CPPSCM4086Coordinate preparation of strata community budgets

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53 assessable components: 4 elements (18 performance criteria), 2 performance evidence and 33 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Gather and analyse budget information for strata community.

  • 1.1Identify regulatory requirements relevant to strata community funds, contribution levies and fees, including overdue fees, in the jurisdiction of operation and apply to budget planning to ensure compliance.
  • 1.2Source and collate information to support budget preparation and select appropriate budgeting method according to regulatory and workplace requirements.
  • 1.3Analyse budget performance of previous year to identify information for inclusion in annual budget.
  • 1.4Consulting with relevant persons to identify ways to reduce strata community expenditure.
  • 1.5Consult with relevant persons to identify and document strata community expenditure priorities.

2 Identify and document projected income and expenditure.

  • 2.1Identify sources of strata community income and expenditure.
  • 2.2Conduct calculations to prepare expenditure estimates relating to administrative activities, including repairs, maintenance and contractual and regulatory obligations.
  • 2.3Identify potential variations to income and expenditure estimates and assess their impact on the overall budget.
  • 2.4Identify situations requiring raising of additional or one-off levies for strata community.
  • 2.5Document projected income and expenditure according to regulatory and workplace requirements.

3 Oversee budget preparation.

  • 3.1Organise budget preparation in consultation with strata committee and relevant persons according to regulatory and workplace requirements.
  • 3.2Review budget documentation and seek clarification as required from relevant persons to ensure accuracy.
  • 3.3Check expenditure commitments against final income estimates.
  • 3.4Prepare cash flow forecasts and include contingencies in draft budget.
  • 3.5Review draft budget and propose any required modifications in consultation with relevant persons.

4 Finalise and present strata community budget.

  • 4.1Consult with strata community committee to finalise and approve draft budget according to regulatory and workplace requirements.
  • 4.2Present draft budget and schedule of contribution levies and fees to the strata community committee for approval according to regulatory and workplace requirements.
  • 4.3Regularly review budget and report variances to strata community committee according to regulatory and workplace requirements.

Performance evidence

  • one annual budget for an off-the-plan sales contract
  • one annual budget for a strata community

Knowledge evidence

  • cash flow requirements with regard to levy issue dates
  • components of a typical annual budget for a strata community
  • compliance requirements of legislation and regulations relevant to the preparation of annual budgets for strata communities in the jurisdiction of operation:
  • environmental protection (sustainability)
  • fair trading and consumer protection
  • privacy
  • provisions of legislation and funding body requirements that affect how finances and assets can be used by strata communities
  • concept of, and procedures for, financial contingency planning
  • concept of strata community control and how it applies to budgetary decision making
  • differences between mutual and non-mutual income and requirements for lot owners and strata companies to declare income in tax returns
  • historical and zero budgeting methods
  • interpersonal communication strategies and techniques used to effectively relate to people from a range of social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and with a range of physical and cognitive abilities
  • legislative requirements for raising, issuing and collecting levies in the jurisdiction of operation
  • limitations of own work role, responsibilities and abilities
  • previous year’s income and expenditure statements
  • roles and responsibilities of strata community managers in assisting professional financial advisers to prepare strata community annual budgets
  • situations requiring the raising of additional or one-off levies for strata communities
  • sources of strata community expenditure:
  • administrative
  • building
  • grounds
  • long-term maintenance planning
  • utilities
  • sources of strata community income:
  • contribution levies
  • embedded network
  • interest: bank and investments
  • penalty interest
  • recovered fees or costs
  • rental income
  • standard budgeting procedures, including methods for bringing budgets into balance when expenditure is greater than income
  • workplace requirements for coordinating the preparation of strata community budgets:
  • systems for storing information and documentation.

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