Upgrade your CECL process: Accelerating the allowance close without losing control
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
1:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM CT
1:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM CT
Many institutions still spend too much of the month-end allowance close manually moving data, refreshing assumptions, launching calculations, checking results, and explaining changes. This creates close-day pressure and leaves less time for the review and judgment that make CECL useful and defensible.
In this webinar, we’ll explore how institutions can automate repeatable CECL activities while keeping reconciliation, approvals, and professional judgment firmly in human hands. You’ll see how a more controlled workflow can help teams reach review-ready results sooner and use AI-supported comparison narratives to understand what changed and why.
You will learn:
- Which CECL activities are best suited for automation
- How to preserve human oversight through reconciliation and approval checkpoints
- Ways to reduce manual work and improve consistency during the allowance close
- How AI-supported narratives can help explain changes in allowance results
- Steps your institution can take to build a faster, more controlled CECL process
Meet Your Presenters
Regan Camp
Vice President, Portfolio Risk Sales and Services
Abrigo
Regan Camp is Abrigo’s Vice President of Portfolio Risk Sales and Services, leading a team of subject matter experts who assist financial institutions in accurately interpreting and applying federal accounting guidance. He began his career in financial services as a commercial loan officer at a $2.1 billion institution. He then
Justin Crawley
Senior Consultant
Abrigo
Justin Crawley is a Senior Consultant with Abrigo Advisory Services, where he provides subject matter expertise on CECL and stress testing. He joined Abrigo in 2019, helping dozens of credit unions and banks transition their allowance methodologies and align with best practices surrounding the current expected credit losses (CECL) accounting
