Strategic Budget Planning Certification

Build expertise in multi-year financial forecasting through practical workshops and real-world scenarios. Our September 2025 program runs for nine months and combines technical training with hands-on application.

9 Month Program
12 Core Modules
180 Contact Hours
24 Max Class Size

Your Development Journey

We've structured the curriculum around progressive skill building. Each phase introduces complexity while reinforcing earlier concepts. You'll work through actual budget scenarios from Thai market contexts.

1

Foundation & Framework

Months 1-2

Get comfortable with financial terminology and basic forecasting principles. We start with simple projections and gradually introduce variables that affect multi-year planning.

  • Financial Statements
  • Basic Modeling
  • Variance Analysis
  • Data Interpretation
2

Intermediate Forecasting

Months 3-5

Here's where things get interesting. You'll learn to build models that account for seasonal variations, market shifts, and operational changes. Real case studies from Thai businesses provide context.

  • Scenario Planning
  • Risk Assessment
  • Multi-Year Projection
  • Sensitivity Analysis
3

Advanced Integration

Months 6-7

Connect budgeting with broader business strategy. Learn how different departments interact financially and how to present complex information to stakeholders who might not have finance backgrounds.

  • Strategic Planning
  • Department Coordination
  • Executive Reporting
  • Dashboard Design
4

Capstone Project

Months 8-9

Apply everything you've learned to a comprehensive budget planning project. You'll work with real financial data and present your recommendations to industry practitioners who provide feedback.

  • Full Budget Cycle
  • Stakeholder Presentation
  • Implementation Planning
  • Professional Documentation

Meet Your Instructors

Our teaching team brings diverse financial backgrounds. They've worked across manufacturing, retail, and service sectors in Thailand. More importantly, they know how to explain complex concepts without unnecessary jargon.

Thanawat Jirapongsanon portrait

Thanawat Jirapongsanon

Financial Modeling & Forecasting

Spent twelve years building budgeting systems for mid-sized manufacturers in Chon Buri. Thanawat focuses on practical modeling techniques that work when your data isn't perfect.

Manufacturing Finance Model Building Process Design
Siriporn Watanakul portrait

Siriporn Watanakul

Strategic Planning & Analysis

Siriporn worked in retail finance for eight years before moving into consulting. She's particularly good at helping people understand how small operational decisions create big financial ripples.

Retail Analysis Strategic Finance Variance Management
Naraporn Suthilak portrait

Naraporn Suthilak

Presentation & Communication

Naraporn teaches the communication modules. After years presenting to executives who'd rather be anywhere else, she developed methods for making financial information genuinely engaging.

Executive Reporting Data Visualization Stakeholder Management

How We Actually Teach This Stuff

Financial planning education can get dry fast. We structure sessions around actual problems that need solving rather than abstract exercises. Most workshop time involves working through scenarios with instructor guidance.

1

Small Group Sessions

Twenty-four students max means you get individual attention when concepts aren't clicking. We can adjust pacing based on how the group is progressing.

2

Practical Case Work

Every module includes real financial scenarios from Thai businesses. You'll work with actual data sets that contain the messiness of real-world information.

3

Feedback Cycles

Submit work weekly and get detailed feedback. Not just grades, but specific guidance on improving your analysis and presentation approaches.

4

Industry Context

Guest practitioners visit throughout the program to discuss how they handle budgeting challenges. It's helpful to hear about real constraints and compromises.

What You Can Expect to Achieve

Results vary because everyone starts from different places. But most participants develop tangible capabilities within specific timeframes. Here's what typically happens as you move through the program.

8
Weeks

First Working Models

Most students build their first complete annual budget model around week eight. It won't be sophisticated yet, but it works and makes sense.

4
Months

Multi-Year Forecasting

By month four, you're handling three-year projections with multiple scenarios. You understand how to account for growth assumptions and market uncertainties.

6
Months

Executive Communication

Around month six, students typically feel comfortable presenting financial information to senior stakeholders. You learn to adjust complexity based on your audience.

9
Months

Complete Budget Cycles

Program completion means you can manage a full budget planning process. From initial data gathering through final presentation and implementation planning.

Budget planning workshop session with participants reviewing financial projections

September 2025 Enrollment Opens June 1st

We accept twenty-four students per cohort. Applications typically close within three weeks of opening. Program begins September 8, 2025 with sessions on weekday evenings.

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