To run your own business, launch an inspiring nonprofit campaign, or manage a large purchase, you can't just reach into your pocket for spare change or dip into your savings—you have to have a long-term plan and budget in mind. With the help of a budget manager, it's easier to make big dreams become reality. Budget managers are expert organizers who sit down with project leaders to help lay out the plans for a big project. After that, they review different ideas and proposals for completing the project, explain the plans to other people in an organization, and suggest changes and solutions if the budget plan goes off-track. They also have to be fortune-tellers, figuring out what kinds of risks and opportunities lay in store for the project. Bottom line? Without budget managers, it would be hard to get anything done!