| Effective Term: | 2025/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | Project Finance Application |
| Unit ID: | GPACC3008 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 081199 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This project-based unit aims to prepare students to work in entry level positions within finance departments of companies or financial advisory organisations. Working in teams, students will focus on projects based on assessing the debt/loan funding requirements of a company for new capital expenditure. Students will perform an analysis of a sector and an associated company’s financial performance (solvency, profitability, and liquidity). As a result, students will assess project cash flows, advise management on project viability, and prepare a loan application. Successful completion of this unit will assist students to work effectively in teams, prepare for a range of entry-level roles within the finance function of an organisation or act as a junior financial advisor. Students will also learn how to prepare Project Finance Reports or Business Plans as required by clients. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: No |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | |  | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Critically evaluate and integrate multifaceted factors influencing a company's liquidity, profitability, and solvency, and perform comparative analysis against sector performance benchmarks to assess financial stability, efficiency and growth potential. |
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| K2. | Conduct an in-depth assessment of debt/loan funding requirements for capital expenditure projects, incorporating considerations of project sustainability, detailed risk analysis, and long-term financial impacts. |
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| K3. | Synthesize and apply advanced knowledge of financial performance analysis to inform strategic decision-making and problem-solving within complex project finance contexts. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Conduct thorough and nuanced analyses of complex financial statements and reports, applying advanced peer benchmarking techniques and industry standards to derive actionable insights. |
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| S2. | Facilitate effective collaboration within cross-functional teams to develop detailed project viability analyses and comprehensive financial reports, utilizing sophisticated decision-making frameworks. |
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| S3. | Employ financial modelling techniques to create and evaluate dynamic simulations of project cash flows, assess risk profiles, and design stress-test scenarios for robust project sustainability assessments. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Develop an advanced financial analysis report that rigorously justifies the project's viability, including a critical evaluation of liquidity, profitability, and solvency, with detailed comparisons to industry standards and sector-specific benchmarks. |
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| A2. | Design and implement a sophisticated financial model for cash flow projections, incorporating comprehensive assumptions such as revenue growth trajectories, capital expenditures, and terminal value considerations. |
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| A3. | Lead the development of a detailed project loan application report, integrating advanced financial projections, sustainability evaluations, and strategic risk management plans to support informed decision-making. |
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| Unit Content: |
Sprint 1 (2 Weeks) Analyse a company’s financial performance, focusing on liquidity, profitability, solvency, and history to assess efficiency and growth potentials. Sprint 2 (2 Weeks) Study and analyse the project's funding requirements, timelines, and capex details. Develop a capex feasibility report. Sprint 3 (2 Weeks) Analyse market structure, competition, and industry dynamics. Conduct a comparative study and present the findings. Sprint 4 (2 Weeks) Perform detailed project finance analysis, calculate key financial metrics for the next five years, and prepare a viability report. Sprint 5 (2 Weeks) Develop a financial model for cash flow projections, using discounted/non-discounted cash flow techniques, execute stress tests, and assess risk factors. Sprint 6 (2 Weeks) Finalize the project report, integrating financial analysis and justifications for the loan application. Present findings to stakeholders. |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | | Level | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate, inter-act and work with others both individually and in groups. Students will be required to display skills in-person and/or online in: • Using effective verbal and non-verbal communication • Listening for meaning and influencing via active listening • Showing empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams. | Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others. Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating a collegial environment • Showing self -awareness and the ability to self-reflect • Inspiring and convincing others • Making informed decisions • Displaying initiative | N/A - Not Applicable | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using the imagination to create new ideas. Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically • Evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Considering alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts • Forming creative solutions in problem solving. | Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work fluently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks. Students will be required to display skills in: • Finding, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and sharing digital information • Collating, managing, accessing and using digital data securely • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Contributing actively to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and benefiting from digital learning opportunities. | Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions. Students will be required to display skills in: • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in global economic environmental and societal contexts • Committing to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Evaluating ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable challenges and generating and articulating responses • Embracing lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Implementing required actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | N/A - Not Applicable |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, S1, S2, S3, A1 | Financial analysis and project funding requirements | Group Report and Presentation | 25-30% | | 2. | K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, A2, A3 | Create model (in Excel spreadsheet) for the cash flow projections using assumptions of growth, revenues, capital, cashflows, and Terminal Value - report presentation by the team | Team report and presentation | 25-30% | | 3. | K1, S1, S2, S3, A2, A3 | Project report writing justifying project viability against the proposed loan application - report presentation by the team | Team report and presentation | 50-60% |
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