Controlling practice with DATEV and job-related German language training

Free of cost

by funding

This course teaches cost accounting, business planning and accounting analysis. After teaching theoretical content from the most common economic fields, including work-related German language support, you will learn about artificial intelligence in the workplace.
  • Certificates: Certificate "Vocational German language support for the commercial/technical sector"
    Certificate "Controlling practice with DATEV"
  • Examination: Practical project work with final presentation
    Certification exam for vocational German language support
  • 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: 12 Weeks

Job-related German language support for the commercial/technical sector

General language skills (approx. 1 day)

Repetition of important grammar topics and application of complex linguistic structures of German grammar

Reading and understanding texts from different areas, global and selective reading comprehension

Improving listening comprehension


Correspondence in a professional environment (approx. 2 days)

Layout and letter design

Contemporary salutations and letter introductions

Customer-oriented letters and e-mails

Reporting

Cover letters according to DIN 5008


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Professional field of communication management (approx. 3 days)

Confident communication in the company

Forms of communication in teams

Meetings and presentations

Conflict management

Staff appraisals

Job interviews

Sales and consultation meetings

Writing offers

Trade fairs and product presentations

Complaints


Business career field (approx. 6 days)

Human resources, management and labor law

Finance and controlling

Payroll accounting


Professional field of marketing (approx. 6 days)

Advertising

Market analysis and market research

Online marketing and e-commerce


Company processes (approx. 9 days)

Restructuring, process management, process changes

Digital transformation

Changes in energy management and environmental protection

Project management


Occupational field logistics and trade (approx. 8 days)

production

Purchasing

Delivery and transportation

Retail trade


Project work, certification preparation and certification examination (approx. 5 days)

Controlling practice with DATEV

Cost accounting with DATEV (approx. 7 days)

Creation of basic data

Creation of the cost center plan

Setting up 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.

General knowledge of German (B1) and basic knowledge of controlling are required for this course.

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 specialists from the commercial and technical fields, taking into account an integrative component.

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.

The course also provides you with work-related German language training to enable you to write business correspondence in accordance with current regulations and to communicate confidently both internally and externally.

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).

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.
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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.