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Controller Profiles in Switzerland: Importance of Digitalization

In: The Digitalization of Management Accounting

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  • Viviane Trachsel
  • Christian Bitterli

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Digitalization is changing the role of the controller to that of the digital controller. An analysis of 270 job advertisements in Switzerland in 2019 shows that the controllers sought are primarily concerned with reporting, analyses, projects and planning/budgeting. Accordingly, industry-specific knowledge dominates the required professional competences and Excel, ERP and other MS Office skills the IT-specific competences. A degree in business studies, often with a focus on accounting, controlling and finance, is a prerequisite for most positions. The digital controller is therefore (still) rather a peripheral phenomenon on the Swiss job market. As soon as companies are further along in the digitalization of controlling processes, however, this is likely to change. Companies are therefore well advised to review the composition of the controlling team with regard to digital skills and to initiate any necessary measures.

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  • Viviane Trachsel & Christian Bitterli, 2023. "Controller Profiles in Switzerland: Importance of Digitalization," Springer Books, in: Imke Keimer & Ulrich Egle (ed.), The Digitalization of Management Accounting, chapter 12, pages 181-191, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-658-41524-2_12
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-41524-2_12
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