Accounting consultant with job-related German language support

Free of cost

by funding

You will expand your language skills in a practical way in order to successfully enter the German job market. You will get an introduction to controlling and learn about balance sheets and accounting records with DATEV. You will also learn about tax law. You will learn how artificial intelligence is used in the workplace.
  • Certificates: Certificate "Consultant in balance sheet accounting with job-related German language support"
  • Additional Certificates: Certificate "Vocational German language support for the commercial/technical sector"
    Certificate "Fundamentals of Controlling"
    Certificate "Balance sheet accounting with DATEV"
    DATEV training partner certificates of attendance
  • Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
    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: 20 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 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

Balance sheet accounting with DATEV

National accounting (HGB) (approx. 10 days)

Interim and annual financial statements and management report

The monthly/annual financial statements: Balance sheet and income statement

Overview of annual financial statements and P&L

Fundamentals of tax law, commercial law and company law

Postings required to prepare for accounting with DATEV

Accounting and valuation - asset accounting and annual financial statements with DATEV

Creating a company report/balance sheet report with DATEV


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


International Accounting (IAS/IFRS) (approx. 7 days)

Why international accounting?

The shortcomings of the HGB Investor protection and the principle of prudence

Differences between HGB/IAS

The first introduction in 1998 and the extended introduction in 2005 - The ten-point program

Structure of the IAS and its bodies: conception and implementation

Fair value (IFRS 13) with DATEV

Accounting for fixed assets (IAS 16) with DATEV

Investment property - Investment property (IAS 40) with DATEV

Leasing (IFRS 16) with DATEV

Intangible assets and development costs (IAS 38) with DATEV

Financial assets and liabilities (IAS 37) with DATEV

Segment reporting and cash flow statement - Statement of comprehensive income with DATEV


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Tax law and business taxation with DATEV

Introduction to taxation (approx. 0.5 days)

Classification of taxes

Tax laws

Implementing regulations

Administrative instructions

Working with tax laws


Tax Code (approx. 2 days)

Basics of the tax code

Legal bases of the AO

Responsibility of the tax offices

Definition and notification of administrative acts

Deadlines and dates

Tax obligations, taxpayers

Accounting, record-keeping and tax declaration obligations

Tax returns, tax assessment, tax assessment

Legal remedies

Objection


Valuation law (approx. 1 day)

Basics of the valuation law

Standard valuation

Needs assessment

Material value method

Comparative value method

Income capitalization approach


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Recording and calculating income tax with DATEV (approx. 5 days)

Income tax basics

Legal bases of income tax

Personal tax liability

Material tax liability

Determination of taxable income

Income tax return forms and attachments in DATEV

Understanding the DATEV income tax program structure

Creating a new client in DATEV Income Tax


Separate and uniform assessment (approx. 0.5 days)

Basics of separate and uniform assessment

Forms and attachments of the P&L in DATEV


Recording and calculating corporate income tax with DATEV (approx. 3 days)

Corporate income tax basics

Legal bases of corporation tax

Corporate tax liability

Determination of taxable income

Forms and attachments for corporate tax returns in DATEV

Understanding the DATEV corporation tax program structure

Fiscal processes Workflows for the preparation of annual financial statements with DATEV

Transferring data from the annual financial statements to corporation tax


Income tax (approx. 1 day)

Payroll tax basics

Definitions of terms

Wage tax deduction

Wage tax classes

Flat-rate wage tax

Wage tax registration


Trade tax (approx. 2 days)

Basics of trade tax

Legal bases of trade tax

Administration of trade tax

Trade tax liability

Taxation bases

Calculation of trade tax

Forms and attachments for the trade tax return in DATEV

Understanding the DATEV trade tax program structure


Value added tax (approx. 3 days)

Basics of value added tax

Legal sources of VAT

Taxable services

Exchange of services

Intra-Community acquisition

Taxable import

Tax exemptions

Place of supply

Basis of assessment

Tax rates, invoices, input tax deduction

Tax liability and tax debtors

Advance VAT return and advance VAT payment

Tax calculation

Application for permanent extension

Small business taxation

Forms and attachments for the VAT return in DATEV

Understanding the DATEV sales tax program structure


Project work (approx. 2 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 specialist knowledge in the field of accounting are required.

The course offers you a systematic introduction to balance sheet accounting, starting with basic knowledge in controlling. You will master the topics of balance sheets, accounting records and annual financial statements, be able to competently take over the organization of operational finance and accounting and master the evaluation of payments with DATEV. You will also have knowledge of tax law and business taxation.

The course also includes work-related German language support. Here you will learn how to draft business correspondence in accordance with current regulations and how to communicate confidently both internally and externally. The theoretical content from the most common business fields is supplemented by language components to ensure integration into the German job market.

The course is aimed at people with training, professional experience or good basic knowledge in the commercial or administrative field as well as specialists in the fields of bookkeeping and accounting with knowledge of economics and business administration, taking into account an integrative part.

Employees with a sound knowledge of accounting are indispensable in today's working world and are in demand across all sectors at companies of all sizes. Supporting and advising management opens up a wide range of career opportunities, for example in public administration or with associations and organizations. In addition, companies today rely on employees who are very well versed in the current, often confusing and complicated tax law.

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.