This course covers cost accounting, business planning, and financial analysis. After covering theoretical and practical content from key business fields, the course will explain how artificial intelligence is used in the workplace.
In this course, you’ll gain hands-on experience working with DATEV eG’s on-premise software; to deepen your understanding, selected content from the DATEV Students online learning platform will also be incorporated.
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Certificates: Goethe-Test PRO" certificate
Certificate "Controlling practice with DATEV" -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeit mit Abschlusspräsentation
Goethe-Test PRO -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday 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.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 12 Weeks
Job-related German language support for the commercial and technical sector
Professional Communication in the Workplace (approx. 1 day)
Communication in Typical Professional Situations
Using job-related technical terms in a work context
Understanding job-related texts, work instructions, and company information
Understanding Conversations and Meetings in a Professional Context
Business Correspondence (approx. 2 days)
Layout and Design of Business Letters
Modern salutations and opening lines
Writing Customer-Focused Letters and Emails
AI-powered writing assistance for emails and letters
Reporting in the Workplace
Creating Cover Letters in Accordance with DIN 5008
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Professional Communication (approx. 1 day)
Overview of AI Tools in the Professional Workplace
Using AI to Support Professional Correspondence
Creating and Optimizing Professional Texts with AI
Opportunities and Limitations of AI in Everyday Work
Professional field of communication management (approx. 3 days)
Communication in the company
Forms of communication in teams
Meetings and presentations
Conflict management
Conducting appraisal interviews
Conducting job interviews
Sales and consultation meetings
Writing offers
Trade fairs and product presentations
Processing complaints
Business Field (approx. 6 days)
Fundamentals of Human Resources, Management, and Labor Law
Fundamentals of Finance and Controlling
Structure and Content of Payroll Processing
Understanding and Interpreting Operational Analyses, Charts, and Statistics
Professional field of marketing (approx. 6 days)
Basics of advertising
Market analysis and market research
Online marketing and e-commerce
Marketing communication
Use of AI in the creation of marketing texts
Business Processes (approx. 7 days)
Restructuring and Process Management
Process Changes Within the Company
Digital Transformation
Energy Management and
Environmental Protection in the Company
Project Management
Occupational field logistics and trade (approx. 8 days)
Production and
Purchasing and procurement
Delivery and transportation
Retail trade
Project work, certification preparation and certification exam "Goethe-Test PRO" (approx. 6 days)
Controlling practice with DATEV
Cost accounting with DATEV (approx. 7 days)
Creation of basic data
Creation of the cost center plan
Structure of the evaluations
Adaptation of cost accounting to operational requirements
Account allocations
Internal activity allocations and apportionments
Entering and processing batches
Displaying and printing evaluations
Setting up evaluation packages
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Business planning with DATEV (approx. 5 days)
Overview and functionality of DATEV
Basics of planning calculation
Planning strategies - setting up a planning and control system with integrated profit and liquidity planning
General planning approaches
Detailed planning options using detailed objects
Investment planning (investment and financing)
Program links
Target/actual comparison and DATEV controlling report
Evaluations: Brief overview and standard evaluations as well as planning report
Analysis and planning in accounting (approx. 5 days)
The monthly analysis
Profit analysis: comparison with previous year, target/actual comparison, industry comparison, time series presentation for trend statements
Liquidity analysis: static liquidity, withdrawal behavior, payment habits, account management, cash flow statement with cash flow calculation
Use and origin of funds
Special solutions and occasions
Determination of debt servicing capacity
Individual BWA (adaptation of the standard BWA)
Project work (approx. 3 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
The course provides you with the necessary know-how for employment as a commercial and technical specialist, including job-related German language training, in order to achieve successful integration into the German labor market.
You will also have the necessary specialist knowledge to strategically plan, monitor and optimize performance processes within the company. With the help of the DATEV controlling software, you will be able to visualize meaningful information in company figures.
The course is aimed at people with training or relevant professional experience in accounting, business or administration who would like to acquire knowledge of controlling and improve their German language skills beforehand.
The course is also aimed at international professionals with a business or technical background who wish to improve their technical and job-related communication skills in order to enter the German job market.
With sound knowledge in the field of controlling, you can support management, especially in larger companies. You can act as a consultant in companies in almost all sectors of the economy and in public administration.
In addition, the course provides you with job-specific German language training so you can draft business correspondence in accordance with current guidelines and communicate confidently with both internal and external stakeholders. With the “ alfatraining ” certificate, you can demonstrate the professional skills you’ve acquired, making it easier for you to enter the workforce and advance in your career.
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).