
A Highly Interactive Training Course On
Finance for Engineers, Project and Technical Professionals
Mastering Project and Capital Investment Finance
Course Introduction
"Adapt or perish!" Nokia and Kodak are prime examples of once-leading companies that failed to heed this urgent advice. At the heart of disruptive business models lies new technology, and a company's ability to innovate depends critically on its capacity to advance, evaluate, and develop new processes and technologies. This has created unprecedented demands on engineers, project managers, and technical leaders, who must not only grasp the principles of project finance but also apply and communicate them effectively.
This Finance for Engineers, Project and Technical Professionals training course is designed to equip you with practical financial skills essential for understanding, planning, and presenting compelling project evaluations for investment decisions.
Training Objectives
By attending this COPEX training course, delegates will be able to:
- Analyse and Interpret Company Financial Statements
- Understand Cost Behaviour and Common Costing Approaches
- Select and Implement Appropriate Cost Estimation Techniques
- Use Effective Tools to Produce Reliable Cash Flow Forecasts
- Build Powerful Investment Appraisal Models Using Excel
- Prepare and Present Capital Investment Appraisals
Who should Attend?
This COPEX training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals, but will greatly benefit:
- Project Managers
- Technical Team Members
- Engineering Professionals
- Investment Department Staff
- Cost and Management Accountants
- Planning Team Members
- Procurement and Supply Chain Professionals
Course Outline
- Competitive and finance strategy fundamentals
- Business models and their disruption
- The context for project and capital investment
- Financial statements - function and structure
- Measuring financial performance and strength
- The vital difference between profit and cash flow
- A systematic approach to financial analysis
- Analysing and improving financial performance
- Analysing and improving asset management efficiency
- Analysing and interpreting capital structure and risk
- An investor’s perspective on financial appraisal
- Key cash flow ratios
- Understanding cost behaviour
- Analysing the cost-volume-profit relationship
- Mastering the principles of gross margin and break-even
- Cost classification and costing concepts
- A strategic approach to cost reduction
- Evaluating cost and value approaches to pricing
- Building an Excel pricing model
- Forecasting fundamentals
- Using Excel statistical analysis tools
- Revenue forecasts: time series analysis techniques
- Qualities of a good project cost estimate
- Common approaches to project cost estimation
- Identifying relevant project cash flows
- Principles and best practice in Excel financial modelling
- Sources and cost of business funding
- Funding strategy and optimal capital structure
- The bank’s perspective on project finance
- Principles of capital investment decision-making
- Mastering discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis
- Building an Excel investment appraisal model
- Preparing and presenting an investment project appraisal
Providers and Associations



Certificates
- COPEX Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
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