Academy of Controlling – EY Certified Controller
The EY Certified Controller program is designed to familiarize participants with a result-oriented enterprise management system. In a modular series, the functions of controlling in an enterprise which are planning, organizing, monitoring and control will be presented. How to prepare a budget? How to calculate the unit cost in an enterprise? What is and how to prepare a company’s profitability account? How to read reports and conduct analysis based on them? How to introduce a reporting system in an entity necessary for making accurate and profitable business decisions? All this will be learned by the participants of EY Certified Controller.
The series is divided into several modules. It is possible to register for selected modules according to the terms of participation. After each module, you can obtain a certificate. However, we encourage you to organize your knowledge and go through the entire training program.
It is possible to obtain the EY Certified Controller Diploma after selecting the EY Certified Controller Diploma package and passing the exam.
Recordings can be purchased for the training courses. The purchase of the recordings is only available to those who have purchased the training course.
We especially recommend the Academy of Controlling to:
- Individuals who want to start working in the area of controlling, planning, analysis and control of company activities
- Managers, who want to introduce controlling, analysis and cost control in their organizations
- Employees responsible for cost control in the company
- Finance directors who want to introduce a system of control, planning and recording of costs and result in the organization
- Individuals preparing to work in the team of cost analysis, controlling, costing
- Employees involved in evaluating the effectiveness of sales, marketing and customer service activities
Course objective
The purpose of the Academy of Controlling is to:
- Explain the role and tasks of controlling in an enterprise
- Demonstrate the tools of controlling, both at the operational and strategic levels
- Demonstrate the applicability of various cost accounts
- Show how to introduce a cost control system in an enterprise
- Explain what ratio analysis is and how to assess the situation of the company on the basis of financial statements
- Show how to create operating budgets, financial budgets and project budgets
- Discuss what metrics can be used to evaluate sales, marketing and customer service activities
- Increase Excel skills to the extent most useful to financial controllers
The program — “EY Certified Controller” consists of 6 modules: Implementing Controlling in an Organization, Cost Controlling, Financial Controlling, Planning and Budgeting, Sales, Marketing and Customer Service Area Controlling, Power Query — Excel for Controllers, and the exam.
From this page you can sign up for a set of all 6 modules with access to recordings (choose Academy of Controlling — Diploma PLUS Set), a set of 6 modules (choose Academy of Controlling —Diploma Set), a set of 4 freely selected modules (choose Academy of Controlling — MEDIUM Set), a set of 2 freely selected modules (choose Academy of Controlling — MINI Set) or, if you choose 1 module, choose Academy of Controlling — 1 selected module.
If you decide to sign up for one selected module, go to the page of the selected module — click on the module title below to go to the sub-page.
Implementing Controlling in an Organization
What is controlling and how to implement a management information system in an organization. Best practices for creating management reports. Indicators (KPIs, KRIs) and balanced scorecard. Strategic and operational controlling tools.
Types of costs — short- and long-term perspective. Full and variable costing. Activity-based costing. Break-even analysis. Decision: to buy or to produce? Cost control.
Evaluation of the company on the basis of financial statements: structure, profitability, liquidity, debt, etc. Ratio analysis — financial and operational indicators. Economic value added (EVA). Liquidity planning.
Budgeting methods, master budget and sub-budgets. Operating budget and financial budget. Project budget and control of its execution. Management by deviations. Alternative budgeting concepts.
Sales, Marketing and Customer Service Area Controlling
Evaluating the effectiveness of marketing activities in digital channels. Evaluation of offline and online sales activities. Customer service indicators. Planning for seasonal sales.
Power Query — Excel for Controllers
Query editor. Retrieving data from different sources and transforming them. Different ways to automatically combine data. Pivot columns. Introduction to the M language.
Exam
In order to receive a diploma, it is necessary to participate in the entire program and pass the final exam with at least 50% correct answers. The exam covers the topics discussed during the course.
The next edition starts in April 2024 – apply today!
| Implementing Controlling in an Organization | 11-12 April 2024 |
| Cost Controlling | 8-9 May 2024 |
| Financial Controlling | 20-21 June 2024 |
| Planning and Budgeting | 16-17 September 2024 |
| Sales, Marketing and Customer Service Area Controlling | 14-15 October 2024 |
| Power Query — Excel for Controllers | 20-21 November 2024 |
| Exam | 6 December 2024 |
