Career Opportunities in Accounting and Auditing
The Chair of Business Administration, Accounting and Auditing supports you during as well as after your studies acting as your contact for several funding opportunities. We also offer support during the application procedure.
Moreover, we provide you with an overview of possible fields of work and employers in case you are pursuing a specialization in accounting and auditing.
All information provided refers to former academic staff members of the Chair of Business Administration, Accounting and Auditing at the University of Mannheim. They were employed as student assistant, academic staff member or Akademischer Rat (senior instructor with tenure).
Supporting Scholarships
Career path: Research
Your profound knowledge in accounting and auditing is the ideal requirement for an academic career in finance and accounting. You do not only have the opportunity to take on executive positions in the national education and higher education system but you can also profit from various international opportunities.
Several of our alumni who were employed as student assistants, academic staff members or Akademischer Räte (senior instructors with tenure) work for:
Prof. Dr. Jannis Bischof
Field of work: Professor
Institution: Universität Mannheim
Dr. Michael Iselborn
Field of work: Management consultancy
Institution: McKinsey & Comp., Inc.
Prof. Dr. Christopher Koch
Field of work: Professor
Institution: Universität Mainz
Dr. Peter Küting
Field of work: Habilitation candidate at the Chair of International Accounting
Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Prof. Dr. Anne Najderek
Field of work: Professor
Institution: Fachhochschule Offenburg
WP/
StB Prof. Dr. Michael von Pock Field of work: Director of the Degree Program Accounting & Controlling
Institution: DHBW Mannheim
Dr. Michael Weber
Field of work: Assistant Professor
Institution: Chicago Booth School of Business
Prof. Dr. Sonja Wüstemann
Field of work: Professor
Institution: Universität Frankfurt/
Oder Career path: Consulting and Auditing
As a graduate of the chair with profound knowledge of accounting, auditing and due diligence you have the opportunity to work for consulting and auditing companies. Your economic understanding as well as specialized knowledge in finance and accounting gives you a broad range of opportunities to choose from. Anything from strategy consulting to consulting with a focus on auditing or tax consultancy to general auditing is possible.
Several of our alumni who were employed as student assistants, academic staff members or Akademischer Räte (senior instructors with tenure) work for:
Dr. Kai Dänzer
Field of work: Staff member in the Accounting Centre of Excellence
Institution: EY
Dr. Jan Fürwentsches
Field of work: Auditor
Institution: Deloitte
Dr. Stephan Kaiser
Field of work: Auditor
Institution: KPMG
Stefanie Möck
Field of work: Valuation & Business Modelling
Institution: EY
Philipp Paul
Field of work: Management consultant
Institution: Boston Consulting Group
Dr. Joachim Weber
Field of work: Management consultant
Institution: McKinsey & Company
Career path: Industry
With a specialization in accounting and auditing you have a number of opportunities in the industry. Besides positions as experts in various departments, it is possible to take on executive positions with responsibility for other employees in finance and accounting.
Several of our alumni who were employed as student assistants, academic staff members or Akademischer Räte (senior instructors with tenure) work for:
Dr. Thomas Brauchle
Field of work: Corporate Accounting
Institution: Siemens Financial Services
Dr. Sigrid Dexheimer-Elgg
Field of work: Manager Business Process Controlling and Financial Controls
Institution: Novartis
Dr. Mario Englert
Field of work: Director Group Finance at LAUDA DR. R. WOBSER Asset Management GmbH
Institution: LAUDA DR. R. WOBSER GMBH & CO. KG
Dr. Andreas Duhr
Field of work: Head of Accounting Excellence
Institution: ThyssenKrup
Dr. Simone Koch
Field of work: Corporate Accounting
Institution: Bilfinger
Dr. Christopher Sessar
Field of work: Head of Global External Reporting
Institution: SAP
Dr. Marc Weindel
Field of work: Head of Accounting Methods and Guidelines
Institution: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen
Career path: Finance
Profound knowledge and expertise in accounting are valuable skills for a career in finance, banking and other areas e.g. private equity, venture capital etc.
Several of our alumni who were employed as student assistants, academic staff members or Akademischer Räte (senior instructors with tenure) work for:
Marie Huss
Field of work: Analystics Asia Pacific
Institution: Bloomberg
Dr. Matthias Maucher
Field of work: Internal capital adequacy assessment process/
Bundle management
Institution: LBBW
Celia Möller
Field of work: Analyst
Institution: Wendel (Venture Capital und Private Equity)
David Quick
Field of work: Trainee in Transaction Consultancy
Institution: PwC
Dr. Christina Reifschneider
Field of work: Group Accounting
Institution: ProCredit Holding (Entwicklungsbank
Philipp Schmiegelt
Field of work: M&A
Institution: Bankhaus Metzler
Career path: Public Institutions
Christian-Hendrik Heusermann
Field of work: Civil Service (higher level).
Embassy of the federal Republic of Germany
Institution: Federal Foreign Office
