The Postgraduate course consists of 4 subjects and is complemented by a Final Project in which the student applies the knowledge of the content acquired during the course.
- Corporate governance
- Management of corporate risks
- Design of risk maps
- Circuit and process design
- Incentive systems
- Process redesign
- Beyond budgeting
- Project controlling
- Excel applied to accounting and finance
- How to implement an ERP successfully
- Latest trends in computer tools for optimizing management control
- Bitcoin and blockchain technology
- From cryptocurrencies to crypto-assets
- Smart contracts
- Decentralised finance (DeFi)
This subject is intended for students to show that they have internalized the content developed during postgraduate studies and that they are capable of applying them in different environments. It is a project that seeks to integrate all or several of the subjects developed during the postgraduate course.
Once you have passed the program, you will obtain an electronic degree (e-Título) for the Curso de Postgrado en Controlling, issued by the Pompeu Fabra University.
The e-Título is an authentic digital degree, issued in pdf format and electronically signed, with the same legal validity as if it were in paper format.
You need to be a university graduate.
Other candidates without the required university degree may take part in the selection process by virtue of their academic or professional merits, and the place of work they occupy.
Our admission process consists of a rigorous evaluation of each application to preserve the quality of the group as well as the training, experience, and work capacity of all students.
The UPF Barcelona School of Management offers you different means of financing so that you can take any of our programs without worry. We offer you the opportunity to finance part of your program, either by rewarding your talent through scholarships, through grants from entities dedicated to promoting education or through collaboration agreements with financial entities.
You will share the classroom with professionals who come from the fields of Accounting and Finance, Economics, or Business Administration who want to increase their knowledge to apply it in their jobs.
There will be students on the Master in Accounting and Financial Management and postgraduate students in the classroom.
Train yourself as a Financial Controller with the Postgraduate Course in Controlling from the UPF Barcelona School of Management and learn to competently perform all its functions, specializing in analytical accounting and advanced financial planning.
Throughout the course you will learn to develop the internal control function of a company, to master and know how to choose and implement the most advanced administrative control processes and techniques based on the needs of the company and its objectives, as well as use the computer tools necessary to carry out this task.
The Postgraduate Course in Controlling is endorsed by Pompeu Fabra University, the 1st Spanish university and the 15th best university in the world (of those with less than 50 years), according to the Times Higher Education ranking. In addition, UPF Barcelona School of Management has EQUIS accreditation, the most prestigious institutional recognition for business schools globally.
The postgraduate course is advanced training that delves into all the techniques that a Controller requires to professionally face a workplace such as this.
Study at a school accredited by EQUIS, an international distinction that guarantees the quality of our institution and makes us the 1st school
of management linked to a public university with this accreditation in our country.
You will train with professors from the UPF Economics and Business area and with recognized active professionals who will contribute their knowledge and experience to apply theory to practice.
The same program, contents and academic qualification, offered in three different modalities (face-to-face, blended, and online) so that you can adapt it to your personal and professional situation.
If at the end of the postgraduate course you want to continue expanding your training, you can take the Master in Accounting and Financial Management at UPF-BSM with the credits obtained being recognized.
The program is aimed at university graduates preferably from the environment of business administration and management, economics, and accounting and finance, who want to specialize in the accounting field, as well as professionals with financial experience and knowledge who want or need to update it, expand on it, or look at it in depth.
The program is advanced training, so it is important to have previous training and/or experience in the sector.
You will share the classroom with professionals who come from the fields of Accounting and Finance, Economics, or Business Administration who want to increase their knowledge to apply it in their jobs.
There will be students on the Master in Accounting and Financial Management and postgraduate students in the classroom.
The teaching team is made up of professors from the UPF Economics and Business area and professionals from the sector, with the guarantee of the UPF-BSM's teaching rigour.
The evaluation of the program is continuous and will be carried out based on:
- Practical cases, exercises and work oriented to business reality
- Tests of the different subjects
- Participation and presentations in class
- Attendance in class (minimum of 80%)
- Postgraduate Final Project
The evaluation activities will be carried out individually and in groups, to encourage teamwork.
- Controller
- Director of accounting/finance department
- Business advisor on accounting, financial, and management issues
- Business consultant
- Risk analyst in financial department
- Internal Auditor
The program has a very practical and professional approach, combining theory and practice with a participatory methodology. In addition to the presentation of theoretical concepts by the teachers, there is also interaction and active intervention by the students.
Train yourself to develop the role of Controller in a financial department and learn to identify how to make the company's strategy operational in business operations.
- Oriol Amat Salas
Full professor of Financial Economics and Accounting at UPF and UPF-BSM
PhD in Economics (UAB). Degree and MBA in Business Administration - Silvia Baron Gómez
BBVA Real Estate Business Unit.
Master in Banking and Finance from Pompeu Fabra University. - Ricard Blasco Mínguez
Financial Manager with consolidated experience in multinational environments and transformational projects. He has developed most of his professional career in the multinational firm COTY. He currently works in PEPSICO.
Master in Financial Management from EADA. - Julio Capilla Vidal
Partner of RSM Spain Auditores since 2013. President of the Agrupación de Auditores de Baleares and member of the Board of Directors of the ICJCE.
Associate lecturer in the Accounting and Auditing Department of the University of the Balearic Islands.
Postgraduate course in Financial Management from Pompeu Fabra University Postgraduate course in Administration and Tax Management from the University of Barcelona.
Degree in Economic and Business Sciences from the University of Barcelona. - Pau Guerrero Vilà
Corporate Financial Director at Cervino Corporation.
Executive MBA from IESE.
Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA). He also holds a Bachelor in Administration and Business Management and a Bachelor in Law from Pompeu Fabra University. - Juan Pablo Mejía
Industrial Engineer and MBA from the London Business School.
He has more than 11 years of experience in investment banking, capital markets, entrepreneurship and providing advice related to blockchain and crypto assets. He is also a professor of topics related to Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies since 2017 in universities, corporate workshops, events, and through his YouTube channel "Juan en Cripto" and the podcast "Tune into the Block". - Xavier Subirats Alcoverro
Master in International Business at ESCI - UPF
Degree in Business Administration from the Universitat Barcelona.
Partner at Amsel Assessors and professor of Business Administration at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. - Víctor Vera Vinardell
Financial Director at Orange Catalunya.
Economist and Chartered Accountant. International Business Development at Essec.
Postgraduate Course in Controlling
