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Operational models after financial close

What changes when a transaction model becomes an operational model, who relies on it after financial close and how to agree a specification that works.

Webinar · Recording · Presented by Tom Brichieri-Colombi · 23 May 2024

In project finance, the financial model is at the centre of getting a deal done. Once the transaction closes, an updated operational model is often procured, for several purposes and several users. What looks like a straightforward modelling exercise can become a real challenge because those users want different things.

This webinar is for anyone who invests in or monitors project financed deals.

What you will learn

  1. What an operational model is

    How an operational model differs from the model used at financial close.

  2. When one is procured

    The points in a project’s life when an operational model is usually procured.

  3. Stakeholders and their needs

    Who relies on the operational model and what each of them needs from it.

  4. Agreeing the specification

    How the modelling process aligns expectations, builds knowledge of the business and leads to an agreed specification and delivery.

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