Risk Management Training Program
Loan Analysis School
Program Overview
Loan Analysis School introduces participants to the loan review process. Through a combination of computer-based instruction and participation in a related skills-practice workshop, participants learn how to review and classify individual loans. Specifically, participants learn how to analyze financial statements, calculate and interpret cash flow, and assess the appropriateness of loan structure, pricing, and documentation. Participants analyze a series of loans, prepare for and conduct loan discussions, make loan classification decisions, and compose loan write-ups.
Key Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Review a loan file for creditworthiness
- Analyze financial statements
- Document any weaknesses or issues on a loan line sheet
- Prepare for, and conduct, a loan discussion
- Determine appropriate loan classification
- Prepare a loan write-up using the 6 P format
- Identify apparent violations of lending laws, rules, and regulations
Instructional Format
Computer-based instruction, facilitated classroom discussion/lectures, and small group activities.
Duration
This is a two week course.
Level
Basic
Target Audience
The course is designed for RMS Risk Management assistant examiners (associate and pre-commissioned) who generally have 24 months of risk management bank examination experience. Participants must have demonstrated competent performance in balance sheet analysis, investment portfolio analysis, earnings analysis, internal routines and control analysis, Call Report analysis, and Uniform Bank Performance Report analysis. This also includes unassisted preparation of Report-quality comments for Capital, Earnings, Liquidity, and Sensitivity to Market Risk. Participants must have a firm working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel, and be able to work effectively in a team environment.
Note: The minimum interval between the Asset Liability Management School and the Loan Analysis School is four months.
Prerequisites
Under the guidance of an experienced examiner, students must have participated in the following loan-related activities:
- Reviewed the documentation contained in a typical commercial loan file
- Observed a loan discussion
- Read several loan write-ups included within a Report of Examination and discussed the write-ups with an experienced examiner (minimum of two)
- Prepared practice (or actual) write-ups (minimum of two)
- Read the Loan section of the Risk Management Manual of Examination Policies
Pre-Course Assignment
Prior to attending the workshop, students are required to perform the following:
- Complete the Commercial Loan Analysis computer-based instruction modules and successfully complete the Workshop Qualification Examination.
- Complete the Participant Profile.
Official time for completion of precourse work has not yet been determined, but is anticipated to be 20 - 25 hours.
Special Requirements
Participants need to bring a laptop computer and a Hewlett Packard 12-C or comparable financial calculator.
Post Course Recommendation
The participants should review and discuss loans at several upcoming examinations, as well as be given the opportunity to prepare loan write-ups to reinforce skills learned at this school.
Post Course Feedback
A written assessment of the participant's performance is submitted to each participant's field supervisor or district office approximately 30 days after the conclusion of the school.
Credits
Continuing Education Unit (CEU): 84.5
Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPE): 7.1
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Corporate University is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org.
More Information
For information regarding administrative policies such as complaints and refunds, please contact Corporate University, Attn: NASBA Representative Ava Livas, Room A-3025, 3501 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22226, (703) 562-2463.
The FDIC has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) (www.iacet.org), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102.
For more information concerning course content and administration, please contact Senior Bank Examination Training Specialist Kathryn Shipley at (703) 516-5071.
