reduction programmes run across manufacturing, retail, and public sector bodies in the region.
Course objectives
- Explain the principles that distinguish zero based budgeting from incremental budgeting
- Build decision packages that justify each cost line from first principles
- Rank and prioritise decision packages under funding constraints
- Lead a zero based budgeting exercise with departmental stakeholders
- Sustain cost discipline beyond the initial budgeting cycle
Who should attend
- Finance directors leading cost reduction initiatives
- Budget holders in organisations undergoing restructuring
- Management accountants tasked with cost control programmes
- Procurement and operations managers involved in cost justification
- Public sector officials managing constrained budgets
Course outline
- 01Zero based budgeting principles versus incremental budgeting
- 02Building and costing decision packages
- 03Ranking decision packages under resource constraints
- 04Facilitating zero based budgeting workshops with stakeholders
- 05Handling resistance and defending cost cuts
- 06Embedding cost discipline as ongoing practice
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 to 24 January 2027 | London, United Kingdom | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 18 to 20 February 2027 | London, United Kingdom | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 28 to 30 June 2027 | Accra, Ghana | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |