Contents
Principles for good controlling
- Framework conditions for effective and efficient controlling.
- Controlling as the focus of commercial management.
- Cooperation between managers and controllers.
Financial Accounting
- KPIs for top and middle management:
- Performance management: gross profit, EBIT, EBITDA, cash flow, free cash flow.
- Value Based Management: ROI, EVA, ROCE, WACC.
- Working Capital Management: DPO, DSO, DIO, WCI.
- KPI quick check at Group, subsidiary, profit center, organizational unit, project, order and customer level.
Management Accounting
- Cost accounting systems suitable for decision-making and management.
- Meaningful cost accounting tools.
- Internal cost allocation, allocation models and prices, allocations.
- Calculation methods in industry and services.
- Profit center income statement, sales controlling.
- Multidimensional income statement by product, customers and region.
- Contribution margin-based decision calculations.
Planning/Budgeting
- Planning, budgeting, forecasting:
- Process for successful management.
- Budgeting: OPEX and CAPEX.
- Role of managers in the budgeting process.
- Target agreement: e.g. with Objectives and Key Results OKRs.
- Investment controlling - business cases.
- Interlocking of strategic and operational planning.
- Overview: Toolbox for strategic and operational controlling.
Management reporting
- Requirements for professional reporting.
- Management Information Design.
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this qualification measure after you have registered.
Your benefit
- You will learn which truly meaningful information you should obtain from your accounting and controlling departments.
- You will learn all the important basics of controlling and gain confidence in the controlling figures in your area of responsibility.
- You will be able to determine the most important controlling indicators and interpret their meaning correctly.
- You will be a competent contact for controllers.
Methods
Teaching the theoretical basics through lecture, discussion and many case studies.
Recommended for
Managers from all areas of the company who have no basic business training or want to refresh their passive business knowledge.
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Start dates and details
Thursday, 24.07.2025
09:30 am - 5:30 pm
Friday, 25.07.2025
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
The participation fee includes
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
Tuesday, 07.10.2025
09:30 am - 5:30 pm
Wednesday, 08.10.2025
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
The participation fee includes
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

Wednesday, 28.01.2026
09:30 am - 5:30 pm
Thursday, 29.01.2026
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
The participation fee includes
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.