Project Finance for Non-Finance (eg. Engineers)

2 Days Workshop

Introduction

The primary goal of this workshop is to help professionals to forecast their Project Cost or profit estimates, Cash flow and funding requirement. Real current forecasting project cost modelling business cases will be analyzed and scenario solutions will be provided under the guidance of Dr. Steven Liew.

Course Objectives                                                                                                                                   
By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Understanding Key Components of Financial Statements

  • Understanding The Business and ROIs

  • Key Issues / Risks in The Minds of Business Owners/ CEOs/ Bankers / Financiers

  • Tools and Techniques Used in Credit Decision-Making

  • Construction Contract Financing by Banks – The Inside Story

  • Understanding Project Financing 

  • Use Cash Flow statement to evaluate financial performance 

  • Applying Altman Z score- output of a credit-strength test that gauges & predictable of company’s failure

  • Learn how to size up a company quickly by reading their financial ratios

  • Decision making based on Project evaluation

  • Understand Risk Modelling Skills & financial impact

  • Assess Credit analysis & profiling customers

Methodology

Case Study, Group Discussion& Video. 

Who Should Attend

Entrepreneurs, Business Managers, Treasury, Marketing Managers, Project managers, Operational manager, Engineers, Supervisors, and Managers and all professionals who are interested in Project Cost Estimation  

Special Feature: NOTE: Please bring laptop along

Programmed Outline

Day 1

Module 1: Cash Flow Statement 

  • Lifeblood of business – Cash Flow Statement 

  • Relationship between cash flow statement and balance sheet 

  • 3 streams of cash flow, Operating, Investing &Financing 

  • How to determine financial health from cash flow pattern 

  • Determining if the company is using internal cash flow to finance growth or relying on external financing 

Module 2:  Improve Cash Flow & Profitability Position (Practical Case Study)

  • Applying what if analysis (goal seek)

  • Applying profitability strategy management framework

    • Formulation stage

    • Execution stage

    • Evaluation stage

Module 3: Financial Ratios Analysis 

  • Learn how to size up a company quickly by reading their financial ratios 

  • Liquidity 

  • Solvency 

  • Efficiency 

  • Profitability 

  • Asset Management 

  • Assessing drivers of company profitability and growth: - 

  • Operations and investment strategies: operating and investment management 

Module 4: Project Based Budgets (Case Study)

  • Calculation of operating cash flow

  • Calculation of Project payback period, profitability index, IRR & NPV of the project?

  • Basis for decision on proceeding or rejecting the project proposal


Day 2

Module 5: Risk Maturity Assessment

  • Matured Risk Based Organization

  • How Do We Conduct Risk Maturity Assessment?

  • The Summary of Assessment Criteria

Module 6: Project Risk Modelling Skills

  • Analysing the potential risks facing an organization

  • Mitigating controls 

  • Weight the financial impact 

  • Cost/benefit decision analysis

  • Risk Model software

Module 7: Project Budget with Income Statement

  • See how well you are staying on budget 

  • Internal Funding

  • External Funding/Other

  • Expenses (category)

  • Exercise

Module 8: Application & Summar

Cost Control & Budgeting

Planning & Budgeting (Case study approach) - 2 Days

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