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controller as strategic consultant

From numbers professional to in-house consultant

This training is held in German.
In times of digital transformation, growing uncertainty and increasing complexity, controllers are facing a new challenge: they need to grow beyond their role as providers of figures and support management in important decisions as strategic sparring partners and internal consultants . In this training , we will show you how you and your controlling team can consistently develop and what skills are required to act as an in-house consultant on an equal footing with management.

Contents

Introduction

  • Controlling in transition: From pure reporting to strategic consulting.
  • Why do companies today rely on controllers as in-house consultants?
  • Focus on strategic, analytical and communicative skills in controlling.

What makes controllers strategic partners and consultants?

  • What skills and mindsets does a:e controller with strategic aspirations need?
  • From understanding numbers to systemic thinking - how the understanding of roles is expanding.
  • Key qualifications: Methodological competence, storytelling and stakeholder management.
  • How controlling contributes to decision quality and strategy implementation.

Practical transfer - the 100-day plan

  • Personal development plan: From specialist to advisory personality.
  • Practical guide to developing skills in a team - targeted, practical and future-oriented.
  • Dealing with resistance, role conflicts and old thought patterns.

Learning environment

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.

Your benefit

  • You will learn how the role model in controlling has evolved.
  • You will learn how to become a strategic partner as a controller and how to provide effective advice.
  • You will receive concrete impulses and tools to further develop your consulting skills.
  • You will learn about the success factors for positioning controlling as in-house consulting.

Methods

Practice-oriented lecture, group work, discussion, exercises.

Recommended for

team leaders and employees in controlling who want to develop further and position themselves as internal consultants .

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