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APPLICATION CHECKLIST
The Graduate School of Credit and
Financial Management® (GSCFM®)
Conducted on the campus of American University in Washington, D.C.
The National Association of Credit Management is the leader in executive education for the credit and financial
management community. NACM entered the forefront of continuing, executive education over 75 years ago,
decades before major colleges and universities. Today, NACM continues its dedication to the global promotion
and enhancement of the business credit professional through its many educational programs, led by the GSCFM.
The Graduate School of Credit and Financial Management pioneered the concept of advanced-level, executive
education and continues to deliver superior, application-based continuing education for the business credit and
financial professional. The caliber of tomorrow’s business credit and financial executive depends on today’s
preparation and education. The most promising executives must challenge themselves with new and diverse
business concepts in anticipation of tomorrow’s demands.
The GSCFM is a two-week per year (for two years) intensive program exposing participants to a wide range of
ideas, practices and resources, and leads to the mastery of new concepts and the development of a new, clear
vision. The program delivers high quality credit, financial and management instruction in a setting designed for
executive education. The professional relationships that develop throughout this program are the foundation of
the program’s long-standing success.
The GSCFM sessions are conducted by experienced faculty who use a balanced mix of lectures, group
discussions and case studies that relate to current and future workplace demands. The program challenges
participants to examine issues and processes not simply from the standpoint of corporate credit and finance,
but from a multi-layered point of view. Participants will return to their companies with in-depth knowledge of the
field and the ability to apply that knowledge on the organization’s behalf.
A participant’s company customarily covers the full cost of tuition, meals, living and travel-related expenses.
In so doing, the employer recognizes the contributions and potential of promising managers, affording them
the opportunity to reach a new level of professional knowledge and distinction in their field.
Instructors
NACM is proud to have these, and other, distinguished instructors presenting in 2017. For a complete
list of the instructors and their biographies, please visit the GSCFM web pages at www.nacm.org.
Wanda Borges, Esq., Principal member of Borges & Associates, LLC
Janine Driver, Retired federal law enforcement officer, author, speaker for the Body Language Institute
Whit Mitchell, Team Dynamics expert, author and founder/CEO of Working InSync International
Charles Mulford, Ph.D., CPA, Invesco Chair and Professor of Accounting at Georgia Tech
Ron Price, Business advisor, executive coach, speaker and author, Price Associates
q Application form and $500 deposit
q C
orporate support of a two-year
commitment
q Letter of recommendation
q Photo (headshot or passport style)
q Resume
The GSCFM Curriculum
The GSCFM program focuses on a spectrum of
essential business and individual professional
growth disciplines.
The First-Year Session Concentrations
The cornerstone of the first-year program is financial
statement analysis. Complementing the financial
analysis program are sessions on corporate strategy,
economics, interpreting body language and non-
verbal communications and presentation techniques.
These sessions, adding information about how
to operate in a changing environment and how to
understand and maximize corporate competitive
strategy, bring new ideas and greater insight into the
decision-making process.
The Second-Year Session Concentrations
During the second year, participants will continue
to expand their understanding of the financial side
of credit during the financial warnings segment.
This section brings together the elements already
covered in the first-year session, providing an in-depth
look at credit strategy in a competitive environment,
focusing on new techniques for credit investigation
and credit granting decisions. Adding to these topics
are sessions on the legal environment of credit,
leadership skills, interpreting body language and non-
verbal communications and advanced negotiations.
Exclusive Opportunity to
Earn the CCE Certification
At the conclusion of participants’ second year,
the standard application process is waived and
participants are given an opportunity to take the CCE ®
(Certified Credit Executive ® ) exam. The exam must
be completed when offered at GSCFM and must be
successfully passed to earn the CCE designation.