Fundamentals of accounting and controlling, controlling practice with DATEV and SAP Power User Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO)
Free of cost
by funding
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Certificates: Certificate "Fundamentals of Accounting"
Certificate "Fundamentals of Controlling"
Certificate "Controlling practice with DATEV"
2 original SAP user certificates -
Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
SAP user certification UC_FI_S42023
SAP user certification UC_CO_S42023 -
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: 24 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
Controlling basics
Introduction to controlling (approx. 1.5 days)
Controlling as part of the management process
Overview of the various controlling instruments and methods
Strategic and operational controlling
Cost accounting and cost management (approx. 3.5 days)
Introduction to cost and activity accounting
Cost element accounting
Cost center accounting
Cost unit accounting
Cost accounting systems (approx. 3 days)
Actual, normal and planned cost accounting
Partial and full cost accounting
Activity-based costing
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Corporate planning and budgeting (approx. 4 days)
budget planning
Liquidity planning
investment planning
Key figures and key figure systems (approx. 3 days)
Contribution margin
Balanced scorecard
Reporting (approx. 2 days)
reporting
BWA
Data protection in controlling
Project work (approx. 3 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
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
SAP Power User Financial Accounting (FI) and 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)
S4F22 Cost center accounting and internal order management (approx. 10 days)
Organizational units, master data, event-based postings, period-end closing
Internal orders: Overview, master data, postings and period-end closing
Planning and budgeting
S4F28 Profit Center Accounting (approx. 4 days)
Profitability management, master data, actual postings, planning and transfer prices
Project work/case study, certification preparation and SAP user certification Controlling (approx. 6 days)
Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.
The course offers a systematic introduction to bookkeeping and you will then be able to competently handle accounting processes. Everything is considered and explained in a practical way and in the context of the overall business operations of a company.
In addition, you will have basic knowledge of controlling to ensure cost-efficient and realistic business analysis and advice and have the necessary specialist knowledge to strategically plan, monitor and optimize performance processes in the company. With the help of the DATEV controlling software, you will be able to visualize meaningful information in company figures.
The course also offers you a systematic introduction to the basic management tools of financial accounting and management accounting in SAP. You will become proficient in the technical applications in the area of internal and external accounting and demonstrate your knowledge with two SAP user certificates.
The course is also aimed at people with little or outdated commercial knowledge who want to reorient themselves in the field of accounting or refresh their accounting knowledge.
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-depth knowledge of accounting will also improve your chances on the job market.
You will also acquire the globally standardized and recognized SAP certificate. This is considered one of the most important manufacturer certifications in the commercial sector and will improve your career prospects on the job market across all industries.
Training partner of SAP® Germany
In cooperation with the SAP training partner alfatraining Bildungszentrum GmbH, we will qualify you for a job in industry and business.
You are directly connected to the SAP® Germany servers and learn on the original SAP® training system (IDES) in the latest version. This gives you the necessary practical experience during the course.
All SAP user courses also conclude with the original SAP certification. Our SAP instructors are qualified SAP consultants who will provide you with intensive support and prepare you optimally for the certification exam.
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 teaching 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).