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Certificates: Financial accountant" certificate
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Additional Certificates: Certificate "Fundamentals of Accounting"
DATEV certificate "DATEV financial accounting user"
DATEV training partner certificate of attendance
Original SAP user certificate -
Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
DATEV user financial accounting
SAP user certification UC_FI_S42023
Trainer aptitude test (you can find out the exact dates from your IHK) -
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: 18 Weeks
Accounting basics
Accounting basics (full-time approx. 1.5 days/part-time approx. 3 days)
Legal basics
Inventory, stocktaking, balance sheet
Determination of profit through equity comparison
Posting to balance sheet and profit and loss accounts (full-time approx. 2 days/part-time approx. 4 days)
Value changes in the balance sheet
Dissolution of the balance sheet in inventory costs
Posting business transactions and closing balance sheet accounts
Simple and compound posting records
Opening and closing balance sheet account
Expenses and income
Profit and loss account as closing account of the profit and loss accounts
Introduction to depreciation of property, plant and equipment (full-time approx. 0.5 days/part-time approx. 1 day)
Causes, posting and effect of depreciation
Calculation of depreciation
Profit and loss account
Change in inventories of finished goods and work in progress (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)
Inventory increase, inventory decrease
Effect on the profit and loss account
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Value added tax on purchases and sales (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)
The nature of sales tax (value added tax)
Value added tax - a transitory item for companies
Accounting for sales tax
Private withdrawals and deposits (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)
Private account
Free withdrawal of goods and other services
Organization of bookkeeping (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)
Chart of accounts
Tasks and structure of the chart of accounts
Chart of accounts and chart of accounts
Document organization
Meaning and types of documents
The books of financial accounting
Basic ledger, general ledger
Overview of the subledgers
Overview of common accounting programs
Master data maintenance
Open item accounting
Commercial arithmetic: Rule of three, calculating percentages, calculating interest
Bookings in the personnel area (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)
Wages, salaries
Advances, benefits in kind
Special allowances
Procurement and sales bookings (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)
Merchandise
Procurement costs, returns
Immediate discounts, price reductions
Delivery accounts, customer accounts
Posting of material purchases to expense accounts
Bookings in the fixed assets area (full-time approx. 0.5 days/part-time approx. 1 day)
Asset accounting
Acquisition of fixed assets
Retirement, sale, withdrawal of fixed assets
Taxation of companies and entrepreneurs (full-time approx. 0.5 days/part-time approx. 1 day)
Annual financial statements (full-time approx. 2 days/part-time approx. 4 days)
Inventory differences
Other receivables/other liabilities
Prepaid expenses and deferred income
Provisions/valuation of receivables
Closing in the main financial statement overview
Cost and activity accounting (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)
Tasks of cost and performance accounting
Basic concepts of KLR
Expenses - Income
Expenses - costs
Income - services
Imputed costs, tasks and types
Project work (full-time approx. 2 days/part-time approx. 4 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Financial accounting with DATEV
Client master data (full-time approx. 1.5 days/part-time approx. 3 days)
Creation of a new client
Importing and saving 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 the SKR03 or SKR04 chart of accounts
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Posting (full-time approx. 6 days/part-time approx. 12 days)
According to the DATEV posting logic
Posting with automatic accounts and tax keys
Posting with "posting batches"
Defining "posting batches"
Dialog postings and batch postings
Allocation and split postings
Reversal postings - general reversal (DATEV)
Posting intra-Community deliveries and intra-Community acquisitions
Posting for third country transactions
Posting by company code (incoming and outgoing invoices, bank, cash register)
Posting lists
Financial accounting evaluations (full-time approx. 2 days/part-time approx. 6 days)
Primanota and journal
Totals and balances list
Open item management (posting invoices, posting payments)
Advance sales tax returns
Summary reports (ZM)
Business analyses (BWA)
Controlling report
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 evaluations
Special features (full-time approx. 1.5 days/part-time approx. 3 days)
Integration with the wage and salary program
Integration with asset accounting (ANLAG)
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)
