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Audit of budget accounting following state legislation

All universities must have a budget by the relevant government financial regulations. Depending on the federal state, there are different rules that BDO takes into account in its audit in individual federal states. Thanks to our experienced, knowledgeable, interdisciplinary team, you can always rely on experts to successfully guide your university through the audit.

Management of University resources

With our experienced and multidisciplinary team, we support you in your transformation projects with a view to superior management of university resources. Our focus here is on the areas of financial accounting, asset accounting, liquidity management, third-party funds, budgeting, planning, controlling, personnel, procurement, facilities management, and university IT. Our basic understanding is to create multifunctionality, that is, to serve all internal and external interest groups based on integrated and consolidated university accounting. In the context of project management, we help you to model the necessary professional, organizational, and technical aspects in a balanced relationship and accordance with your goals and priorities.

IT projects

Where IT adds value by supporting strategy-aligned business processes, the experts in our PBC department have extensive experience in IT-specific best practice approaches in the university environment with a focus on higher education resource management. Expertise in the management of complex transformation processes (IT project and portfolio management), which can arise from the related IT update, completes the consulting profile of our experts.

Organizational consulting

Our organizational consulting in the field of higher education and research institutions focuses on structural and process-oriented organizational issues in the context of higher education resource management combined with IT optimization of business processes. Especially in the area of ​​managing third-party funds/sponsor funds, BDO complements the necessary consulting expertise with appropriate legal expertise in the field of financing law.

Third-party funding applications and audits

Applying for research project grants from different funding organizations requires special expertise in the field of financial contribution laws or sponsorship conditions, as well as individual benefit options.

After a successful application, orderly financial management is important, especially the correct settlement of funds in the form of intermediate and final disposal statements to avoid claims for the return of funds.

We can assist in selecting the appropriate grant program to apply for, as well as accounting for third-party funding. We are happy to support you from sponsorship acquisition to fund control.

We also have a pool of experienced auditors who will confirm your final disposition statements in an audit-proven manner.

Internal audit

BDO's internal audit service in the field of higher education offers objective audit and consulting activities that are independent of day-to-day operations. This includes the analysis and evaluation of the effectiveness of relevant aspects of organizational control and implementation, such as risk management, internal control system, and environment, as well as the management of the university organization. Its purpose is the continuous improvement of business processes and the creation of added value for the university.

Tax consulting

Contractual research, staffing, training, and issuing expert opinions - are just some of the university's activities that are commercial and therefore subject to taxation. In addition, the parent organization should also investigate whether special VAT circumstances are required. We will be happy to assist you in the implementation of your tax obligations and give advice on the scope of modeling. For this purpose, our experts from the department of public companies can be called upon.

In all these areas of focus, we have the extensive experience necessary to give you the best support in discovering your possibilities. Our experts have deep knowledge of challenging issues of budget and state aid laws, as well as university accounting.