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The course Skills for Financial Analysts (Project Management Training) discusses money management in the context of PMBOK based project management. The training includes essential financial project management concepts such as Budget & Schedule management, Weighted Average Cost of Capital, Earned Value Management & more. This training course teaches you everything that you need to know to become a financial project management wizard.
Jan 14 - 17, 2025$3,750.00Feb 11 - 14, 2025$3,750.00Mar 11 - 14, 2025$3,750.00Apr 15 - 18, 2025$3,750.00May 13 - 16, 2025$3,750.00Jun 10 - 13, 2025$3,750.00Jul 15 - 18, 2025$3,750.00
Fundamentals of Financial Analysis
Essential Terms and Concepts: Discount Rate, Compound Interest and Net Present Value
Calculating Compound Interest and Factoring In Compounding Frequency
Establishing an Appropriate Discount Rate
Calculating the Payback Period and the Discounted Payback Period
Calculating the Present Value of Future Cash Flows
Determining a Project?s Net Present Value (NPV)
Determining a Project?s Internal Rate of Return
Decision Rules for IRR and NPV: When they Agree and When they Disagree
Calculating NPV with Variable Interest Rates
The Multiple NPV Problem
Practical Exercise: Calculating the Net Present Value and the Internal Rate of Return of Future Cash Flows
Practical Exercise: Dealing with the Multiple NPV Problem
Weighted Average Cost of Capital
WACC and Financial Justification
Definitions and formula for the WACC
Determining the Cost of Debt
Factoring in Taxes Payable
Determining the Cost of Equity
Calculating the WACC for an Organization
Calculating the WACC for a Project
Using the WACC to make Project Decisions
Using the WACC to determine an Appropriate Discount Rate
Practical Exercise: Calculating the Cost of Debt and the Cost of Equity
Practical Exercise: Using the WACC to make Decisions
Creating a Schedule
Overview of Schedule Management Processes
Plan Schedule Management: Concepts and Practice
The Schedule Management Plan: Contents and Structure
Identifying the Work to be done: Define Activities
The Tools of the Trade: Decomposition and Rolling Wave Planning
Identifying how the Work will be done: Sequencing Activities
Using the Precedence Diagramming Method
Working with Leads and Lags
Working with Project Schedule Network Diagrams
Estimating Activity Resources
Estimating Activity Durations
Analogous, Parametric and Three Point Estimating
Developing the Schedule
Working with the Critical Path Method
Working with the Critical Chain Method
Working with Resource Optimization Techniques: Leveling and Smoothing
Working with Modeling Techniques: What-If and Simulation
Working with Schedule Compression Techniques: Crashing and Fast-Tracking
Communicating the Project Schedule: Bar Charts, milestone Charts and PSN Diagrams
Control Schedule
Creating a Budget
Overview of Cost Management Processes
Plan Cost Management: Concepts and Practice
The Cost Management Plan: Contents and Structure
Estimate Costs: Practical Considerations
Analogous, Parametric, Bottom Up and Three Point Estimating
Working with Contingency and Management Reserves
About Reserve Analysis
About Progressive Project Funding
Determine Budget: Practical Considerations
Practical Exercise: Using Formal Estimation Techniques
Practical Exercise: Determining a Budget and Defining Contingency and Management Reserves
Earned Value Management
The Basics the Earned Value Management
Defining a Method for Measuring Progress
The Basics: Earned Value, Present Value and Actual Cost
About Estimate At Completion and Budget At Completion
Determining Progress: Cost Variance and Schedule Variance
Useful Ratios: CPI, SPI and TCPI
Forecasting: The Art and Science
EAC Forecasts: Budgeted Rate, Present CPI and Present CPI/SPI
Practical Exercise: Using EVM to Assess Progress
Cost and Schedule Controls
Budget and Schedule Integration
Calculating and Analyzing Progress
Analyzing and Reporting Schedule and Cost Variance
Recognizing Trends and Forecasting Performance
Advanced Techniques for Analysis and Reporting
Using Root Cause Analysis to Determine Variance Cause
Exercise: Controlling Project Progress
Finance Training: Accounting & Finance for the Public Sector
The course Accounting & Finance for the Public Sector (Finance Training) is a solid introduction to corporate accounting. The training includes a introduction to the balance sheet and its various components. This is followed by an exploration of credits & debits within the Canadian operating environment together with a discussion of practical methods & tools for the production of financial documents.
