Balance sheet accounting with DATEV and VBA macro development

Free of cost

by funding

You will learn how to handle finances and balance sheets with the help of DATEV in order to be able to plan financial processes. The course also teaches the programming language Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in your professional environment.
  • Certificates: Certificate "Balance sheet accounting with DATEV"
  • Additional Certificates: Certificate "VBA - Macro Development"
  • Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 8 Weeks

Balance sheet accounting with DATEV

National accounting (HGB) (approx. 10 days)

Interim and annual financial statements and management report

The monthly/annual financial statements: Balance sheet and income statement

Overview of annual financial statements and P&L

Fundamentals of tax law, commercial law and company law

Postings required to prepare for accounting with DATEV

Accounting and valuation - asset accounting and annual financial statements with DATEV

Creating a company report/balance sheet report with DATEV


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


International Accounting (IAS/IFRS) (approx. 7 days)

Why international accounting?

The shortcomings of the HGB Investor protection and the principle of prudence

Differences between HGB/IAS

The first introduction in 1998 and the extended introduction in 2005 - The ten-point program

Structure of the IAS and its bodies: conception and implementation

Fair value (IFRS 13) with DATEV

Accounting for fixed assets (IAS 16) with DATEV

Investment property - Investment property (IAS 40) with DATEV

Leasing (IFRS 16) with DATEV

Intangible assets and development costs (IAS 38) with DATEV

Financial assets and liabilities (IAS 37) with DATEV

Segment reporting and cash flow statement - Statement of comprehensive income with DATEV


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

VBA - Visual Basic for Applications - Macro development for Word, Excel and PowerPoint

VBA development environment (approx. 1 day)

Components of the development environment

Recording macros

Working with procedures

Using modules

Saving projects

Hungarian notation

KamelCase notation

Working with the direct window

The local window


VBA Basics (approx. 9 days)

Variables

constants

Data types

Creating your own data types

Operators

Procedures

Parameters

Input dialogs and message windows

Program branches

Array

Using the object library

Forms and their controls

Error handling

Extension of the ribbon with own menu items

File selection


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Programming in Excel (approx. 2 days)

Excel objects

Properties and methods

Editing cell ranges

Editing worksheets

Collecting, evaluating and further processing of data

Excel object events


Programming in Word (approx. 2 days)

Word objects

Provision of global functionalities with add-ins and templates

Properties and methods

Editing text areas

Working with bookmarks

Working with Word Forms

Object events


Programming in PowerPoint (approx. 2 days)

PowerPoint objects

Properties and methods

Working with slides and shapes


Import/Export (approx. 1 day)

Import of data from a TXT, CSV file

Transferring data between Excel and Excel

Transferring data between Excel and Word

Transferring data between Excel and PowerPoint


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results



Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.

Knowledge of controlling as well as Word, English and PowerPoint is required, previous knowledge of DATEV is an advantage.

After the course, you will be proficient in national and international accounting and reporting and will be able to evaluate and interpret payment transactions using the accounting software DATEV.

After this course, you will also be able to use the VBA language to implement automated solutions in the Office programming environment. You will be able to create and use forms, create class designs, develop object-oriented solutions and process tasks in Word, PowerPoint or Excel more conveniently and efficiently.

The course is aimed at employees from corporate finance and accounting as well as from tax consulting and auditing firms and from controlling.

Employees with a sound knowledge of accounting are in demand across all industries in companies of all sizes, but also in public administrations, associations and organizations. Knowledge of balance sheet accounting in particular makes you interesting for future employers, as the evaluations you carry out form the basis for strategic decisions.

With your additional knowledge of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), you can significantly expand Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Due to the market-leading spread of Microsoft Office in almost every company, specialists with knowledge of VBA macro development are in high demand.

Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.

 

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

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We will gladly advise you free of charge. 0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm free of charge from all German networks.