AI representative, basic bookkeeping and financial accounting with DATEV

The course teaches you how to deal professionally with AI, the legal framework and data protection. The course also provides a systematic introduction to bookkeeping and accounting processes: the topics of balance sheets, accounting records, annual financial statements, but also organization, accounting practice and tax law basics are covered. You will also learn how to use processes in the areas of client and account master data with DATEV as well as evaluations and annual financial statements.
  • Certificates: Certificate "AI representative with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification"
    Certificate "Fundamentals of Accounting"
    DATEV certificate "DATEV financial accounting user"
  • Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
    KI-Beauftragte:r mit TÜV Rheinland geprüfter Qualifikation
    DATEV-Anwender Finanzbuchführung
  • 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

Artificial intelligence: AI officer

Introduction to professional communication with AI (approx. 3 days)

Strategies and types of prompting

Key components for effective prompting

Prompting in text generation vs. prompting in image and video generation

Prompting in research, text generation and with AI agents

Building an internal prompt library


Legal foundations and compliance for AI in the company (approx. 4 days)

Introduction to the role of the AI officer

(tasks, differentiation from other roles)

Overview of relevant laws and regulations

(GDPR, AI Act, product liability, copyright law)

National and EU regulations (incl. AI Act)

Compliance strategies

Governance frameworks

Documentation and transparency obligations


Risk management and data protection in AI projects (approx. 3 days)

Types of risk (bias, errors, ethical risks)

Risk assessment

Risk matrix

Action planning

Data protection and data security

Data ethics

Transparency


Project management and quality assurance for AI projects (approx. 3 days)

Project management methods for AI

Quality assurance and acceptance processes Test procedures

Stakeholder analysis

Communication strategies

Training concepts for employees


Data management and governance in AI projects (approx. 2 days)

Data quality, data integrity

Responsibilities in data management

Development of a governance framework


Change management and training for the introduction of AI (approx. 1 day)

Dealing with resistance

Training concepts for employees

Development of a change management plan


Creation of a roadmap for scaling AI projects (approx. 1 day)

Long-term strategies

Scalable infrastructure

Criteria for tool selection


Project work, certification preparation and certification exam "AI representative with TÜV Rheinland certified qualification" (approx. 3 days)

Accounting basics

Accounting basics (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)

Legal basics

Stocktaking, inventory, balance sheet


Posting to balance sheet and profit and loss accounts (full-time approx. 2.5 days/part-time approx. 5 days)

Value changes in the balance sheet

Breakdown of the balance sheet into balance sheet accounts

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, effect and calculation of depreciation

Profit and loss account


Inventory changes (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


Sales 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 and chart of accounts

Tasks and structure of the chart of accounts

Document organization

Meaning and types of documents

The books of financial accounting

General ledger, general ledger, subledgers

Open item accounting


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 personnel area (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)

Wages, salaries

Advances, benefits in kind

Special allowances


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

Accruals and provisions

Depreciation and amortization methods


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. 1.5 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

Create and manage

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 digital documents

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 4 days)

Primanota and journal

Totals and balances list

Open item management (posting invoices, posting payments)

Advance sales tax returns

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

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

New depreciation options: Graduated depreciation for electric vehicles, declining balance depreciation (2025-2027)

Fixed asset movement schedule

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)



Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.

After the course, you will be able to take responsibility for the safe, ethical and effective use of AI in the company. You will evaluate applications from a technical perspective, develop internal guidelines and act as an interface between specialist departments, IT and data protection in order to use artificial intelligence responsibly.

The course then provides an introduction to bookkeeping. You will master the competent handling of accounting processes. Everything is considered and explained in a practical way and in the context of the overall business operations of a company.

You will also receive a systematic introduction to basic data processing in accounting with the DATEV program. After the course, you will be able to deal competently with accounting processes.

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.

Employees with a sound basic knowledge of accounting are indispensable in today's working world and are in demand in companies of all sizes across all industries.

The addition of DATEV financial software will also improve your prospects on the job market: according to the manufacturer, around 2.5 million medium-sized German companies rely on DATEV's information services.

Additional knowledge in the strategic use of AI projects and your TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification will open up further career opportunities in the current job market.

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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0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm
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