Description
Next delivery
Dates: Wednesday, 16 April 2025 (1-day)
Times: 9.00am–5:00pm (NZST) includes breaks
CPD: 6 hours (CEP framework)
Venue: “Live” online
Trainer: Dr Mike Hopkins (CEO at CEP)
Business Case (Finance) Workshop (PDF)
Overview
Get your business back on track with the Business Case (Finance) Workshop, which is designed to help you get projects “over the line”. Equally applicable to consultants and in-house energy managers, it covers the basics of putting together a compelling case to secure finance for projects and achieving that all too elusive green light for your proposal.
This workshop focuses on understanding how to present the financial benefits of a project. The workshop covers the drivers of financial decision making, different investment assessment tools – and how to use them properly, prioritising projects, adjusting for risk, dealing with the unquantifiables and presenting the business case.
What will you gain from this training?
This workshop will help you prepare better project propositions.
It will grow your understanding of how your projects will be assessed, help you identify potential hurdles to your project receiving the green light and help you overcome them.
The workshop is an excellent personal development opportunity for consultants and in-house managers who need to put forward business cases to secure funding.
Course Content
- What drives Financial Decision Making
(Cashflow vs Profit, Cost of Capital, How decision makers think) - Investment Assessment Tools
(Payback, NPV, IRR) - Understanding Capital Constraints
(Ranking and Prioritisation) - Adjusting for Risk
(Sensitivity and Scenario Analysis) - Dealing with Unquantifiables
(How to deal with Intangible Benefits) - Presenting the Business Case
(What to include and what to leave out)
Please note: The workshop will be Excel based and participants will need to use laptops or pc’s for full participation.
Course Feedback
“Gives you an understanding of how to make sound financial decision making and how to use that to build sound investment decisions for projects.”
Shane Gogo (Carbon and Energy Advisor)
Hutt City Council
“Mike brings a wealth of experience in this field, and it’s surprising that more people haven’t taken this course. It’s incredibly valuable—I gained significant insights into how decision-makers assess project business cases. I highly recommend it!”
Will Smith (Client Engagement Manager)
BraveGen
“Thanks for a really valuable course where the learnings can actually be implemented into my everyday job. Mike is a great teacher. I would definitely attend another course run by Mike or CEP.”
Janine Kerr (Programme Lead)
EECA
“I like that the course covered the financial aspects of a business case in detail, really helped to understand what makes a good business case”.
Veronica Mitchell (Project Engineer)
Worley
When should you register?
Once we have confirmed delivery dates for this training course, we require a minimum of 6 registered attendees (maximum of 15 attendees per course). Please complete your online registration as soon as possible so we can secure the training delivery date.
If you require a letter of support to assist with funding approval, please contact the CEP Office.
Please read the Refund Policy before confirming your registration.
