Budget Planning That Actually Works
Your finance team knows the numbers. But do they know where the money's really going?
Most Australian businesses track expenses by department. We teach your team to track by activity. It's not just accounting—it's understanding what drives costs and what can change.
Our business education programs run from September 2025 through early 2026, bringing practical budgeting methods directly to your workplace.
From Guesswork to Clarity
We've worked with regional businesses that thought they understood their costs. Then they started tracking activities instead of just line items.
Before Traditional Approach
- Marketing budget set at $80K annually
- No idea which campaigns perform
- Team requests based on last year's spend
- Cuts happen across the board when revenue dips
- Finance and marketing barely communicate
After Activity-Based Model
- Budget allocated by campaign type and channel
- Each activity tracked with clear cost drivers
- Resource requests tied to measurable outcomes
- Strategic decisions based on activity performance
- Teams collaborate on budget planning quarterly
How We Structure Business Training
Workshop Sessions at Your Location
We come to your workplace in Lismore or surrounding areas. Sessions run for half-days, and we work with actual data from your business. No generic case studies—just your numbers, your challenges, and practical methods you can apply immediately.
Cross-Department Learning
Finance doesn't work in isolation. We bring together people from operations, sales, and management. The goal is shared understanding—when everyone sees how activities create costs, budget conversations change completely.
Implementation Support
After initial training, we stay involved for three months. Your team will have questions when they start building activity models. We're available for check-ins, troubleshooting, and helping you adjust the framework to fit your specific business model.
Our operations manager and CFO finally speak the same language. We can now have real conversations about where to invest and where to cut back, based on what activities actually cost us.
