Project Financial Management for Managers Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply financial management principles to project planning and budgeting
• Analyze project financial data to monitor performance and identify variances.
• Evaluate project financial reports to support informed decision-making
• Implement cost control measures to keep projects within approved budgets
• Demonstrate the ability to manage project cash flows and financial risks
• Design financial reports that communicate project financial status to stakeholders

Target Audience

This course is designed for project managers, team leaders, and senior professionals who are responsible for managing project finances and ensuring projects are delivered within budget.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals component allows learners to apply theoretical knowledge to realistic project scenarios, using templates and software tools to create budgets, forecasts, and financial reports. Hands-on exercises reinforce cost estimation, earned value analysis, and risk quantification skills.

Practical Activities

• Practical 1: Budget Development and Cost Estimation — Learners work in groups to develop a detailed project budget using given project scope and cost data, applying estimation techniques and justifying assumptions. (8h)
• Practical 2: Cash Flow Forecasting and Financial Planning — Using a project case, learners create a cash flow forecast and financial plan, including NPV and IRR calculations, and present their findings. (8h)
• Practical 3: Earned Value Management and Cost Control — Learners analyse project progress data to calculate EVM metrics, identify variances, and recommend corrective actions using software or spreadsheets. (8h)
• Practical 4: Financial Risk Assessment and Contingency Planning — Learners identify and quantify financial risks for a project, perform EMV analysis, and develop a contingency plan with reserve allocation. (6h)
• Practical 5: Comprehensive Project Financial Plan — Teams integrate all previous practicals into a complete financial management plan for a complex project, including budget, cash flow, EVM, and risk plan, and present to the class. (6h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.