Corporate credit analysis: insight into operational and financial credit analysis
| Members | €345 |
| Non-members | €375 |
| BZB | €345 |
- For those who wish to go beyond the basics
- No travel time, but direct contact
- Invest together in personal development
An education with impact
This course establishes the link between operational and financial analysis through a review of a number of basic principles and varied practical cases. After this course, you will understand how different business models influence financial statements, what the logic is behind the structure of P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow, what the relevance of EBITDA and leverage is, and how we can use all of this thoughtfully and efficiently in the evaluation of large companies.
The objective of this training is:
- providing insight into the link between operational and financial analysis in the context of lending;
- understanding the different perspectives and incentives of bankers and other stakeholders when evaluating a company;
- providing insight into financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) and their structure, in order to better understand the reasoning behind and interpretation of ratios and credit covenants.
This training is for
This course is mainly directed to the following groups:
- bankers (loan officers, relationship managers, financial analysts, credit analysts, credit policy advisors, credit modellers, rating advisors, compliance officers, risk managers, traders, etc.);
- (starting) accountants/auditors.
Step by step through the training process
CONTENT
- Operational analysis
- Business models
- Different effects of types of activity, ownership, group structure, management, sector, customers & suppliers, competitors, political risks, event risks, financial risks and future strategies
- Credit request
- Working capital, long term financing, collateral
- Operational analysis case
- Identifying operationally relevant elements
- Business models
- Financial analysis
- Financial statements
- Structure, relevance and connection of different elements of the Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow statements
- Key ratios
- Solvency, gearing, tangible net worth, liquidity, (net) leverage, current repayment capacity, interest cover, debt service cover, free cash flow
- Covenants
- Purpose, types and most common structures
- Financial statements
- Combined analysis
- Real-world cases
- Linking operational context to financial insights
- Some thoughts on projections
- Relevance and things to consider
- Conclusions
- Final Q&A and main takeaways of what we discussed during the day
- Real-world cases
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
- Duration: ½ day of training (3 class hours)
- Hours: 09:00 to 12:30
- Location: This training will be given online.
- Language: This training will be given in English
- Additional information: How do you start the webinar? You will receive a login and password by email to access our platform. In the platform you will find a link. By clicking on the scheduled date the webinar will start. In order to receive training points, it is important to enter your own name and surname, follow the entire training day and answer the questions suggested by the trainer. Do not follow the training with several people on the same PC.
Rates and benefits
| Members | €345 |
| Non-members | €375 |
| BZB | €345 |
* Are you entitled to compensation or subsidies?
* Price: service provided as part of continuing vocational training, VAT exempt
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Our guidance throughout the learning process
You follow a ‘Live webinar’ digitally in a group. It is ‘learning-apart-together’. At an agreed time, the teacher and participants log in to a video conference tool, each from his or her own location and with his or her own computer. Via this tool’s camera, microphone and chat function, there is an opportunity for interaction and feedback, both from the participants to the teacher and vice versa. The teaching material consists as a basis of a presentation via the MyFA learning platform, supplemented with various other items (such as digital syllabus, presentation, audiovisual fragments, etc.).
Training material:
- PowerPoint presentation;
- Live Video.
| Members | €345 |
| Non-members | €375 |
| BZB | €345 |
- For those who wish to go beyond the basics
- No travel time, but direct contact
- Invest together in personal development