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After completion of the programme, students have the specialized knowledge and practical experience to be successfully able either to operate independently or to be employed as accountant in business or in the financial industry. They also can, according to Law 3912/2011, be registered as members of the Economic Chamber of Greece.

The graduate has the following:

Knowledge:
• Analyses financial statements.
• Describes techniques of financial accounting.
• Formulates principles of financial accounting and implementation issues of accounting standards.
• Prepares and analyses accounting reports.
• Analyses qualitative and quantitative data of accounting information.
• Describes, distinguishes and explores costing methods.
• Formulates, describes and analyses issues of adjustment of fixed assets and amortization of labour and commercial law and of assessment, analysis and management of investment, capital analysis, financial markets, specific budgetary issues, specific accounting profession ethics issues, accounting theory and theory of accounting thinking, financial theory and modern theories of financial analysis, use of computer systems of quantitative analysis and aspects of mergers and acquisitions.
• Analyses issues of internal control and corporate governance, special issues of adjustment of fixed assets and amortization, special issues of labour, commercial law and labour relations, and of financial management of enterprises.
• Analyses auditing issues.
• Formulates, investigates and analyses issues related to accounting theory and research, as well as financial theory and research, depending on the direction chosen.

Skills:
• Prepares and manages accounts and budgets.
• Prepares financial analysis.
• Manages tax issues.
• Keeps accounting records of all categories.
• Uses costing methods.
• Manages financial data of businesses.
• Applies rational and efficient financial management techniques.
• Conducts research on the subject of accounting and finance.
• Manages effectively enterprises’ stocks and funds and effectively applies the IAS and GAS to draft business accounting situations.
• Controls tax and financial data of enterprises by applying modern methods of auditing, both in tax audit issues, and in internal and external audit issues.

Capacities:
• Performs budgets, implements methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis research in accounting and finance.
• Uses and applies costing methods.
• Supports large firms in terms of accounting.
• Provides advice on market accounting issues.
• Assesses enterprises.
• Collaborates in research and professional level with other accountants and financial analysts.
• Meets and covers the modern market requirements to the profession of accountant and financial analyst.