Credit Rating & Financial Analysis

2 Days Workshop

Introduction

The primary goal of this workshop is to help professionals who have some knowledge in Credit & finance in developing sound financial knowledge to read and understand financial reports & granting credit facility. Real-current problematic finance & credit business cases will be analyzed and scenario solutions will be discussed in the workshop.

Course Objectives                                                                                                                                   
By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Use Cash Flow statement to evaluate financial performance 

  • Understand the relationship between cash flow statement and balance sheet

  • How to look for information efficiently in the annual report 

  • Applying Altman Z score- output of a credit-strength test that gauges & predictable of company’s failure

  • Learn how to size up a company quickly by reading their financial ratios

  • Assess Credit analysis & profiling customers

  • Understand Credit Assessment & Collection Case Studies 

  • Understand Financial Analysis Strategies for Business Turnaround

Methodology

Case Study & Group Discussion. 

Who Should Attend

Entrepreneurs, Bankers, Credit Managers & Credit Officers, Accountants, Finance managers, CFO, Business Managers, Marketing Managers & Accounting Supervisors

Special Feature: NOTE: Please bring laptop along

Programmed Outline

Day 1

Module 1: Credit Analysis

  • Customer Risk Profile

  • Assessing Your Risk Factors 

  • What Are the Strategies to Negotiate Debt?

  • Why Borrowers Are Not Paying You

  • Credit Rating Agencies & Credit Insurance

Module 2: Credit Collection Negotiation Tactics

  • The building block technique

  • Silence

  • Repeat, repeat…

  • Recess

  • Divide & rule

  • Empathy

  • Re-escalation of demand

  • “One more thing”

  • Deadlines

  • Slicing

Module 3: Credit Evaluation & Monitoring 

  • Importance of Credit Evaluation & Monitoring

  • Criteria For Approval Or Rejection 

  • Setting the Credit Limit

  • Monitoring Customer Account  

  • Group exercises

Module 4: Credit Assessment & Collection Case Studies 

  • Case Study 1 (Negotiation Skill) 

  • Case Study 2 (Credit Evaluation) 

  • Case Study 3 (Handling Difficulty Debtor)

  • Case Study 4 (Bank Branch Manager Task)

  • Case Study 5 (Head of Credit Controller Task)

  • Case Study 6 (Dealing with NPL borrowers) 

  • Case Study 7 (Detecting early warning sign)  

  • Case Study 8 (Government Accounts)   


Day 2

Module 5: Credit Rating Altman Z’ Score-Insolvency Predictor (case study)

  • Earnings Before Interest & Taxes

  • Total Assets

  • Net Sales 

  • Market Value of Equity

  • Total Liabilities

  • Current Assets

  • Current Liabilities 

  • Retained Earnings

Module 6: Financial Ratios Analysis (Case Study)

  • Learn how to size up a company quickly by reading their financial ratios 

  • Liquidity 

  • Solvency 

  • Efficiency 

  • Profitability 

  • Asset Management 

  • Assessing drivers of company profitability and growth: - 

  • Operations and investment strategies: operating and investment management 

  • Altman Z score- output of a credit-strength test that gauges & predictable of company’s failure

Module 7: Financial Analysis Strategies for Business Turnaround (Case Study) 

Objectives

  • Asset conversion

  • Fees & Collection 

  • Spreading costs 

  • Manpower review 

  • Stock management

  • Product market study  

  • Sales

Module 8: Cash Flow Statement 

  • Lifeblood of business – Cash Flow Statement 

  • Relationship between cash flow statement and balance sheet 

  • 3 streams of cash flow, Operating, Investing &Financing 

  • How to determine financial health from cash flow pattern 

  • Determining if the company is using internal cash flow to finance growth or relying on external financing 

Technical: Financial Analysis, Practical Financial Modelling, Finance for Non-Finance

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