DATEV specialist

The course comprehensively describes the topics of bookkeeping, personnel management and payroll accounting. Financial accounting, including sales tax, inventory and profit and loss accounts as well as the annual financial statements are explained. Personnel planning, development, remuneration and employment law are then explained. Both financial accounting and payroll accounting are shown using the DATEV program.
  • Certificates: Certificate "DATEV specialist"
  • Additional Certificates: Certificate "Fundamentals of Accounting"
    DATEV certificate "DATEV financial accounting user"
    Certificate "Fundamentals of Human Resources Management"
    DATEV certificate "DATEV user wage and salary"
  • Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
    DATEV-Anwender Finanzbuchführung (Eine Anmeldung über das Lernportal „DATEV Students online“ ist für die Zertifizierungsvorbereitung obligatorisch.)
    DATEV-Anwender Lohn und Gehalt (Eine Anmeldung über das Lernportal „DATEV Students online“ ist für die Zertifizierungsvorbereitung obligatorisch.)
  • 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: 16 Weeks

Accounting basics

Accounting basics (full-time approx. 2.5 days/part-time approx. 5 days)

Legal basics

Inventory, stocktaking, balance sheet

Document organization

Land register, general ledger, sub-ledgers

Chart of accounts and chart of accounts

Tasks and structure of the chart of accounts


Artificial intelligence (AI) in accounting (full-time approx. 0.5 days/part-time approx. 1 day)

AI as a digital assistant in commercial processes

Possible applications and limits of AI in accounting


Posting to inventory and profit and loss accounts (full-time approx. 5 days/part-time approx. 10 days)

Effects of inventory changes and business transactions on balance sheet items

Breakdown of the balance sheet into balance sheet accounts

Posting business transactions and closing balance sheet accounts

Simple and compound posting record

Opening and closing balance sheet account

Expenses and income

Profit and loss account as closing account of the profit and loss accounts


Introduction to the depreciation of depreciable assets (full-time approx. 0.5 days/part-time approx. 1 day)

Causes, effects, calculation and posting of depreciation

Effects on P&L and annual profit


Value added tax on purchases and sales (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)

Nature of sales tax (value added tax)

Value added tax as a transitory item

Accounting for sales tax and input tax


Private withdrawals and deposits (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)

Private withdrawals and private deposits at a glance

Postings via the private account

Closing the private account


Procurement and sales bookings (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)

Merchandise

Procurement costs, distribution costs

Returns, credit notes

Rebates, discounts and bonuses


Posting of selected business transactions (full-time approx. 2 days/part-time approx. 4 days)

Basics of open item accounting

Postings in the personnel area

Postings in the tangible assets area

Postings in the tax area


Year-end closing (full-time approx. 1.5 days/part-time approx. 3 days)

Preparatory closing entries

Posting inventory differences

Accrual of expenses and income


Project work (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Financial accounting with DATEV

Client master data (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)

Creation of a new client

Importing, saving and managing client data


Account master data (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)

From chart of accounts to chart of accounts

Account functions

Creating individual accounts

Creating and managing current accounts

Account assignment of sample documents according to SKR03 or SKR04


Posting (full-time approx. 6 days/part-time approx. 12 days)

Posting according to the DATEV posting logic

Posting digital documents

Posting with automatic accounts and tax keys

Working with posting batches, batch management and fixing

Dialog postings and batch postings

Allocation and split postings

Reversal postings / general reversal in DATEV

Posting intra-community deliveries and acquisitions

Posting for third country transactions

Posting by company code (incoming and outgoing invoices, bank, cash register)

Posting lists and error control

Overview of the invoice automation service (ASR) and bank automation service (ASB)


Financial accounting evaluations (full-time approx. 2 days/part-time 4 days)

Primanota and journal

Totals and balances list

Open item management (posting invoices and payments, OP clearing)

Advance sales tax return

Small business regulation (§ 19 UStG) and special reporting procedure (§ 19a UStG)

Summary report (ZM)

Business analyses (BWA)

Controlling report

AI-supported analysis of evaluations


Year-end closing (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)

Closing entries

Balance sheet and profit and loss account

Statement of fixed assets

Annual financial statement evaluations

Printing and providing evaluations

Depreciation options: declining balance depreciation, special depreciation rules for electric vehicles

AI-supported preparation, documentation and quality assurance in the annual financial statement process


Special features (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)

