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The Controllership Series - Addressing Budgeting Uncertainty


Total Credits: 1 including 1 Accounting - Technical

Average Rating:
   18
Categories:
ACPEN Industry Institute |  Accounting and Auditing |  Personal Development
Faculty:
Lynn Fountain
Course Levels:
Basic
Duration:
1 Hour
License:
Expires 30 day(s) after program date.

Dates
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Description

With new accounting standards, the economic landscape and evolving technology, accounting, financial reporting and finance continue to grow in complexity. FASB has tried to address the growing complexity, by working towards making GAAP less convoluted.  The struggle to stay on top of accounting financial reporting requirements and finance changes due to the economy continues for several reasons. Lack of in-house SMEs, managing high volumes of transactions, and data and evolving information technology systems.

In the future, executives must consider the challenges they will face in future years that will bring their own nuances and complexities. Budgeting is certainly one of those processes that must be evaluated and re-evaluated for efficiency. This session delves into the corporate budgeting process and discusses methods used and which methods may or may not allow for the organization’s to properly plan for a volatile future.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Examine top challenges/opportunities
    • Evaluating budget uncertainty
  • Examine the types of budgeting processes
    • Incremental
    • Activity-based
    • Value proposition
    • Zero-based

Major Subjects
  • Accounting
  • Finance

Course Materials

Faculty

Lynn Fountain Related Seminars and Products


Lynn Fountain has over 45 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 20 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing and risk management. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance. Lynn has held two Chief Audit Executive (CAE) positions for international companies. In one of her roles as CAE, she assisted in the investigation of a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme perpetrated by a vendor that spanned 7 years and implicated 20 employees. The fraud was formally investigation by the FBI and resulted in 5 indictments estimating a $13M fraud loss.Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CPA, CGMA, CRMA credentials.


Dates

Thu, Jan 29, 2026 - 1:00 PM to 2:03 PM AKST
Sat, Feb 07, 2026 - 5:00 AM to 6:03 AM AKST
Fri, Feb 20, 2026 - 7:00 AM to 8:03 AM AKST
Fri, Mar 06, 2026 - 9:00 AM to 10:03 AM AKST
Wed, Mar 18, 2026 - 11:00 AM to 12:03 PM AKDT
Mon, Apr 06, 2026 - 1:00 PM to 2:03 PM AKDT
Fri, Apr 17, 2026 - 5:00 AM to 6:03 AM AKDT
Wed, May 13, 2026 - 7:00 AM to 8:03 AM AKDT
Fri, May 29, 2026 - 9:00 AM to 10:03 AM AKDT
Sat, Jun 06, 2026 - 11:00 AM to 12:03 PM AKDT
Wed, Jun 17, 2026 - 1:00 PM to 2:03 PM AKDT
Thu, Jun 25, 2026 - 3:00 PM to 4:03 PM AKDT
Mon, Jul 13, 2026 - 1:00 PM to 2:03 PM AKDT
Wed, Jul 22, 2026 - 7:00 AM to 8:03 AM AKDT
Wed, Aug 12, 2026 - 9:00 AM to 10:03 AM AKDT
Mon, Aug 31, 2026 - 11:00 AM to 12:03 PM AKDT
Tue, Sep 01, 2026 - 1:00 PM to 2:03 PM AKDT
Thu, Sep 17, 2026 - 7:00 AM to 8:03 AM AKDT
Fri, Oct 09, 2026 - 9:00 AM to 10:03 AM AKDT
Wed, Oct 28, 2026 - 11:00 AM to 12:03 PM AKDT
Thu, Nov 05, 2026 - 1:00 PM to 2:03 PM AKST
Mon, Nov 23, 2026 - 7:00 AM to 8:03 AM AKST
Wed, Dec 02, 2026 - 9:00 AM to 10:03 AM AKST
Mon, Dec 14, 2026 - 11:00 AM to 12:03 PM AKST
Fri, Jan 15, 2027 - 1:00 PM to 2:03 PM AKST
Tue, Jan 26, 2027 - 7:00 AM to 8:03 AM AKST
Mon, Feb 01, 2027 - 9:00 AM to 10:03 AM AKST
Tue, Feb 16, 2027 - 11:00 AM to 12:03 PM AKST
Wed, Mar 03, 2027 - 1:00 PM to 2:03 PM AKST
Fri, Mar 19, 2027 - 7:00 AM to 8:03 AM AKDT
Fri, Apr 02, 2027 - 9:00 AM to 10:03 AM AKDT
Wed, Apr 21, 2027 - 11:00 AM to 12:03 PM AKDT
Fri, May 07, 2027 - 1:00 PM to 2:03 PM AKDT
Thu, May 20, 2027 - 7:00 AM to 8:03 AM AKDT
Tue, Jun 01, 2027 - 9:00 AM to 10:03 AM AKDT
Wed, Jun 23, 2027 - 11:00 AM to 12:03 PM AKDT

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites None
Advanced Preparation None
Designed For Controllers, Accountants, Finance Professionals, Auditors
Original Recording Date 01/01/2024
Course Developer Lynn Fountain
Date Added to Catalog 02/14/2024
Yellow Book No

Additional Information

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Instructional Delivery Method

Group Internet Based


Course Registration Requirements

Online Registration


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Overall:      4.6

Total Reviews: 18

Comments

Carol W

"Great job!"

Kathy D - Portland, Michigan

"There aren't a lot of "budgeting" classes so I really appreciate this one. "