The academic area "Accounting & Financial Management" sees itself as a center of excellence for teaching, research, and knowledge transfer in the fields of controlling, internal and external corporate accounting, and financial management. With a strong focus on quality and real-world relevance, students gain in-depth knowledge to tackle current and future challenges in the financial sector.
The globalization of the economy, along with multiple crises and disruptions, is fundamentally changing the demands placed on corporate finance. At the Accounting & Financial Management department, we focus on these transformation processes and their impact on corporate financing, management, and reporting. We share our insights through publications and knowledge transfer into research and business practice – and use them in our teaching to prepare you specifically for these shifting conditions.
Teaching
Our area of academics offers a wide range of courses focused on quantifying business processes and performance, as well as on the targeted management of companies. In addition to core subjects such as cost and performance accounting, controlling, bookkeeping, financial accounting, and finance, advanced courses also explore the challenges of digital transformation and the increasing relevance of sustainability.
Our teaching content is academically grounded, up to date, and closely linked to real-world practice. Our lecturers bring international expertise from business, consulting, and academia – ensuring a solid and practice-oriented education.
Research & Publications
Our research focuses on current issues within the field of accounting and financial management. We regularly publish our findings in academic journals and present them at international conferences to foster exchange and collaboration within the scientific community.
Depending on individual research interests, our work covers topics such as:
- Controlling
- Risk management and risk governance
- Resilience
- Transformation and restructuring
- Corporate management
with a particular focus on integrating aspects of sustainability and digitalization, while also taking into account company size (e.g. SMEs) and ownership structure (e.g. family businesses).
You can find our current research projects and publications on Pure.
Practical orientation and knowledge transfer
Close collaboration with industry is a key priority for our department. We work together with companies through fireside chats, excursions, practice-oriented projects in both our bachelor’s and master’s programs, and thesis work with real-world business relevance.
As part of these practical projects, bachelor’s students have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience over the course of a semester. Supported by a subject-specific coach, they develop solutions and recommendations for a real-life business challenge.
Team
Felix Fischer, MSc
Senior Lecturer
Department Business and Tourism
Room: Urstein - 225
Michael Kuttner, BSc, MSc
Department Business and Tourism
Room: Urstein - 224
Department Business and Tourism
Room: Urstein - 224
News from the academic area
Stay up to date!
Whether it’s fireside chats, conferences, or the latest research – you’ll find current insights and updates from the department in the posts shared by Head of the academic area Felix Fischer and Senior Lecturer Michael Kuttner on their LinkedIn profiles.
It’s worth following and connecting!