Integration with wages and salaries

Integration with asset accounting (ANLAG)

Interfaces and data transfer


Digital collaboration between law firm and client (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)

Overview of DATEV Unternehmen online in financial accounting

Setting up document posting

Posting digital receipts and posting payments

Evaluations in accounting

Overview of e-invoicing (ASR and ASB)

MyDATEV Kanzlei at a glance


Project work, certification preparation (via the DATEV Students online platform) and certification exam "DATEV-Anwender Finanzbuchführung" (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)

Fundamentals of human resources management

Fundamentals of human resources management (approx. 2 days)

Objectives and tasks of operational human resources management

Organization and framework conditions of human resources management

Personnel administration

Personnel information and statistics

Diversity management


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Personnel administration (approx. 5 days)

Tasks and process structures

Instruments of personnel administration

Information systems

Fundamentals of labor law

Employment contracts

Data protection


Personnel planning/recruitment (approx. 5 days)

Objectives, importance and tasks of personnel planning

Processes and components of personnel planning

Applicant management and requirement profiles

Evaluation of applicant documents

Special features of SMEs

Job interviews/selection process

Hiring new employees


Personnel development (approx. 3 days)

Basic questions of personnel development

Instruments of promotion

Staff appraisal

Development stages and target measurements

Company training and further training

Differentiation between further training and forms of training


Personnel remuneration (approx. 3 days)

Personnel costs

Basics of cost and activity accounting

Forms of remuneration

Basics of payroll accounting

Gross/net wage calculation

Income tax and social security regulations

Payroll accounting


Project work (approx. 2 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Wages and salaries with DATEV

Legal framework for payroll accounting (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)

Fundamentals of labor law with reference to payroll accounting

Social security law: compulsory insurance, contribution groups, levies, reporting, obligation to keep records

Wage tax law: tax deduction features, obligation to call up, payroll account

Wage types and their significance for payroll accounting

Data protection and limits of AI for payroll and personal data


Create and maintain client and employee master data in DATEV (full-time approx. 5 days/part-time approx. 10 days)

Client creation in DATEV

Backing up and importing client data

Recording social security and tax law specifics, other client master data

Creation of different employee types

Employee group (trainees, mini-job, midi-job, managing directors)

Entries and exits

 


Payments and deductions in DATEV (full-time approx. 4 days/part-time approx. 8 days)

Salary and time rate

Supplements and variable remuneration components

One-off payments (e.g. Christmas and vacation bonuses)

Travel allowances

Payment of wages in the event of illness, vacation, public holidays

Garnishment

Benefits in kind and non-cash benefits (e.g. company car, staff discounts)

Company pension scheme

Travel expenses and reimbursement of expenses

Maternity protection pay and maternity benefit


Payroll accounting and monthly closing with DATEV (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)

Transaction data entry

AI as an accounting tool for complex payroll transactions

Payroll accounting and monthly closing

Proof of contributions and estimation, certificates

Payroll tax registration

Repeat and recalculations

Transfer of payroll postings to the

Financial accounting, accounting voucher

Year-end closing work


Digital collaboration in DATEV (full-time approx. 2 days/part-time approx. 4 days)

DATEV Unternehmen online and DATEV Arbeitnehmer online at a glance

Preliminary wage recording and digital recording of monthly data

Digitally exchange and manage personnel documents

Digital mapping of attendances and absences

Use evaluations and wage evaluations in the DATEV applications

Insight into digital personnel processes with DATEV Personal


Project work, certification preparation (via the DATEV Students online platform) and certification exam "DATEV User Wages and Salaries" (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)



Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.

After the course, you will have a sound knowledge of bookkeeping and be proficient in all important accounting processes. With the DATEV software, you will be able to implement accounting processes confidently and professionally. You also have structured and practical knowledge of HR work. You are familiar with the central areas of human resources management and can apply them confidently. You are also familiar with payroll accounting and its practical implementation using DATEV software.

The course is aimed at people from the commercial or administrative sector, people from financial accounting and bookkeeping, tax consultants, auditors, entrepreneurs and law firm employees as well as people who would like to acquire in-depth knowledge of DATEV.

With your newly acquired knowledge and skills, you will improve your career opportunities across all sectors. Bookkeeping and accounting specialists are in demand from companies in industry, trade, services and finance: according to the manufacturer, around 2.5 million medium-sized German companies rely on DATEV's information services.

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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