Assistent/Assistentin für Controlling

Relevant publications for this profession include BC - Journal for Accounting, Bookkeeping and Controlling, BFuP - Business Research and Practice, Controller Magazin, Controlling, Controlling & Management Review, and Controlling-Portal.de.

Digital Process Automation (DPA) optimizes and completes digital workflows. Its focus is on end-to-end processes within the company and their connection to partner companies as well as customers. DPA digitizes cross-organizational processes, integrates involved systems, and automates information transfer. Business processes in sales, marketing, management, IT, and production are possible application areas for DPA. Specialists and managers from different departments will engage with this development and further develop their concepts.

Assistants for Controlling usually work in office and meeting rooms. They may also work from home or remotely.

Core competencies generally required for this profession include reporting, information management, bookkeeping, controlling, data analysis, financial planning, calculation, and cost and performance accounting. Further competencies that may be significant for practicing this profession include process organization, organizational structure, business restructuring, business administration, financial management, investment planning, materials management, fund management, personnel controlling, human resources, production planning, risk management, risk controlling, statistics, and economic efficiency calculation. Knowledge of business administration, finance, and controlling software is also a relevant skill group.

Assistants for Controlling usually work independently on a specific work assignment within the guidelines set by their superiors. However, they consult with internal and external specialists and communicate personally, by phone, and in writing with colleagues from management or specialist departments. Their activity requires analytical and conceptual skills, a strong understanding of numbers, and precise and concentrated work, for example, when analyzing deviations in cost and performance accounts or making target-actual comparisons. Assistants for Controlling primarily work in the office at a computer, where they perform business analyses or create statistics using specialized software. In meeting rooms, they participate in the presentation of reports, among other things.

Assistants for Controlling can become self-employed, for example, as a business mediator or in management consulting. Information on starting a business can be obtained from organizations such as the Bundesverband der Bilanzbuchhalter und Controller e.V. (BVBC).

The exemplary collective bargaining gross basic remuneration (monthly) ranges from 4,004 € to 4,344 €. This information is sourced from the tariff collection of the Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Familie, Arbeit und Soziales (Bavarian State Ministry for Family, Labor and Social Affairs). Please note that these figures are for orientation purposes only, and no claims can be derived from them.

Construction, Architecture; Chemistry, Pharmacy, Plastics; Electrical Engineering, Electronics; Energy, Supply and Disposal; Vehicle Manufacturing, Maintenance; Financial Services, Real Estate; Health, Social Affairs; Trade; Wood, Furniture; Hotel, Restaurants, Tourism; IT, Software, Telecommunications; Management, Consulting, Law, Taxes; Media; Metal, Mechanical Engineering, Precision Mechanics, Optics; Food, Beverage Production; Public Administration, Social Security, Defense; Paper, Printing; Raw Material Extraction, Processing; Textile, Clothing, Leather; Transport, Traffic; Associations, Organizations, Interest Groups; Other Services.

Employers often expect a commercial Ausbildung (vocational training) or further education. A Studium (university degree), for example in business administration or finance and accounting, controlling, can also provide access to this profession.

Business Administration (undergraduate); Business Administration (postgraduate); Finance and Accounting, Controlling (undergraduate); Finance and Accounting, Controlling (postgraduate).

Assistants for Controlling can find employment in companies in almost all economic sectors and in public administration.

Assistant - Controlling. Also common job titles/synonyms: Controlling Assistant, Controlling Officer.

Assistants for Controlling determine business indicators as a basis for corporate decisions.

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Bundesverband der Bilanzbuchhalter und Controller e.V. (BVBC)Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB)EMAA European Management Accountants Association e.V.Internationaler Controller Verein e.V.

Screen work (e.g., recording business accounting processes using specialized software). Office work (e.g., preparing or editing presentation materials for reports).

Documents: Business indicators, business analyses, financial, liquidity, cost and budget plans, monthly and annual financial statements, cost and performance accounting, activity reports, statistics, presentation materials, business correspondence. Office equipment and software: PC, internet access, telephone, data processing programs.

Assistants for Controlling support managers in acquiring and processing business data. They work with controlling instruments for planning, steering, and control. This includes conducting sales and earnings analyses and calculating economic indicators such as productivity. Target-actual comparisons help them determine adherence to predefined corporate goals. Assistants for Controlling also participate in the preparation of monthly and annual financial statements and activity reports. Furthermore, they handle office and administrative tasks.

Entry professions for this role include Certified Specialist in Statutory Health Insurance, Business Economist (Technical College) for Controlling / Bachelor Professional in Business, Certified Balance Accountant - Bachelor Professional in Balance Accounting, Certified Controller, Specialist Assistant for Accounting and Controlling, and Office Management Clerk.

Professional adaptation training helps to keep professional knowledge up-to-date and adapt it to new developments (e.g., in the areas of controlling, auditing, finance and accounting, bookkeeping, and balance sheets).

Further professional and career opportunities open up – depending on professional background – through advanced training (e.g., to become a Controller), an undergraduate or postgraduate Studium (university study) (e.g., in the fields of finance and accounting, controlling, or business administration, business administration). Under certain conditions, it is also possible to study without a school-leaving higher education entrance qualification. More information: Access to higher education in the individual Bundesländer (federal states).

Tasks and activities in detail include participating in the preparation of analyses and the calculation of business key figures, collaborating on monthly and annual results analyses and in the preparation of financial statements, assisting in the creation of accountability reports for management and supporting their presentation, performing target-actual comparisons in cost and performance accounting, conducting profit and loss statements, calculating business key figures such as return on sales, productivity, liquidity, conducting status, process, and weakness analyses, participating in the preparation of forecasts and the review of ongoing costs, assisting in the application and implementation of analysis results, participating in financial, liquidity, cost, and budget planning, advising specialist departments on business issues, possibly participating in conferences on business topics, maintaining and developing controlling instruments, and participating in the development of improvement suggestions and the enforcement of corrective measures.

The following lists professions or activities that show similarities to the original profession. These professions represent a possible alternative for applicants. Furthermore, employers can consider individuals from these professions as alternatives for filling a position in the original profession. Some alternative professions only encompass partial activities of the original profession, while others require a training period, which can vary in length in individual cases. The following immediate employment and staffing alternatives are available for the profession of Assistant for Controlling: Job and staffing alternatives for the overall activity (usually short training): Certified Specialist in Statutory Health Insurance, Business Economist (Technical College) for Controlling / Bachelor Professional in Business, Business Economist (University) for Accounting and Controlling, Controller.