Asiakasnäkymä

Career Boost Program in Business Accounting

Studies for immigrants with a higher education degree in business accounting completed abroad. The program deepens your accounting expertise and strengthens the Finnish needed for expert roles in financial administration in Finland.

Service organiser

Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu

Language

Finnish

Charges

The service is free of charge

Implementation

Contact service

Individual guidance

Group guidance

The program is intended for financial administration professionals who have:

a foreign-language background
a higher education degree in business accounting (or an equivalent degree) completed abroad, and work experience in financial administration
Finnish language skills at least at level B1 (Common European Framework of Reference, CEFRexternal link, opens in a new tab)
motivation to update their financial administration expertise from the perspective of Finnish working life
motivation to find employment in their own field in Finland.

Who is the service for?

Municipality of residence

Municipality of residence does not matter

Age

All people of working age

Situation

Person with higher education

Active jobseeker

Immigrant (integration period ongoing)

Immigrant (integration period over)

In need of additional training

Immigrant (looking after the children at home)

Immigrant (outside the workforce)

Entrepreneur or interested in becoming one

Read more about the Career Boost Programme in Business Accounting on Metropolia’s websiteexternal link, opens in a new tab.
Apply to the programme by filling in the online registration form (e-form) on the programme’s webpage. Registration is open until all study places are filled.
Applicants who meet the requirements are invited to an entrance test, after which the admission decision is made.

Benefits of participating in the service

You learn new skills for working in financial administration roles in Finland
Your Finnish language skills improve, especially the language needed at work
You visit companies and see how they operate in practice
You meet professionals in the field and potential employers

Conditions for participating in the service

Foreign-language background
Higher education degree in business administration or an equivalent degree completed abroad, and work experience in the financial sector
At least B1 level in Finnish (Common European Framework of Reference, CEFRexternal link, opens in a new tab)
Willingness to develop your expertise and ability for self-directed and independent learning

Metropolia’s Student and Education Data Registerexternal link, opens in a new tab

How can I participate in the service?

The scope of the program is 40 ECTS credits. The studies include financial accounting, payroll, cost accounting, controlling, tax law, corporate law, and business analytics.
The program consists of the following study units:

External Accounting (10 ECTS)
Management Accounting (5 ECTS)
Business Analytics and Tools (10 ECTS)
Professional Development and Career Coaching (5 ECTS)
Professional Finnish (10 ECTS)

Teaching is delivered on campus on weekdays from 9 am to 4 pm. The duration of the program is always less than 6 months. Contact teaching takes place at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Myllypuro Campus, Myllypurontie 1, Helsinki.

During the program, students learn to:

find information on Finnish legislation
prepare tax returns and financial statements according to Finnish practice
make bookkeeping entries
use an accounting software (Procountor)
interpret financial statements
prepare budgets and cost calculations
analyze data (Power BI)
automate manual tasks (Power Automate)
create their own business applications (Power Apps).

Keywords for the program: financial administration, accounting, bookkeeping, accountant, accounting software, payroll, payroll specialist, Procountor, cost accounting, data analysis, Power BI, financial statements, accounts receivable/payable, budgeting, controller, analyst, tax return, corporate law, corporate taxation.

How is the service organised?

Service accessibility

Participation requires bringing your own equipment

Where and when?

Place

Myllypurontie 1, 00920 Helsinki (Myllypuro Campus – Campus for Builders of Wellbeing)

Ajankohdan lisätiedot

Koulutus kestää yhden lukukauden, ja sen kesto on aina alle 6 kuukautta. Syysryhmä on elokuusta joulukuuhun. Kevätryhmä on tammikuusta toukokuuhun. Ajankohtaiset tiedot saat Metropolian verkkosivultaexternal link, opens in a new tab.

Time

The time of the service is agreed upon separately.