This course introduces the concept of Limit-to-Cash-Flow Ratio Design within the Working Capital – Consumer Credit framework. It focuses on establishing ratio-based constraints that align approved working capital limits with the borrower’s sustainable cash-flow generation and repayment capacity.
Learners will explore key assessment dimensions such as defining affordability assumptions, estimating operating surplus, calibrating limits relative to cash-flow strength, and monitoring utilisation patterns against expected repayment behaviour, with an emphasis on independent validation and well-documented rationale. The course highlights how properly designed limit-to-cash-flow ratios help prevent over-leveraging, support disciplined underwriting, and ensure that exposure levels remain proportionate to the borrower’s financial capacity. It also examines the risks associated with weak calibration practices, including excessive utilisation, liquidity stress, and heightened default exposure.
The course distinguishes limit-to-cash-flow ratio design from broader related credit management processes, emphasizing its role in exposure-level affordability assessment, structured risk identification, and breach response mechanisms, whereas broader credit management processes address overall portfolio governance, operational oversight, and strategic risk management. Each requires distinct evidence standards, ownership, and approval authority.
By the end of the course, participants will understand how to design, validate, and apply limit-to-cash-flow ratio methodologies in practice, particularly within Affordability, Surplus, and Stress Buffer assessment. The course also emphasizes the role of the credit manager in validating team-level analysis, approving case recommendations, and managing segment-level exposure within Working Capital – Consumer Credit, ensuring disciplined limit calibration, effective escalation, and alignment with credit committee priorities.