Financial Budgeting And Monitoring For Projects Informa Connect Middle East
Instructor led live virtual classroom online. Classes may be individual or in group.

Course details

This course places an emphasis on a variety of tools and techniques used for the purpose of preparing a financial budget for projects and monitoring variances over a period of time in the process. This course begins with defining the project and the various elements involved through the Work Breakdown Structure. It provides a walkthrough of the process in developing a project plan and a milestone plan which determine the project budget. The content expands further and delves into the complexities of formulating the project budget using the time and material system leading to the creation of a capital budget. Once the budget is determined, the course focuses on a variety of methods that could be deployed in raising project financing including the basic concepts of Angel and Venture Capital Financing, as well as aspects associated with Public Private Partnerships. The course further undertakes a walkthrough of the process involved in carrying out a basic capital investment appraisal of the project and considers basic aspects of risk and sensitivities associated with the actual project results. The course concludes with an overview on monitoring the actual financial performance of the project with reference to the Stage of Completion Method and how variances are determined and reported to senior management in the process. 

Content 

  • Budgeting A Project
  • Evaluating The Feasibility Of A Project
  • Deriving The Cost Of Capital
  • Accounting For Project Risk
  • Financing A Project
  • Monitoring The Financial Performance Of A Project

Who should attend

  • Financial Directors and Financial Managers
  • Banks, Lenders and Project Investors
  • Government Officials involved in PPP initiatives
  • Programme Directors and Project Managers
  • Programme Sponsors

Benefits of attending

  1. Understand the differences between managing projects and managing operations
  2. Determine how to classify and scale projects
  3. Gain insight on how to appraise the attractiveness of investments in projects
  4. Determine the weighted average cost of capital of a project
  5. Explore alternative means of accessing and tapping into project finance resources
  6. Understand the processes involving the achievement of financial close
  7. Understand key forms of Public Private Partnerships in Project Finance Initiatives
  8. Identify deviations in financial performance of projects throughout the completion process
  9. Learn to manage and account for financial risk of projects

Updated on 01 May, 2018

About Informa Connect Middle East

Informa Connect Middle East, is part of Informa, a multinational publicly listed publishing and events company.

The Middle East office was previously known as IIR Middle East, and has been established in Dubai since 1993. Informa Middle East has grown to be the largest event organiser in the region and with over 300 staff, the office runs over 450 training courses and over 40 conferences regionally on an annual basis.

The company also incorporates Informa Global Exhibitions which organises around 130 trade and consumer exhibitions in over 38 cities across the globe.  Arab Health, Cityscape, Middle East Electricity and The Bride Show are some of the flag ship events.
Aside from the public training courses, conferences and exhibitions, Informa Middle East also provides in-house training to companies as well as manages events on behalf of corporate clients. Some of the past clients include NBAD, Microsoft, Etisalat, STC, Mobily, and ADNOC.  

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