AdvBudgetingSeminar

ADVANCED BUDGETING SEMINAR

Thursday, November 12 9:00 am to 3:30 pm

and Friday, November 13, 2009 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

NIU Naperville, 1120 East Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois

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Intended Audience: Budget Analysts, Assistant Managers, Assistant Finance Directors, Finance Directors and Business Managers and other local government staff involved in the development of the budget.

Description: This seminar will thoroughly review the entire cycle of the budget process from setting financial policies, strategic planning, development of the budget and communicating the budget to the board and public.

Topics to be covered include:

Financial Policies
Budgeting Perspectives and Theory (panel)
Budget Review Exercise
Operations Planning
Performance Measures
Communications – The Document
Communications – Presenting to the Board and Public
Financial Planning

Forecasting major revenues (home rule vs. non-home rule)
Analyzing expenditures
Sample revenue projection
Projecting financial condition
Presenting financial information

Strategic Planning

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Instructors	Review Instructors Bios
Bill Balling, Managing Director, WRB, LLC Consulting	Michael Peddle, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Northern Illinois University
Larry Maholland, Director, Local Government Management Services, Sikich LLP	Richard Schnuer, Finance Director, City of Champaign
Ghida Neukirch, Deputy Village Manager, Village of Buffalo Grove	Kevin Wachtel, Finance Director and Treasurer, Village of Riverside

Learning Objectives:

Participants will:

Explore the development of Financial Policies and the theory of Budgeting Perspectives from the viewpoint of different government units and various positions within a government (elected official vs. manager vs. finance director)
Understand the process of forecasting revenues and analyzing expenditures
Learn about development and importance of performance measures
Discuss the methods of communications within the budget document and the presentation of the budget document to different audiences
Acquire insight into the strategic planning cycle

Delivery method: Group-Live

Program Level: Advanced

Prerequisites: None required

Advanced Preparation: None required

CPE Credits: Earn about 9 CPE credits

Registration Fees	Through October 14	After October 14
IGFOA member	$235	$260
Non-member	$335	$360

Registration fee includes continental breakfast, breaks, lunch, and material.

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If you have any questions regarding this seminar, cancellations, complaints, or refunds, please contact the IGFOA at 815-752-8941 or info@igfoa.org.

The Illinois Government Finance Officers Association is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org