Training course titled Finance Training: Accounting & Finance for the Public Sector that will allow you to hone your professional skills.
Jan 7 - 10, 2025$3,750.00Feb 4 - 7, 2025$3,750.00Mar 4 - 7, 2025$3,750.00Apr 8 - 11, 2025$3,750.00May 6 - 9, 2025$3,750.00Jun 3 - 6, 2025$3,750.00Jul 8 - 11, 2025$3,750.00
Finance Training: Financial Statements, Budgets & Derivatives
The course Financial Statements, Budgets & Derivatives (Finance Training) is a detailed exploration of the big 3 financial statements: The income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow statement. The course teaches you to read, understand & interpret the financial statements in order to make good financial decisions. The training also includes budget analysis techniques & strategies based on derivatives to hedge risks & manage currencies.
Training course titled Finance Training: Financial Statements, Budgets & Derivatives that will allow you to hone your professional skills.
Jan 14 - 17, 2025$3,750.00Feb 11 - 14, 2025$3,750.00Mar 11 - 14, 2025$3,750.00Apr 15 - 18, 2025$3,750.00May 13 - 16, 2025$3,750.00Jun 10 - 13, 2025$3,750.00Jul 15 - 18, 2025$3,750.00
Finance Training: Simplifying Capital & Budgets
The course Simplifying Capital & Budgets (Finance Training) breaks down the concepts of capital & budgets. The training includes various methods for calculating the cost of capital & for measuring depreciation. The course also includes a detailed exploration of budgets together with methods for creating budgets & for assessing them.
Training course titled Finance Training: Simplifying Capital & Budgets that will allow you to hone your professional skills.
Jan 27 - 28, 2025$1,500.00Feb 24 - 25, 2025$1,500.00Mar 24 - 25, 2025$1,500.00Apr 28 - 29, 2025$1,500.00May 26 - 27, 2025$1,500.00Jun 23 - 24, 2025$1,500.00Jul 28 - 29, 2025$1,500.00
Excel Training: Analysis & Reporting for Finance
The course Analysis & Reporting for Finance (Excel Training) teaches you how to use MS Excel to present, analyze and format financial data. The training includes data layout, basic math & financial functions and advanced financial analysis with MS Excel. You learn about present value and future value, WACC, IRR, cash flow calculations & interest considerations. Become a financial wizard with MS Excel.
Training course titled Excel Training: Analysis & Reporting for Finance that will allow you to hone your professional skills.
Jan 7 - 10, 2025$3,750.00Feb 4 - 7, 2025$3,750.00Mar 4 - 7, 2025$3,750.00Apr 8 - 11, 2025$3,750.00May 6 - 9, 2025$3,750.00Jun 3 - 6, 2025$3,750.00Jul 8 - 11, 2025$3,750.00
Finance Training: Equity, Fixed Income & Derivatives
The course Equity, Fixed Income & Derivatives (Finance Training) explores the traditional trading vehicles of the open market. The training includes a complete exploration of traditional & non-traditional equity securities and discusses evaluation methods for each. The course also covers fixed income securities including treasury securities & corporate bonds. An overview of derivative securities is also included in this concentrated financial management course.
Training course titled Finance Training: Equity, Fixed Income & Derivatives that will allow you to hone your professional skills.
Jan 21 - 24, 2025$3,750.00Feb 18 - 21, 2025$3,750.00Mar 18 - 21, 2025$3,750.00Apr 22 - 25, 2025$3,750.00May 20 - 23, 2025$3,750.00Jun 17 - 20, 2025$3,750.00Jul 22 - 25, 2025$3,750.00