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Create actionable budgets & forecasts to support strategic decision-making.

Take your budgeting and forecasting skills to the next level by learning the practical techniques used today at leading companies from an experienced FP&A leader.
  • Build organizational resilience: Establish a robust scenario-planning framework to predict potential challenges and opportunities.

  • Drive informed decision-making: Create highly accurate forecasts that provide a clear financial picture, enabling data-driven decisions and strategic planning.

  • Streamline operations: Facilitate a smooth and efficient annual budgeting process, saving valuable time and resources.
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Create actionable budgets & forecasts to support strategic decision-making.

Take your budgeting and forecasting skills to the next level by learning the practical techniques used today at leading companies from an experienced FP&A leader.
Budgeting & Forecasting Certified | Masters - Bonus footage action shot

Build organizational resilience
Establish a robust scenario-planning framework to predict potential challenges and opportunities.

Drive informed decision-making
Create highly accurate forecasts that provide a clear financial picture, enabling data-driven decisions and strategic planning.

Streamline operations
Facilitate a smooth and efficient annual budgeting process, saving valuable time and resources.
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Course overview.

This certification is designed to equip finance professionals with the knowledge and skills to manage the annual budgeting process and create forecasts that support strategic decision-making.

With Christian Wattig as your coach, you’ll learn how to navigate the five phases of annual budgeting: Pre Kick-Off, Joint Planning, Consolidation, Iteration, and Final Alignment. You’ll also learn to create accurate forecasts that empower leaders to make better decisions.

Discover a range of forecasting techniques, including time series analysis, driver-based planning, and scenario planning. By mastering these methods, you'll build robust financial models that provide invaluable insights for informed decision-making. You’ll also learn how to combine top-down and bottom-up approaches to enhance forecast accuracy and create projections that truly support business goals.

If you’re ready to gain the skills to lead the budgeting process, build consensus, and deliver forecasts that drive company-wide success, this is the certification for you.  
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Course overview.

This certification is designed to equip finance professionals with the knowledge and skills to manage the annual budgeting process and create forecasts that support strategic decision-making.

With Christian Wattig as your coach, you’ll learn how to navigate the five phases of annual budgeting: Pre Kick-Off, Joint Planning, Consolidation, Iteration, and Final Alignment. You’ll also learn to create accurate forecasts that empower leaders to make better decisions.

Discover a range of forecasting techniques, including time series analysis, driver-based planning, and scenario planning. By mastering these methods, you'll build robust financial models that provide invaluable insights for informed decision-making. You’ll also learn how to combine top-down and bottom-up approaches to enhance forecast accuracy and create projections that truly support business goals.

If you’re ready to gain the skills to lead the budgeting process, build consensus, and deliver forecasts that drive company-wide success, this is the certification for you.  
By the end of this certification, you'll be able to..

Lead the budgeting process
Learn to lead a collaborative annual budgeting process from start to finish. The resulting budget will be a comprehensive plan that aligns goals, tactics, and performance metrics.

Improve forecast accuracy
Learn to build driver-based forecasts, create scenario plans, and stress-test your projections to maximize accuracy.

Build robust models
Build robust financial models that withstand uncertainty and provide a solid foundation for strategic planning.
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By the end of this certification, you'll be able to..

Lead the budgeting process
Learn to lead a collaborative annual budgeting process from start to finish. The resulting budget will be a comprehensive plan that aligns goals, tactics, and performance metrics.

Improve forecast accuracy
Learn to build driver-based forecasts, create scenario plans, and stress-test your projections to maximize accuracy.

Build robust models
Build robust financial models that withstand uncertainty and provide a solid foundation for strategic planning.

"This course offers a thorough and practical approach to financial planning. It covers essential topics like scenario planning, stress testing, and techniques for improving accuracy, all while addressing real-world challenges such as forecast bias and dynamic market conditions."


Mujahed Aghbar, Senior Financial Analyst at Apple

Christian Wattig
Your instructor, Christian Wattig

Christian Wattig is an accomplished FP&A expert with over a decade of leadership experience in multinational corporations and fast-growing tech start-ups. He spent eleven years at Procter & Gamble and Unilever, leading FP&A and accounting teams. After earning his MBA from NYU Stern, Christian transitioned to the tech sector and played a pivotal role in taking Squarespace public as an FP&A leader.

Now an entrepreneur, Christian shares his FP&A expertise with finance teams through the Wharton School of Business, where he is Director of their FP&A certification program, and his own company, FP&A Prep. He works as a corporate trainer, offers online training programs, and regularly shares best practices with his LinkedIn followers and over 30,000 email subscribers through his weekly newsletter, “FP&A Tuesday.”
Christian Wattig
Your instructor, Christian Wattig

Christian Wattig is an accomplished FP&A expert with over a decade of leadership experience in multinational corporations and fast-growing tech start-ups. He spent eleven years at Procter & Gamble and Unilever, leading FP&A and accounting teams. After earning his MBA from NYU Stern, Christian transitioned to the tech sector and played a pivotal role in taking Squarespace public as an FP&A leader.