Financial Accounting (FI) user with additional qualification in Controlling (CO) with SAP S/4HANA
S4H00 SAP S/4HANA Overview (approx. 4 days)
Overview of SAP S/4HANA
Navigation, SAP Fiori, SAP Business Client, SAP Logon
System-wide concepts with organizational units, master data and transactions
Overview of financial accounting and logistics modules, mapping of the respective processes in SAP
Reporting, system structure and migration
SAP service offerings
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
S4F10 Business processes in financial accounting (approx. 8 days)
Overview of financial accounting
General ledger accounting, accounts payable accounting, accounts receivable accounting, asset accounting and bank accounting
Closing operations in general ledger accounting
S4F20 Business processes in management accounting (approx. 8 days)
Differentiation from financial accounting and tasks of internal accounting
Components and tasks
Organizational units and master data
Analyses, planning and planning integration
Integration of posting logic
Postings and period-end closing
S4F12 Basics of customizing in finance: General ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable (approx. 8 days)
Basic settings, master data, document control, posting control and clearing
S4F17 Introduction to asset accounting (approx. 5 days)
Organizational structures, master data, asset transactions, periodic work, information system and legacy data transfer
S4F15 Entry to graduation (approx. 1 day)
Individual selected topics for the final theses
S4F13 Introduction to financial accounting - extended configuration (approx. 1 day)
Special G/L transactions
Project work/case study, certification preparation and SAP user certification in financial accounting (approx. 5 days)
Preparation course for the IHK trainer aptitude test (AEVO) for specialists from the commercial and industrial-technical sector
General basics (approx. 0.5 days)
IHK exam dates and registration
Checking training requirements and planning training (approx. 1.5 days)
Advantages and benefits of in-company training
Legal and collectively agreed framework conditions for in-company training
Structures of the vocational training system
Selection of training occupations for the company
Suitability for the company
Possible use of preparatory measures for vocational training
Coordination of training staff, taking into account their functions and qualifications
Preparing training and assisting in the recruitment of trainees (approx. 1.5 days)
Drawing up a company training plan
Possibilities of participation and co-determination of company interest groups
Cooperation requirements and partners
Criteria and procedures for selecting trainees
Registration of the vocational training contract with the competent authority
Implementation of vocational training abroad
Conduct training (approx. 3.5 days)
Conditions conducive to learning and a motivating learning culture
Organization, design and evaluation of the probationary period
Development and design of company learning and work tasks
Use of training methods and media
Support with learning difficulties
Additional training opportunities
Individual support and conflict management
Promotion of intercultural skills
Performance assessment and evaluation
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Completing training (approx. 0.5 days)
Preparation of trainees for final or journeyman's examination
Exam registration
Preparation of a written certificate
Informing trainees about in-company further training and personal career paths
Preparation for the trainer aptitude test (approx. 1.5 days)
Procedure for the trainer aptitude test
The written exam
Writing and formulating instructions
Preparing and giving presentations
Preparation for the technical discussion
Project work (approx. 1 day)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.
The course offers a systematic introduction to bookkeeping, basic data processing in accounting with the DATEV program and the methods and applications of financial accounting with SAP. You will then master the competent handling of accounting processes and round off your professional profile with SAP user certification.
In addition, the contents of the Training Aptitude Ordinance (AEVO) will be explained to you and you will learn how to independently plan, implement and monitor the course of vocational training.
The course is aimed at anyone who would like to acquire accounting knowledge or refresh their knowledge in order to subsequently work as a user or administrator in financial accounting.
This course is also aimed at future trainers as well as personnel and training managers.
Employees with a sound basic knowledge of accounting are indispensable in today's working world and are in demand across all sectors at companies of all sizes. Knowledge of the common financial programs DATEV and SAP will further improve your career opportunities.
With the additional preparation for the trainer aptitude test in accordance with the AEVO (Trainer Aptitude Ordinance), you increase your chances of career entry and advancement across all sectors.
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).