Guides to the university

1.    SPECIALIST IN CORPORATE REPORTING, PLANNING, AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL

 Role in the Workplace:

Graduates draft and analyze the main company reports concerning both financial and non-financial information, including sustainability. Specifically, they prepare and analyze management reports (internal communication) and the company's financial statements (external communication), as well as the sustainability report and related information.

Additionally, they manage the main planning and management control systems, handle the company’s financial management, evaluate corporate investments, manage the main administrative processes, and interact with external stakeholders in financial and compliance matters.

In performing these functions, graduates collaborate with key divisional and functional managers as well as senior management, participating in the company's strategic decision-making.

Skills Associated with the Role:

Graduates possess qualified knowledge in the fields of accounting and financial statements, along with relevant regulations, as well as skills in corporate communication—financial and sustainability related—and their impact on stakeholders. Moreover, they are knowledgeable in business planning, management control systems, corporate finance, and corporate governance of organizations.

Career Opportunities:

Graduates work in any type of industrial, commercial, or service company within the "administration, finance, and control" organizational units. They work in environments of varying size, including structured multinational corporations.

2.    SPECIALIST IN BUSINESS ADVISORY, ASSURANCE SERVICES, AND CPA

Role in the Workplace:

Graduates act as consulting business partners, or Certified Public Accountant – CPA, on corporate listing processes and access to the equity and bond markets; provide opinions and sworn appraisals both in terms of compliance and dispute management-litigation; support companies in drafting financial and non-financial information; assist in acquisition processes and other extraordinary business operations; and support the company in accounting, tax, and financial due diligence. Finally, they assist the company in tax planning.

Graduates can be involved in auditing and assurance services.

They collaborate as advisors with entrepreneurs, senior management, legal professionals, and representatives of financial institutions.

Skills Associated with the Role:

Graduates have qualified knowledge of corporate reporting (financial and sustainability) and corporate communication. They also have skills in extraordinary operations and company valuation, stock market listing processes, issuance of financial instruments, and dispute management, concerning both corporate dynamics and accounting, as well as legal and regulatory aspects. Moreover, they are knowledgeable in national and international tax law, as well as the main regulations regarding capital markets functioning.

Career Opportunities:

Graduates work: 1) in consulting firms, qualified professional firms of accountants, and top-tier law firms specializing in business law. 2) In specialized "boutiques" in corporate finance, financial services, and private equity. 3) In leading auditing and assurance services firms, both in financial reporting audit and in sustainability reporting preparation and audit.

3.    SPECIALIST IN EXTRAORDINARY MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING

Role in the Workplace:

Graduates manage extraordinary operations such as acquisitions, mergers, demergers, and the sale of business units, handling the accounting and financial aspects, as well as the dynamics of enterprise value determination and the valuation of specific company assets.

They also manage corporate restructuring processes, particularly debt restructuring, renegotiation of financial exposures, and managing crisis and insolvency states. In restructuring contexts, they redesign business processes, information systems, planning and internal and external reporting systems, and corporate governance structures.

They collaborate with entrepreneurs, senior management, legal professionals, and representatives of financial institutions.

Skills Associated with the Role:

Graduates possess qualified knowledge of the dynamics and accounting and financial as well as strategic aspects of extraordinary management operations such as: acquisition, merger, demerger, sale of business units. They are familiar with valuation and enterprise value determination techniques. In addition, they possess skills related to enterprise financial crisis management, debt restructuring processes and corporate structure.

 Career Opportunities:

Graduates operate in companies specialized in corporate finance services, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), financial institutions (banks, insurance companies, rating agencies, and analysts), private equity funds, and qualified financial advisory boutiques.