Short Summary Atlanta Home Loan April 2002 - Al formed Atlanta Home Loan (AHL), a mortgage lending and financing company, in Atlanta, Georgia - Initial investment of $40,000 - Operated the company from his home Summer 2002 - Company grew rapidly - 4 telemarketers and 8 loan officers who all worked from their homes - Established banking relationships which allowed clients to borrow at wholesale rates - Rates varied according to client FICO scores The Company - Leads were bought from list brokers
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tlanta Home Loan Case Introduction: Atlanta Home Loan was a mortgage lending and financing company based in Atlanta with initial investment of $40,000. It was founded by Albert Fiorini in April 2002 and was operated from his home. He decided to earn an MBA degree from California and left the controls of the company in the hands of his employees. The control systems he used, what went wrong in implementing them and what should Al do now is discussed hereafter. 1)Control systems: a)At
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Case study Atlanta Home Loan A)Identify the devices (controls) that Al Fiorini used to control his business both before and after he went back to school. Classify each control as a results, control, or personnel/cultural type of control. Action control Before he went back to school i. Al monitored the activities of his loan offers by tracking the number of credit inquiries each requested. ii. Al closely monitored the loan application/lead ratio depending on the skill of the loan officer. After
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MANC_C03.qxd 08/01/2007 10:42 AM Page 95 Atlanta Home Loan Case Study Atlanta Home Loan THE COMPANY Atlanta Home Loan (hereafter AHL) was a mortgage lending and financing company based in Atlanta, Georgia. Al Fiorini founded the company in April 2002 with an initial investment of about $40,000. He started operating the company from his home. Al had many years of experience in the mortgage lending industry. He had worked for several different companies and had also served a year
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Case --- Atlanta Home Loan 1. Identify the controls that Al Fiorini implemented to manage his business (both before and after he went back to school). Classify each control as a results, action, or personnel/cultural type control. a. Before Al went back to school •Result Controls: ① Telemarketers were paid a combination of an hourly wage plus a performance bonus ($10.00) for each lead produced. ② AHL paid the loan officers 40% of total loan revenue on loans that AHL originated, and
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control as a results, control, or personnel/cultural type of control. Action control Before he went back to school i. Al monitored the activities of his loan officers by tracking the number of credit inquiries each requested. (Merchant, pg.23) ii. Al closely monitored the loan application/lead ratio depending on the skill of the loan officer. (Merchant, pg.23) iii. Al refused Wilbur’s request to have signing authority on company checks written against AHL’s main bank account. However, as
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Group Case # 2 Student Name: Pardeep Kaur Student ID: 300586082 Student Name: Course: Advanced Auditing, ACCT 742 Bud's Big Blue Manufacturing Accounts Receivable Confirmations List the four factors auditors should consider when evaluating the results of confirmation procedures: External confirmations are direct written response from third parties, addressed directly to auditors. External confirmations are obtained to satisify the existenance, accuracy, allocation, and
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Case Atlanta Home loan A. Control and Effects Controls implemented by AI before he went back to school Result controls: * Telemarketers – their salaries consist of hourly wage and performance bonus based on leads produced. The performance salary has a motivational effect on amount of leads. * Loan officer – Company paid the loan officers 40% of total loan revenue on they originated and 60% on loans Loan officer originated. The explicit allocation encourages loan officer to increase their
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Atlanta Home Loan Eind 2002 raakte Albert (Al) Fiorini steeds meer gefrustreerd en gedeprimeerd. In september 2002 had hij vrij genomen om weer naar school te gaan om zijn MBA te halen. Hij ging ervan uit dat het door hem opgerichte hypotheek verstrekking bedrijf door zijn medewerkers zou worden gerund. Het was nu duidelijk voor Al, dat de medewerkers zijn bedrijf probeerden af te schermen voor Al. En verbazingwekkend genoeg het was ze ook nog gelukt. Al betreurde het, ze hadden niet alleen zijn
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Case Study: Atlanta Home Loan Synopsis of the Situation: Atlanta Home Loan was a mortgage lending and financing company based in Atlanta, Georgia. The company’s founder, Al Fiorini, had many years experience in the mortgage market, and he oversaw eight loan officers and four telemarketers. It was a profitable business with growth potential, so Al decided to find someone to run the business while he went to school to earn his MBA. His first attempts at partnership were unsuccessful, but he eventually
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