Accounting consultant with job-related German language support

The course first teaches the theoretical content from the most common business fields, including work-related German language training. You will then learn how to organize company finance and accounting, how to use the DATEV program and the specialist knowledge required to plan, monitor and optimize performance processes in the company. You will also learn how artificial intelligence (AI) is used in the profession.
  • Certificates: Certificate "Accounting consultant with job-related German language support"
  • Additional Certificates: Goethe-Test PRO" certificate
    Certificate "Fundamentals of Accounting"
    DATEV certificate "DATEV financial accounting user"
    DATEV training partner certificate of attendance
    Certificate "Fundamentals of Controlling"
    Certificate "Controlling practice with DATEV"
    Certificate "Balance sheet accounting with DATEV"
  • Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
    Goethe-Test PRO
    DATEV-Anwender Finanzbuchführung (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: 28 Weeks

Job-related German language support for the commercial and technical sector

Job-related language skills in the work context (approx. 1 day)

Repetition of important grammatical structures for professional communication

Application of complex linguistic structures in a professional context

Reading and understanding work-related texts, global and selective reading comprehension

Understanding work instructions, conversations and meetings


Correspondence in a professional environment (approx. 2 days)

Layout and design of professional letters

Contemporary salutations and letter introductions

Writing customer-oriented letters and emails

AI-supported formulation aids for emails and letters

Reporting in the company

Creating cover letters in accordance with DIN 5008


Artificial intelligence (AI) in professional communication (approx. 1 day)

Overview of AI tools in the professional working environment

Support for professional correspondence through AI

Creation and optimization of professional texts with AI

Opportunities and limitations of AI in everyday working life


Professional field of communication management (approx. 3 days)

Communication in the company

Forms of communication in teams

Meetings and presentations

Conflict management

Conducting appraisal interviews

Conducting job interviews

Sales and consultation meetings

Writing offers

Trade fairs and product presentations

Processing complaints


Business career field (approx. 6 days)

Fundamentals of human resources, management and labor law

Fundamentals of finance and controlling

Structure and content of payroll accounting

Understanding and describing evaluations, diagrams and statistics


Professional field of marketing (approx. 6 days)

Basics of advertising

Market analysis and market research

Online marketing and e-commerce

Marketing communication

Use of AI in the creation of marketing texts


Business processes (approx. 7 days)

Restructuring and process management

Process changes in the company

Digital transformation

Energy management and environmental protection in the company

Project management


Occupational field logistics and trade (approx. 8 days)

Production and

Purchasing and procurement

Delivery and transportation

Retail trade


Project work, certification preparation and certification exam "Goethe-Test PRO" (approx. 6 days)

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)

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

Structure of 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

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



Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.

General knowledge of German (B1) is a prerequisite for participation in the course.

After the course, you will be able to competently take over the organization of operational finance and accounting. You will be proficient in using the DATEV program and also have the necessary specialist knowledge to strategically plan, monitor and optimize performance processes in the company.

The course also provides you with job-related German skills for typical communication situations in a commercial and technical working environment. You will learn how to write business correspondence in accordance with current regulations and act confidently in internal and external corporate communications. The combination of specialist subject areas such as business, marketing and logistics and work-related language practice will help you to further develop your communication skills in a professional context.

The course is aimed at employees from corporate finance and accounting, specialists from tax consulting and auditing firms and from controlling, taking into account an integrative part.

As an accounting officer, you will support and advise the management, reconcile internal and external processes and act as a competent point of contact for external partners such as auditors. This opens up a wide range of career prospects in all sectors, especially in larger companies, where you can support group accounting in the future. The course will also provide you with work-related German language skills so that you can write business correspondence in accordance with current regulations and communicate confidently both internally and externally. With the informative Goethe-Test PRO, you will provide a detailed insight into your acquired qualifications in the linguistic environment and thus facilitate your career entry and advancement.

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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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.