A PMI Certified Training Course
Project Finance & Financial Analysis Techniques for Infrastructure Projects
The Essentials of Project Finance & Financial Analysis
Why Choose Project Finance & Financial Analysis Techniques for Infrastructure Projects Training Course?
The Project Finance & Financial Analysis Training Course provides a comprehensive foundation for professionals involved in evaluating, structuring, and financing large-scale infrastructure projects. As infrastructure initiatives require substantial capital investment and carry diverse risks, the ability to conduct thorough technical, economic, financial, and risk analyses is essential. This course enables participants to apply these methods effectively to ensure projects align with national development goals and organisational priorities.
In this Project Finance & Financial Analysis Course, delegates explore the complex landscape of infrastructure investment by examining real case studies across energy, transportation, ICT, environmental services, and social infrastructure. These practical examples highlight the challenges governments and organisations face when delivering strategic infrastructure—such as meeting Saudi National Transformation Program and Vision 2030 objectives—while ensuring long-term financial sustainability.
This Project Finance & Financial Analysis Techniques for Infrastructure Projects Training Course builds the competencies needed to interpret project feasibility, assess financing options, forecast cash flows, and evaluate financial viability using globally recognised analytical tools. Through an applied learning approach, participants gain the capability to make informed, data-driven decisions that enhance project success and deliver tangible organisational benefits.
What are the Goals?
The Project Finance & Financial Analysis Training Course equips professionals with the technical and analytical skills required to appraise the feasibility and financial sustainability of major infrastructure investments. The course aims to build proficiency in evaluating project options, interpreting financial models, and analysing risks that influence long-term performance.
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Evaluate infrastructure projects to ensure alignment with national and organisational objectives.
- Perform technical, economic, financial, and risk analysis effectively.
- Forecast project cash flows, including income, expenditure, and duration.
- Assess a project’s financing structure and evaluate funding mechanisms.
- Conduct comprehensive financial evaluation to determine economic and financial viability.
Who is this Training Course for?
The Project Finance & Financial Analysis Course is designed for professionals involved in infrastructure planning, project delivery, or financial evaluation. It is suitable for individuals who contribute to feasibility assessments, business cases, or investment decisions for large-scale projects.
This training course will greatly benefit:
- New and experienced supervisors involved in project functions
- Team leaders and line managers
- Project and process engineers and managers
- Finance managers and finance professionals
- Professionals at all levels engaged in infrastructure projects
These individuals will gain the analytical tools required to support sound investment decisions and enhance project performance.
How will this Training Course be Presented?
This Project Finance & Financial Analysis Techniques for Infrastructure Projects Training Course applies interactive and practical learning methods to build strong analytical capability. Through instructor-led sessions, discussions, and real case study evaluations, participants explore financial structures, feasibility assessments, and risk models across multiple infrastructure sectors.
Delegates learn through practical exercises, spreadsheet-based analysis, and real examples from energy, transportation, ICT, environmental, and social infrastructure. The course encourages critical thinking and active participation, enabling learners to apply theoretical concepts to real project challenges and test the validity of various project finance models.
Training methods include:
- Interactive lectures and guided discussions
- In-depth case study analysis across multiple infrastructure sectors
- Practical exercises using financial models and spreadsheet techniques
- Group activities to interpret project financing structures
- Facilitated evaluation of project risks, feasibility, and investment performance
The Course Content
- Major Infrastructure Projects
- Selecting Projects to meet National and Organisational Objectives
- What is Project Finance?
- Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) & Parties to Project Finance Schemes
- The Investment Criteria & The Investment Planning Process
- Technical, Feasibility & Environmental Analysis
- Economic Analysis & Sustainability
- Financial Analysis
- Risk Analysis
- Cost–Benefit Analysis – Finance V Economic Value Added
- Forecasting Project Cashflows
- PERT – dealing with Uncertainties
- Probabilistic/Statistical Analysis
- Correlation & Regression to estimate costs
- Evaluation & Analysis of Cashflows using Spreadsheet Skills
- The Structure of Project Finance Schemes for Infrastructure Projects
- Equity & Debt Financing
- Recourse & Non-recourse Finance
- Bonds; Guarantees and Letters of Credit
- Calculating the Cost of Finance
- Return on Equity ROE; Debt Service Coverage Ratios (DSCRs); Governments and Value for Money (VfM)
- Capital Investment Appraisal Techniques - Payback; ARR, NPV, IRR etc.
- Economic NPV & Economic Value Added
- Sensitivity Analysis & Simulation Analysis
- Financial Risk Management
Certificate and Accreditation
- AZTech certificate of completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course
- The applicable PMI Professional Development Units/Contact Hours will be reflected in the Certificate of Completion
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