Now an entrepreneur, Christian shares his FP&A expertise with finance teams through the Wharton School of Business, where he is Director of their FP&A certification program, and his own company, FP&A Prep. He works as a corporate trainer, offers online training programs, and regularly shares best practices with his LinkedIn followers and over 30,000 email subscribers through his weekly newsletter, “FP&A Tuesday.”

Learn from industry experts like:

Linda Hull
Linda Hull
Solutions Marketing Director at Workday

Eric Adam
Eric Adam
Director, Finance (FP&A) at Insulet Corporation

Mila Cocos
Mila Cocos
Vice President, Finance at Revature

"I found this course to be a great tool to better understand terminology as well as a variety of approaches for FP&A. I was able to relate to all of the material, and having proper approaches and pros and cons to said techniques helped to create a "science" out of it. I phrase it liberally for the sake of complexity purposes for each organization. But the structure will definitely help me relate more to my VP."


Aditi Sinha, Senior Financial Analyst at Merrimack Valley Credit Union

What's included?

Content
Take your budgeting and forecasting skills to the next level by learning the specific techniques and processes used today at leading companies from an experienced FP&A leader.

Exams
Marked exams at the end of every module to test your knowledge and help you prepare to step into the role of finance business partner and expert storyteller.

Footage
Hours of bonus footage and fireside chats, crammed with expert insights from organizations like Workday, Insulet Corporation, Revature and more.

Templates
Practical templates and frameworks ready for use straight away. Take them with you and utilize them to track your metrics with ease.

Coursework
A variety of coursework tasks to consolidate your learning and practice your new revenue operations metrics capabilities.

Access
Lifetime access to all the content, fireside chats, templates, and more. Return to the content whenever you need to – we’ll be here.

What's included?
Content
Take your budgeting and forecasting skills to the next level by learning the specific techniques and processes used today at leading companies from an experienced FP&A leader.
Exams
Marked exams at the end of every module to test your knowledge and help you prepare to step into the role of finance business partner and expert storyteller.
Footage
Hours of bonus footage and fireside chats, crammed with expert insights from organizations like Workday, Insulet Corporation, Revature and more.
Templates
Practical templates and frameworks ready for use straight away. Take them with you and utilize them to track your metrics with ease.
Coursework
A variety of coursework tasks to consolidate your learning and practice your new revenue operations metrics capabilities.
Access
Lifetime access to all the content, fireside chats, templates, and more. Return to the content whenever you need to – we’ll be here.

Looking for lifelong L&D support?


Become a Pro+ Member and unlock FP&A Certified: Core, over 100 hours of OnDemand content, templates & frameworks, workshops, mentorship opportunities, a free in-person summit ticket, and much more.

Looking for lifelong L&D support?


Become a Pro+ Member and unlock FP&A Certified: Core, over 100 hours of OnDemand content, templates & frameworks, workshops, mentorship opportunities, a free in-person summit ticket, and much more.

Course curriculum.

Looking to learn as a team?


If you're looking to get a team of three or more certified, then speak to Matt about team rates on m.booth@teamalliance.com.

P.S. If you need help convincing your boss, we've done the hard work for you.

Looking to learn as a team?


If you're looking to get a team of three or more certified, then speak to Matt about team rates on m.booth@teamalliance.com.

P.S If you need help convincing your boss, we've done the hard work for you.

FAQs.

Who's Budgeting and Forecasting Certified: Masters for?

This certification is tailored for:

  • Accounting Managers and Controllers at small and medium-sized businesses who are tasked with “becoming more forward-looking” and establishing budgeting and forecasting processes for the first time.
  • Ambitious early career professionals at medium-sized and large companies who want to advance to the next step in their careers by exceeding expectations with their budgeting and forecasting responsibilities.
  • Experienced FP&A managers who are looking for professional development, because they “don’t know what they don’t know” and want to confirm that they are implementing best practices.

How does Budgeting and Forecasting Certified: Masters work?

The certification is 100% online and entirely self-paced. Once you enroll, you’ll work through the modules in chronological order and be invited to take part in activities. At the end of each module, you’ll be presented with mandatory exam questions and if you pass all these, you’ll become Budgeting & Forecasting Masters Certified!

What happens once I’ve completed the certification?

Sit an exam for each module to earn your certification, then share your accomplishment with your peers on LinkedIn. As for the content – you’ll have lifetime access. So, you can always revisit the information if you need a quick refresher. 

How much does the Budgeting and Forecasting course cost?

$500. But if you sign up to Pro+ membership you'll get access to all certifications, event ticket, mentorship and more for $1,999. Save 52%.