Business Women Australia Perth Back to Business: Make Your Budget – A Practical Planning Workshop

Start the business year with more than good intentions. Start with a practical budget to set yourself up for a year of business growth.

Join our small group, hands-on Make Your Budget workshop with Stacey Payrits, Partner and Chartered Accountant at LG Accounting Solutions and Lyn Hawkins, National Director of Business Women Australia.

This isn’t a seminar about why budgets are important. It’s a three-hour working session designed to help you actually build the budget you will use this year.

Whether you’re a business owner, founder, CEO, General Manager, Director, practice manager, running a committee, responsible for a team, or a board member, this workshop is for you. Stacey will take us through the thinking and numbers behind a meaningful business budget. Lyn will facilitate the discussion and ensure everyone's questions are answered.

This is the perfect time to translate goals for the year into a practical budget, with realistic revenue assumptions, expenditure decisions, cash projections and performance targets.

We’ll work through

Where your business is now and what your numbers are telling you
Setting realistic revenue and profit assumptions
Understanding fixed and variable costs
Planning for people, investment and growth
Building contingencies for the unexpected
The relationship between your budget, cash flow and forecast
Testing assumptions and considering different scenarios
Using budget versus actual performance to make better decisions throughout the year
Identifying the numbers you should be watching as a leader

You will leave with practical resources, budgeting templates and frameworks for you to work with during the session and continue using afterwards.

Most importantly, you’ll be working on your own business or organisation, with the opportunity to ask questions and learn from the experiences and perspectives of other business leaders in the room.

Your individual Budget Review

The learning doesn’t finish when the workshop does.

Your registration also includes a personal one-to-one Budget Review with Stacey Payrits, booked following the workshop, providing an opportunity to review what you’ve developed, ask questions specific to your circumstances and identify areas requiring further attention.

Come prepared to work

Bring your laptop and, where appropriate, your recent Profit & Loss, previous budget and other financial information you are comfortable working with privately. We will remind you prior to the workshop.

You won’t be asked to share confidential financial information with the group.
You don’t need to be a finance expert.

This session is about helping leaders become more financially confident and better equipped to plan ahead and monitor process. It will also be highly valuable in having meaningful conversations with your accountant, finance team, board, colleagues and advisers.

Who should attend?

Designed for business owners, founders, CEOs, General Managers, practice managers and other leaders responsible for business planning, budgets and performance.

It will be particularly valuable for leaders who know they should have a meaningful budget but haven’t created one, as well as those who have a budget sitting somewhere in a spreadsheet that isn’t actively informing their decisions.

More than numbers

At BWA, we see financial literacy as a leadership capability.

This practical experience aligns particularly with the Inner Development Goals of Thinking and Acting; strengthening our capacity to make sense of information, consider different perspectives, plan for the future and turn intention into purposeful action.

A good budget isn’t about predicting the future perfectly.

It’s about making your assumptions visible, understanding your choices and giving yourself a framework for making better decisions when circumstances change.

Exceptional Value – More Than a Worksho

Your registration includes over $1,600 in professional development, resources and individual support. Invest in a morning working directly with Stacey Payrits, Partner and Chartered Accountant at LG Accounting Solutions plus enjoy a bundle of benefits:

Practical budget, forecasting and financial planning templates to take back to your business
Tools to help you monitor budget versus actual performance throughout the year
A personal one-to-one Budget Review with Stacey following the workshop
A one-to-one Business coaching session with Lyn, either before or after the workshop.
The opportunity to ask questions and work through your own business planning challenges
Facilitated peer learning with a small group of business owners and leaders
Morning tea and refreshments provided by LG Accounting Solutions

BWA Member Investment: $495

Non-Member Investment: $895

VALUED AT OVER $1600!

With places limited to ensure you get the support you need, this is a rare opportunity to access senior-level financial expertise, build the foundations of your own business budget and receive personalised follow-up support, all within one practical Back to Business experience.

Hosted by Business Women Australia in partnership with LG Accounting Solutions at their Innaloo boardroom.

Don’t delay registering: Places are deliberately limited to ensure Stacey and Lyn can work closely with participants throughout the session.

Meet Stacey Payrits

Stacey is a Partner at LG Accounting Solutions, where she has flourished since joining as a graduate accountant in 2013. With a Bachelor of Commerce from Murdoch University and Chartered Accountant credentials earned in 2017, Stacey has steadily ascended to her current role after five years as a senior accountant. Her expertise spans Self-Managed Superannuation Funds, overseeing LG Accounting Solutions' Superannuation team for the past seven years.

Stacey's dedication extends to supporting primary producers, drawn to the unique challenges facing farmers. Her passion for estate and succession planning has grown from this experience, guiding clients to ensure seamless transitions of their hard-earned legacies to the next generation.

Stacey thrives on supporting business owners, inspiring success, and tackling challenges, firmly believing that collaborative efforts lead to mutual success and growth through strengthened client relationships.

About Lyn Hawkins

Lyn Hawkins is the National Director of Business Women Australia and Principal of Hawkins Marketing. With decades of experience advising organisations from startups to enterprises, Lyn is a highly sought-after strategist, facilitator, and executive coach. Her expertise spans business growth strategy, leadership development, cultural change, marketing and business development.

Passionate about creating opportunities for women, Lyn leads Business Women Australia’s national community, fostering collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and peer-to-peer support. She is dedicated to helping women elevate their careers, businesses, and influence.

About Business Women Australia

Business Women Australia (BWA) is a vibrant national collective of women from all sectors, industries, and professions. With a fast-growing group of more than 20,000 followers, BWA provides access to:

A supportive network of professionals, entrepreneurs, and leaders.
Professional development programs, leadership masterminds, and retreats.
Inspiring podcasts, webinars, and thought-leadership events.
Opportunities to collaborate, connect, and grow.

BWA’s vision is to elevate women with knowledge, influence, and connection, helping members achieve their full potential both professionally and personally.

Join today and be part of a national movement of women making an impact.

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Perth Back to Business: Make Your Budget – A Practical Planning Workshop

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