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

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. "