Businesses and organizations require people with forward-thinking vision—and a strategic planning professional can help in that regard. Strategic planners must understand the business, the market, trends, and have foresight into future developments to be successful Strategic planning is an organizational activity that is used to set priorities, focus energy and resources, strengthen operations, ensure that all stakeholders are working toward common goals, establish agreement around intended outcomes and assess (or adjust) the organization’s direction in response to a changing environment. If companies intend to succeed within today’s turbulent markets their Business Plans must be looked at carefully and constantly integrated with Budgeting, Forecasting and Cost Analysis. This training program will enable candidates to develop a framework that links strategies to annual budget and targets, also aims for world class levels of management and organizational performance and comprehensive understanding of budgeting principles, techniques, and budgetary control methods to enable effective financial planning and management within organizations.