Project Finance

Project Finance is a course conducted by Trainings for Professional to assess and address the need for a more systematic and an organized approach for project assessment and evaluation. Excel, being the most popular tool for by finance executives around the world, will be used to understand and grasp concepts regarding Project Finance Modeling.

ABOUT PROJECT FINANCE

Since Project Finance is usually used at the time of financing of large-scale and long-term projects, it usually involves analysis and is primarily based upon the interpretation of complex financial and legal details. This course will help you evaluate, assess and understand the viability of large projects from the viewpoint of the cash flows of a project, using Excel.

WHAT WILL I LEARN ?

The course will aid you to master the skill of creating financial modeling of long term projects and comprehend the science behind project finance and analysis of the vast financial data available.

TARGET AUDIENCE

This course is designed for everybody in the trade, who want a pragmatic approach for project review and assessment.

Major sectors that require Project Finance are:

• Real Estate Industry
• Commercial banks require this expertise at the time of lending
• Companies that are required to invest in any large projects

CAREER BENEFITS

Get a complete understanding of:

1. Start with understanding the basics and fundamentals of Project Finance and grasp different measures and parameters that would help you know when a project, that is underway, would become viable
2. Learn how to effectively put into practice planning, tracking and reporting of projects in real time
3. For the purpose of decision making for firms
4. For the purpose of risk evaluation using different scenarios
5. For the purpose of assessing the suitable investment alternative in the growing stage: Private Equity or Venture Capital
6. For the purpose of performance tracking of the current projects

PRE- REQUISITES

Being adept with various aspects of Microsoft Excel (preferably Excel 2007 or 2010) is a prerequisite for this program.

COURSE CURRICULUM

• PART 1: Understanding the basics and fundamentals of Financial Modeling
• PART 2: Getting used to the usage and applications of Microsoft Excel
• PART 3: Getting to understand the nuances and details of Project Finance
• PART 4: Understanding the Cost Build-Up for a project & Interest Capitalized During Construction (IDC)
• PART 5: Understanding to work with the Financial Scheduling and CAPEX
• PART 6: Understanding Modeling Delays and Consolidation
• PART 7: Learning to work with the Debt schedule and Revenue schedule and understanding the concept of Deferred Taxes
• PART 8: Learning about the Asset Schedule, Cost of Operation, and Profit & Loss
• PART 9: Understanding the applications of Equity Schedule, usage and interpretation of Financial Statements including the Balance Sheet, fundamentals of Corporate Finance and Cash Flow Statement
• PART 10: Constructing Free Cash Flows, the Net Operating Income and the Scenarios by the use of Data Tables
• PART 11: Learning about Advanced Scenarios by means of Macros, VBAs, Monte Carlo Simulations and Dashboards