10 advantages of the "Specialist in Finance and Accounting" qualification

The further training to become a federally recognized specialist in finance and accounting is designed to run entirely alongside your job and can be completed without reducing your workload and therefore without loss of salary. The federally recognized title enables the finance and accounting specialist to take on qualified management tasks in company accounting.

Summary of the most important advantages of the Specialist in Finance and Accounting course:

  1. The course prepares you specifically for the federal professional examination and can be completed in two to three years alongside your job
  2. The qualification is federally recognized.
  3. Thanks to the sponsorship of the Swiss Commercial Association, this degree enjoys a very good reputation in business and administration.
  4. The Finance and Accounting Specialist course is offered throughout Switzerland. This means that there is a choice of courses at many school locations.
  5. Some providers offer preliminary courses, e.g. in financial accounting or management accounting, to make it easier to start the course.
  6. For people without a commercial apprenticeship qualification, admission to the professional examination is also possible, e.g. via the "Accounting Clerk" course.
  7. There are many providers of the Finance and Accounting Specialist course and many teaching models such as evening, day or Saturday classes as well as modular block courses, so that a suitable offer can be found for every need.
  8. With this degree, you have the necessary professional qualifications for access to the higher specialist examinations for experts in accounting and controlling, tax and fiduciary experts and auditors.
  9. The teachers are proven experts, have a lot of practical experience and can give you individual tips.
  10. Since January 1, 2018, preparatory courses for federal professional examinations have been financially supported by the federal government. Graduates of the specialist in finance and accounting course can therefore be reimbursed up to 50% of the course costs paid after taking the federal examination.

Overview of schools for finance and accounting specialists