The Digitalization of Management Accounting (PDF)

Digital transformation has companies firmly in its grip. Digitalization has a multidimensional impact on the controlling function and is changing controlling processes, controlling methods and the role of the controller. This edited work shows how the opportunities of digitalization can be used in a way that adds value to the controlling function. The authors describe individual dimensions of digitalization in controlling and convey the necessary fundamentals and concepts. Use cases from controlling practice complement the theoretical foundations and show cross-industry approaches to solutions.

• digital controlling

• current trends in digital transformation in controlling
• business intelligence in controlling
• business analytics in controlling
• big data visualization
• controlling competence profile
• use cases from SAP SE, Gebrüder Weiss GmbH, Swiss Radio and Television (SRF), Ticketcorner AG, Siemens Schweiz AG, and Zalando SE, among others.

The Editors
Prof. Dr. Imke Keimer is Professor of Business Analytics at the Institute of Financial Services Zug IFZ at the Lucerne School of Business. Imke Keimer researches and teaches in the areas of digitalization in controlling, financial risk management, and business analytics. She is the head of the MSc International Financial Management programme.

This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.