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STRATEGIC PROJECT FINANCE & COST LEADERSHIP: MASTERING FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE, RISK & VALUE-DRIVEN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Course INTRODUCTION
This training course explores the principles, strategies, and techniques used for costing, periodic forecasting of key costs and revenue streams of projects. The training course provides you with a comprehensive understanding of the unique financial structures, risk management approaches, and financial reporting used in end-to-end projects.
Managers will need to support in providing costing and estimates essential work packages costs as reasonable as possible to avoid over runs. The training course provides you with opportunities to learn and develop skills in financial modelling related to Project Finance and model different pertinent aspects in planning for projects including cash flow modelling, investment appraisal and risk analysis.
Also, these costs will need to be managed and tracked as key performance indicators for managers.
Course objective
On completion of the programme, participants will be able to:-
- Understand and interpret project financials for each phase of project milestones and towards project completion.
- Understand industry structured project management principles like project charter, milestones, documentation of lessons learned.
- Know how to analyse and evaluate key financial indicators provided by finance team in view to contribute towards improving organisation’s performance.
- Equip oneself with knowledge in order to effectively manage costs in project and also propose cost saving or mitigations strategies.
- Understand the proper finance cost calculation in tender submission processes
TRAINING APPROACH
Where appropriate, activities will include the following:
- Lecture & Videos
- Faciliated Group Discussions/Interactions & Gamifed Spot Quiz
- Practical exercises and case studies
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
General manager, senior managers, managers, Assistant Managers, project managers, risk management finance Manager, Senior & Junior Finance Executives who wish to understand, interpret project financials report, perform and review costing for project proposals to ensure achievement of target ROIs.
Course Content
The key content of the program include the following:
Project Management Fundamentals
- Project Finance vs Corporate Finance
- Key Stakeholders in Project Finance
- Project Management Practices: PMP Framework (PMI), Agile/Scrum Framework and relation of project finance
- Project Governance
- Project Compliance
- Project benefits and business value
- Phases in project management: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, closure which impacts costs and revenue accounting.
- Legal and Regulatory Framework Governing Contractual Arrangements in Project Finance
- Dispute Resolution in Project Finance
Understanding project financial reports and statements
- Managing project profitability using Profit and Loss statement using
- Project margin target for project proposals and tender
- Expense analysis using Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Project Appraisal Techniques and Applications: NPV, IRR, MIRR, Payback Period and Project Duration for selection of projects
- Project Cashflow Risk Analysis using Sensitivity, Scenario and Simulation Analyses
Project costing and financing
- Revenue Projections and Cost Estimations
- Costing and estimation for work packages from top level WBS
- Economic Value Added (EVA) calculation for projects
- Costing methods and structure for decision making
- Identify project cost drivers for cost reduction.
- Different types of cost – fixed, variable costs for calculation of contribution margin.
- Debt and Equity Financing Options
- Sources of Funding for Project Finance
- Case study: Excel hands on exercises
Project finance reporting Management reporting: Variance Analysis
- Understanding essentials of variance analysis & how variances are calculated.
- Sample case study financial interpretation & presentation exercise.
Project Risk – Mitigation and Management
- Types of Project Risk and Their Implications
- Identification and Assessment of Project Risk
- Risk Allocation Mechanisms Among Project Stakeholders – Contractual Arrangements and Risk Sharing
- Risk Mitigation Strategies and Use of Insurance
- Risk Management Strategies and Use of Derivatives for Hedging Project Risk
- 12 & 13 Mar 2026
- Thu & Fri
- 9am - 5pm
- Subang, Selangor / Remote Online Training
By: Hybrid Public Program
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