Name: Assessing Drivers of Business Growth
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Assessing Drivers of Business Growth

Overview

Assessing Drivers of Business Growth Overview

Understanding the key drivers of a business’s growth is vital to determining its debt capacity and ability to fulfill debt with its cash flows. This helps credit analysts make sound credit decisions. This Assessing Drivers of Business Growth course will look at the overall framework for assessing business growth, including analyzing the external economy, the industry, and the company itself.

We will explore the commonly used tools by credit analysts to perform analyses on various aspects of a company and summarize the external and internal factors impacting the business’ growth. By the end of this course, you should feel comfortable determining whether a company is in good operational or financial condition.

Who should take this course?

This Assessing Drivers of Business Growth course is perfect for any aspiring credit analysts working in insurance, underwriting, rating agencies, commercial lending, corporate credit analysis, and other areas of credit evaluation.

Assessing Drivers of Business Growth Learning Objectives

Understand the framework for assessing corporate business growth
Analyze the external economy that a company operates in using PESTEL analysis
Analyze a company's industry by looking at Porter's five forces and the industry lifecycle
Assess a company's lifecycle, risks, and competitive advantage
Perform SWOT analysis to evaluate a company's internal and external environment

Prerequisite Skills

Recommended skills to have before taking this course.

Critical thinking
Logical thinking
Basic computer skills

What You'll Learn

Lesson

Multimedia

Exams

Files

Summary

Qualified Assessment

This Course is Part of the Following Programs

Why stop here? Expand your skills and show your expertise with the professional certifications, specializations, and CPE credits you’re already on your way to earning.

Commercial Banking & Credit Analyst (CBCA®) Certification

Skills Learned Financial Analysis, Credit Structuring, Risk Management
Career Prep Commercial Banking, Credit Analyst, Private Lending

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Financial Planning & Wealth Management Professional (FPWMP®) Certification

Skills Learned Financial Learning, Business Development, Investment Management, Practice Management, Relationship Management
Career Prep Financial Planner, Investment Advisor, Portfolio Manager

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What Our Members Say

Excellent

Karamael Malisa

GOOD CONTENT

this course has great content and is super relevant taking the needs of the banking industry into consideration.

Mitra S. Jaglal

Highly recommend.

Francine Fabiola PETATO TEWO

Drivers of Business Growth

Excellent Content, case study and overall delivery.

venugopal rajamanuri

Engaging Course and Examples

CFI lectures continue to deliver top of the range clear, concise strategies, tools and techniques to analyze the external environment, industry and company as a whole. This is great skill set required by the credit analyst.

Franklin Oben Fobi

Easy to comprehend

The subject is comprehensive and easy to comprehend.

Arvind Kumar

Great Course

I really enjoyed the course. It provided a structured approach for the analysis of a company's growth potential. This ensures that the right decisions are take.

Macdonald Ossuetta

LEARNING FROM WHERE YOU ARE.

In this new era of technology, let your dream come true by enrolling in that course you have for long dreamed of pursuing. Just where you are.

NABIRYO SALIMA

Assessing drivers of business growth

Analysing external economy by using PESTEL analysis, internal economy by using Porter's five forces,ansoffs matrix , SWOT analysis and handling business risk and competition for the qualitative growth of a company

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Best analytical tools for company assessment.

This is a must Take course! It has provided me with a holistic method for assessing a company in any particular industry.

Lungowe Chimuka C Chaluya

Fantastic

The course is quite rich on lending solutions space, with very well structured material.

Norcelio Boca

Awesome Learning Experience

CFI does a good job of combining theoretical knowledge and practical guides.

Marjory Legaspi CPA DBA

Good Experience

A valuable and practical course

Zeeshan Aslam

Great Overview

This was a great referesher

David Olson

Getting better

Improving analytics and understanding

Dorji Kadin

it's so good and i have gained new info about credit process

Mohab Adel Mahfouz

A Game Changer

I have obtained a wealth of information that has turn into power tools. A must take course.

Debora Joseph-Splatt

Perfect

Material needs more details

Aly Muhammad Aly

Fruitful

Highly recommended for junior analysts

MOHAMED SAAD

Fantastic!

Course was very insightful

David Ofori-Larbi

memorable experience

should share more with professionals

Frederic Nzoga

Insightful

Easy to understand, in-depth teaching, smooth experience.

Maryam Tolase

Outstanding

A very thorough session covering all necessary topics

Jonathan Ojesebholo

Great

Its very useful and briefly oriented

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Can I download the Excel files and financial modeling templates for the course?

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Students must complete all the video lessons, quizzes, and final assessments in each course. You can retake the assessments as many times as necessary until you reach an 80% passing grade. For more information on how to earn a course certificate, click HERE.

How are the exams conducted?

Students are required to complete an online assessment (Multiple choice questions, Fill-in-the-Blanks, and Excel Questions) at the end of each course. You can take the exams on your own schedule and will need to earn at least 80% to pass the course and earn your certificate of course completion. Please note that course exams can be repeated as many times as you need. Students are also required to complete the FMVA® final exam to earn their certification. How to Take a Qualified Assessment

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While the courses are designed mainly for self-study, we are happy to provide email assistance for general or technical support inquiries. The Full Immersion bundles include a premium email support function that allows you to communicate directly with in-house experts regarding course content. This is one of the key features that sets the Full Immersion bundle apart and makes it a worthwhile upgrade over the more affordable self-study bundle. You can compare more features in our bundles here.

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Based on hundreds of reviews from thousands of students we know how CFI courses have helped so many people advance their finance careers. Our courses are designed to be extremely practical and simulate the experience of being trained as a professional financial analyst…the ultimate way to advance your career. For real-world examples and to help delve even deeper into the course concepts, please look into our free career resources library.

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