There is a new version of this course. Please see SAS Risk Stratum: Solution Overview for CECL.

This solution overview training for SAS Solution for CECL prepares members of your organization's project team to be effective and informed participants in the requirements development and solution design phases of your implementation. The course includes hands-on demonstrations and teaches you key concepts, terminology, and base functionality that are integral to SAS Solution for CECL. After completing the course, participants will be prepared to make key business decisions.

The self-study e-learning includes:

• Annotatable course notes in PDF format.
• Virtual Lab time to practice.

Learn how to

• Describe the role and use of each component of SAS Solution for CECL.
• Describe the process of calculating expected credit loss.
• Describe the required input data sets for each component.
• Leverage SAS Risk Governance Framework to create and apply business rule sets.
• Use SAS Model Implementation Platform to create the required objects in order to analyze different risk factor scenarios and to generate Expected Credit Loss output data sets.
• Leverage the content to orchestrate the monthly production cycle, including configuration of the required objects to generate CECL disclosure reports.

Who should attend

Anyone who will be involved in implementing and using SAS Solution for CECL, including team members from Finance or Accounting, Risk Management, and Model Execution or Deployment, as well as solution administrators and IT associates

Formats available	Standard duration
Classroom:	1.5 days

There are no prerequisites for this course.

This course addresses SAS Expected Credit Loss software.

Introduction to SAS Solution for CECL

• CECL overview.
• Components of the platform.
• Managing the CECL process flow.
• Key concepts.

Data Preparation and Data Quality

• Create and initiate a cycle.
• Data preparation.
• Applying data quality rules.

Configure and Load Master Risk Scenarios

• Configure master risk scenarios..
• Import master risk scenarios.

Configure and Load Attribution Templates

• Introduction to attribution analysis.
• Configure attribution templates.
• Review and approve attribution templates.

Running CECL Models

• Review of model types.
• Introduction to SAS Model Implementation Platform.
• Working with modeling systems.
• Running a model.

Working with CECL Results

• Reviewing initial output..
• Creating and applying adjustments.
• Reviewing attribution analysis.
• Generate disclosures.

Appendix A

• Using the AFS Flow in a cycle.