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Budgeting & Controlling

Plan better, steer performance, improve decisions.

Where strategy, operations, and numbers meet:

  • Turn strategy into budgets you can defend.

  • Build driver-based forecasts you can update fast.

  • Run performance reviews that focus on decisions, not debates.

  • Partner with operations and commercial teams with clear models.

  • Study and pass the CMA exam while applying concepts at work.

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Introductory Level

Free Starters

Free lessons and samples to learn the basics and test the style.
New here? Start with the intro course.

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[Intro] Budgeting and Controlling Fundamentals

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  • 3 Lessons

Understand how planning, reporting, and decision forums fit together. Know what good looks like, who owns what, and why today.
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[Basics] Reading Performance Reports

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  • 3 Lessons

Decode monthly packs fast: understand the story, question the numbers, and write commentary that survives executive reviews
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[Career] Your First 90 Days in Controlling & After

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  • 3 Lessons

Start strong in your new role: set routines, map stakeholders, learn cycles, and deliver early wins without chaos week one.
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Next Level

Professional Courses

Structured courses that teach real budgeting, forecasting, and performance routines.
Built for daily finance responsibilities.

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[Actuals] Close Month End Variances with Decisions

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  • 6 Lessons

Run a reliable close: sanity checks, driver-based variance logic, and short narratives. Turn explanations into tracked actions, not slides.
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[Forecast] Test Scenarios with Actionable Drivers

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  • 6 Lessons

Update projections quickly using operational drivers. Bridge changes, validate scenarios, and identify risks so leaders can steer confidently.
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[Budget] Own your Plan in Design and Execution

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  • 6 Lessons

Lead the annual planning round: set targets, document assumptions, and surface tradeoffs. Challenge inputs, align owners early together.
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[Commercial] Drive Growth on Strong Margin & Cash

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  • 9 Lessons

Bring customer economics to deal decisions: profitability, discounts, mix, and cash. Partner with Sales to negotiate smarter every week.
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[Manufacturing] Run Site Performance with Ops

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  • 9 Lessons

Translate operational reality into numbers: standards, usage, efficiency, and spending. Help Ops prioritize actions and improve results.
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[Projects] Secure Progress and Spend on Deliverables

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  • 9 Lessons

Empower Project teams on: assumptions, margins, cash flows, and risks & opps. Track delivery, then run post-audits to capitalize.
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[Framework] (Re-)Design your System End-to-End

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  • 12 Lessons

Improve your planning engine: cadence, templates, models, and KPIs. Reduce friction and support decisions across entities.
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[Governance] (Re-)Align the Organization for Action

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  • 12 Lessons

Make reviews productive: simplify governance, standardize inputs, and harmonize execution. Track actions and keep refining forward.
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[Capability] (Re-)Organize your Team for Scalability

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  • 12 Lessons

Upgrade how your team runs on the inside. Understand workload and bottlenecks to plan and develop skills and tech to keep up.
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Exam Preparation

CMA (Certified Management Accountant)

Domain-based courses aligned with the CMA blueprint.
Learn the concepts, then connect them to real budgeting and performance work.

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[CMA Part 1] Domain A: External Fin. Reporting

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  • 12 Lessons

Link statements and recognition rules to planning questions. Practice GAAP vs IFRS traps, cash flow logic, and exam-style cases.
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[CMA Part 1] Domain B: Plan, Budget, and Forecast

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  • 24 Lessons

Turn strategy into numbers: build budgets, flexible plans, and rolling projections. Solve problems with clear assumptions every cycle.
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[CMA Part 1] Domain C: Performance Management

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  • 12 Lessons

Sharpen monthly reviews: flexible budgets, variance drivers, and responsibility centers. Choose KPIs that drive action not games.
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[CMA Part 1] Domain D: Cost Management

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  • 23 Lessons

Understand cost behavior and costing systems. Allocate overhead, analyze capacity and quality costs, answer complex scenarios.
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[CMA Part 1] Domain E: Internal Controls

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  • 12 Lessons

Design controls on finance processes. Apply frameworks, spot weaknesses, plan remediation, and strengthen continuity.
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[CMA Part 1] Domain F: Technology and Analytics

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  • 14 Lessons

Navigate finance tech topics without jargon. Connect ERP, planning tools, data governance, automation, and analytics to exam cases.
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[CMA Part 2] Domain A: Fin. Statement Analysis

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  • 19 Lessons

Turn statements into insight: trends, common-size views, ratios, and earnings quality. Explain drivers in exam-style narratives.
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[CMA Part 2] Domain B: Corporate Finance

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  • 25 Lessons

Build decision confidence on funding and liquidity. Practice risk-return, WACC, valuation, working capital, and hedging in real scenarios.
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[CMA Part 2] Domain C: Business Decision Analysis

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  • 15 Lessons

Structure choices fast: CVP, relevant costs, and marginal analysis. Recommend pricing and make-buy options with facts and logic.
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[CMA Part 2] Domain D: Enterprise Risk Mgt

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  • 4 Lessons

Add a risk lens to decisions. Identify exposures, rate likelihood and impact, choose mitigations, and communicate tradeoffs.
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[CMA Part 2] Domain E: Capital Invest. Decisions

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  • 10 Lessons

Build investment cases that hold up. Estimate cash flows, taxes, and discount rates, then master NPV, IRR, sensitivity with confidence.
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[CMA Part 2] Domain F: Professional Ethics

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  • 11 Lessons

Handle pressure without compromising integrity. Apply the IMA framework, spot fraud red flags, document actions, and escalate.
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Frequently asked questions

What do I get with Free vs Plus vs Max?

Free includes intro lessons and samples.
Plus unlocks the full work-first library in this area while your membership is active.
Max includes everything in Plus, plus CMA exam prep rails while your membership is active.

Do I keep access forever?

Access to Plus and Max content is available while your membership is active.
If you cancel, you keep Free content access.

Is this official CMA material?

No. GoFast.Finance is an independent learning project.
It is not affiliated with any certification body. Trademarks belong to their owners.

How are the CMA courses structured?

They are organized by CMA domains.
Their content is designed to connect exam topics to real budgeting and performance work, so the concepts stick in practice.

How often do you release new content?

New courses and updates ship regularly.
If a course is not live yet, join its waitlist to get notified.

Can I use AI tools with your content?

Yes. The core is designed to work well with AI tools for personalization and practice.
Do not paste sensitive company data into AI tools, and always validate outputs in your context.