Program Overview

Master in Accounting & Corporate Finance

The Master in Accounting & Corporate Finance forms professionals capable of utilizing the skills and tools of business economics and finance to develop technical and managerial skills for improving business decisions and processes. The course delves into the themes of budget, corporate finance, and management control, which are increasingly central to decision-making processes in companies.

Program Description

The Master in Accounting & Corporate Finance is designed to provide students with advanced knowledge in administration, control, and finance. The program covers three main thematic areas:

• Budget Area: Covers topics related to the preparation and interpretation of the annual and consolidated financial statements, including international accounting principles and risk management.
• Management Control Area: Addresses the themes of business planning analysis, cost analysis, budgeting, transfer pricing, and multidimensional performance analysis systems.
• Corporate Finance Area: Analyzes the theme of capital budgeting, business valuation, extraordinary finance for growth, and topics related to big data and business analytics.

Target Audience and Career Opportunities

The Master in Accounting & Corporate Finance is aimed at:

• Those already working in administration, finance, and control who wish to update their knowledge to become "business partners" for other business areas.
• Recent graduates who want to continue their studies, acquiring advanced knowledge in administration, control, and finance.
• Those without an economic background who intend to reposition themselves professionally and/or develop specific skills, acquiring mastery of the tools and concepts typical of the administration, finance, and control functions.

The Master aims to train the following professional figures: business and financial controllers, administrative managers, company consultants, management control managers, and Chief Financial Officers (CFOs).

Curriculum

The Master in Accounting & Corporate Finance includes the following teachings:

• Precourse in Accounting: Before the start of classes, a 16-hour precourse in accounting is mandatory for those without a three-year degree in economics or at least two years of work experience in administration/finance.
• Financial Statement: Preparation and Interpretation: Covers the logic of preparing the financial statement, focusing on the income statement, balance sheet, and techniques for analyzing and interpreting the financial statement.
• Treasury Management: Deals with models and operational tools for creating and managing effective cash flow planning systems.
• Investment Analysis: Analyzes the main techniques for evaluating investments, including the Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR).
• Foundations of Control, Cost Analysis, and Budgeting: Aims to analyze the concepts and fundamental techniques of programming and control to develop the analysis of contribution margins, full cost, the definition of operational budgets, and the implementation of discrepancies in the perspective of business reporting.
• Risk Management and Corporate Governance Systems: Analyzes how to identify potential business risks and how they are connected to performance measurement and various business choices.
• Big Data and Business Analytics: Data Management and Reporting for Decisions: Focuses on the use of large volumes of data to extract useful information for supporting business decisions.
• Consolidated Financial Statement: Preparation and Interpretation: Addresses the main topics on group governance and analyzes the relationships between companies in the group and group strategies. The second part will analyze the techniques for preparing and interpreting the consolidated financial statement.
• Strategic Control: Responsibilities, Incentives, and Performance: Analyzes the characteristics of the organizational structure and the various types of existing structures, with particular reference to the principles of designing them and evaluating human resources.
• Corporate Finance and Extraordinary Finance for Growth: Introduces the main models of business valuation and analyzes acquisition and merger operations from a strategic, valuation, process management, and risk management perspective.
• Models and Tools for Control and Planning: Illustrates the operational techniques for implementing control and planning tools in companies, also in a consulting perspective.

Faculty

The faculty includes professors and professionals with expertise in their fields, such as:

• Marina Barbieri, chartered accountant and auditor.
• Giacomo Boesso, full professor of Business Economics.
• Fabio Buttignon, full professor of Corporate Finance.
• Diego Campagnolo, associate professor of Business Organization.
• Fabrizio Cerbioni, full professor of Business Economics.
• Marco Ciabattoni, chartered accountant and legal auditor.
• Francis De Zanche, partner of Adacta Advisory.
• Michele Fabrizi, associate professor of Corporate Finance.
• Marco Fasan, associate professor of Business Economics.
• Elena Gaiani, business consultant at Thera Capital.
• Paolo Gubitta, full professor of Business Organization.
• Tommaso Lazzarini, business consultant.
• Giovanna Michelon, professor of Accounting.
• Simone Mazzonetto, contract professor at the Department of Economics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice.
• Giulia Milan, partner of Buttignon Zotti Milan & Co.
• Marco Minozzi, business consultant at Thera Capital.
• Francesco Naccarato, partner of 110 Advisory.
• Sonia Parolin, business consultant at Adacta Advisory.
• Emilio Passetti, associate professor of Business Economics.
• Luisa Pastega, chartered accountant and business consultant.
• Michele Piazza, partner of Thera Capital.
• Daniele Vanin, chartered accountant and auditor, partner of Consimp.
• Gaetano Terrin, partner of Studio Terrin & Associati.

Scholarships

For the academic year, the Enzo Badioli Foundation offers a scholarship to cover part of the enrollment costs for the Master in Accounting & Corporate Finance, reserved for members and/or children of members of BCC Roma under 30.

Accreditation

The Department of Economics and Business, "M. Fanno" is an EQUIS accredited school.

General Merit Ranking

The general merit ranking for the academic year 2025/2026 is available at the following link.

Single Courses

It is possible to purchase one or more single courses. For related information, it is necessary to contact the organizational secretariat.

Information

• Thematic Area: Finance, Law, and International Relations
• End of Activities: 30/09/2026
• Mandatory Frequency: 70%
• Minimum Available Places: 13
• Maximum Available Places: 45
• First Installment: € 3,522.50
• Second Installment: € 2,000.00
• Selection Notice: The titles of access will be specified in the selection notice for the academic year 2025/2026.

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FAQ

• What are the requirements for accessing the Master in Accounting & Corporate Finance? The Master ACF is a first-level university master's degree, so it can be accessed after obtaining a three-year degree in all disciplines. However, it is possible to attend the Master as an auditor if you do not have the access title.
• I am interested in applying for this Master, but I am not a graduate in economics. Does this penalize me in the selection process? Absolutely not. Students from any background can enroll in this Master.
• How is the teaching managed, and what is the minimum percentage of mandatory attendance? The teaching is delivered in a dual mode (physical presence and Zoom platform), and attendance is mandatory for 70%, on Fridays (8 hours) and Saturday mornings (4 hours) for a total of 12 hours a week.
• Is an internship included? The internship is not mandatory for obtaining the title; however, within the Master's program, it is possible to carry out a curricular internship aimed at drafting the final project work.
• How and when can I make the pre-enrollment application? You must wait for the publication of the admission notice, which will take place in June, and follow all the instructions to submit the pre-enrollment application.