Program Overview

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Program Overview

The Master's Degree in Accounting & Corporate Finance is a one-year professional program that prepares professionals capable of using the competencies and tools of economics and finance to develop technical and managerial skills and improve decision-making and corporate processes.

Educational Content

The course units of the professional Master in Accounting & Corporate Finance cover three thematic areas:

• Financial Statements Area: it covers topics related to how to draft and interpret standard and consolidated financial statements, international accounting principles and risk management.
• Performance Audit Area : it covers topics such as corporate planning analysis, cost analysis, budgeting, transfer pricing and performance analysis multidimensional systems.
• Corporate Finance Area : it analyses topics such as capital budgeting, corporate evaluation, extraordinary growth finance, and also topics related to big data and business analytics.

Course Target and Career Opportunities

The Master’s Degree in Accounting & Corporate Finance is addressed to:

• People who already work in the administration, finance and control field, and want to update their knowledge, in order to become “business partners” for the other corporate areas.
• Newly graduates who wish to complement their Bachelor’s Degree by acquiringadvanced knowledge.
• Anyone without an accounting or finance background who wants to reposition themselves professionally and develop specific competencies, by mastering the tools and concepts typical of these roles.

The Master trains the following professional figures: junior and senior controllers; administrative directors; corporate consultants; performance audit managers; CFO.

Course Program

The Master’s Degree in Accounting & Corporate Financeprovides training on:

• ACCOUNTING COURSE
• FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
• INVESTMENT ANALYSIS
• FUNDAMENTALS OF PLANNING AND CONTROL
• FUNDAMENTALS OF CONTROL, COST ANALYSIS AND BUDGETING
• INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
• COST ANALYSIS AND BUDGETING
• CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
• STRATEGIC CONTROL: RESPONSIBILITY, INCENTIVES AND PERFORMANCE
• STRATEGIC PLANNING
• BIG DATA AND BUSINESS ANALYTICS
• MANAGING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH BANKS AND CORPORATE RATING OPTIMIZATION
• RISK MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS
• MULTIDIMENSIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND ESG REPORTING MODELS
• MODELS AND TOOLS FOR CONTROL AND PLANNING
• CORPORATE ASSESSMENT AND EXTRAORDINARY FINANCE
• CASH MANAGEMENT
• LISTING ON REGULATED MARKETS AND PRIVATE EQUITY
• CORPORATE TAXATION
• TRANSFER PRICING
• ANTI-LAUNDERING AND FRAUD PREVENTION

IT Lab Activities

IT LAB activities will include lessons and practice on how to use data structuring, analysis and reporting software to support corporate decision-making processes. The ACF Master’s Degree organizes three workshops:

• a half-day advanced Excel laboratory
• a half-day laboratory with Tableau
• a full day laboratory “Business Game”

Single Course

The program offers various single courses, including:

• ANTI-LAUNDERING AND FRAUD PREVENTION
• BIG DATA AND BUSINESS ANALYTICS: DATA MANAGEMENT AND DECISION-MAKING REPORTING
• CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: DRAFTING AND INTERPRETATION
• STRATEGIC CONTROL: RESPONSIBILITY, INCENTIVES AND PERFORMANCE
• CORPORATE TAXATION
• FUNDAMENTALS OF CONTROL, COST ANALYSIS AND BUDGETING
• CASH MANAGEMENT
• FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: DRAFTING AND INTERPRETATION
• MANAGING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH BANKS AND CORPORATE RATING OPTIMIZATION
• STRATEGIC PLANNING: THE INDUSTRIAL PLAN
• INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND INTANGIBLE ASSET ASSESSMENT
• PLANNING AND CONTROL - ADVANCED
• LISTING ON REGULATED MARKETS AND PRIVATE EQUITY
• RISK MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS
• Transfer pricing
• CORPORATE ASSESSMENT AND EXTRAORDINARY FINANCE FOR GROWTH
• MULTIDIMENSIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT MODELS AND ESG REPORTING

Information

• Thematic area: Finance, Law and International relations
• End of classes: 30/09/2026
• Mandatory attendance: 70%
• Minimum available spots: 13
• Maximum available spots: 45
• First instalment: € 3.522,50
• Second instalment: € 2.000,00

FAQ

• What are the requirements to access the Master's Degree in Accounting & corporate finance?
• I'm interested in applying for this Master's Degree, but I don't have a degree in economics. Will this affect me in the selection process?
• How are the lessons managed and what is the minimum mandatory attendance percentage?
• Will there be a traineeship?
• How and when can I pre-register?

Program Details

• Classes start: 12/11/2025
• Duration: One-year
• Venue: Padua
• Language: Italian
• ECTS: 60
• Teaching method: Dual-mode
• Total enrolment fee: € 5.522,50
• Pre-enrolment deadline: 07/10/2025

Management

• Prof. Emilio Passetti

Administrative Office

• Contact Person: UniSMART Fondazione Università di Padova

Teaching Method

• ECTS: 60
• In-person lessons:
• Month and year:
• Fee: €

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