Course Description: 
Municipalities are faced with significant financial challenges in the coming years.  Having the ability to analyze challenges accurately is an important competency required to ensure long-term financial sustainability.

Financial analytics is the science of bringing together data in a meaningful and logical way that supports decision making and is a critical component in evidence-based decision making that supports priority setting.  Learn how to foster better decisions using “what if” analysis for evidence-based decision making.

Learning Outcomes:

• Learn how financial analysis plays a key component in financial sustainability.
• Learn how to foster better decisions using “what if” analysis for evidence-based decision making.
• Learn about Actuals Analysis and how to use history to predict the future for budget purposes.
• Learn about Municipal Price Inflation (MPI) and how to calculate the cost of inflation for your municipality and link it to a tax strategy.
• Learn the fundamentals of analyzing the cost of municipal growth.
• Learn how to calculate short- and long-term tax requirements that make up a long-term tax strategy.

Who Should Attend?

A unique professional development experience that has benefit for all municipal staff, including small, medium and large municipalities!

The webinar focus is on the professional development needs of any municipal financial professional and senior executive.

Currently available ON DEMAND

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