Managing Credit Department Functions: A Manager's Guide to Improving Loan Analysis, Documentation and Reporting

by Kenneth R. Pirok

The credit department of the bank faces many unique management issues - lending-specific concerns on administration, motivation, quality control, compliance, etc. Managing Credit Department Functions is a guide book for bankers facing the challenges of this essential component of loan management.
In addition to understanding the fundamental functions of lending, a department manager also is responsible for more complex loan analysis, loan documentation, economic and market research and analysis, board and regulatory reporting, and credit inquiries. With so much information to be responsible for, any credit manager can truly benefit from Managing Credit Department Functions.
Beginning with the basics, Managing Credit Department Functions defines the critical concepts and offers practical applications. This guide fits the unique needs of the field into a management framework to help manager and practitioner alike understand and capitalize on the information critical to success including standard operating policies and procedure, relationship and interaction with commercial lenders, structuring the credit department, and relationship profitability analysis.
Beneficial to any lender responsible for credit and loan analysis or overseeing such functions, Managing Credit Department Functions is more than a guide, it's an invaluable resource.

195 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1995