The Master of Science – Audit, Control and Finance program offers high-level specialization in the fields of auditing, management control and finance, with a focus on the international dimension.

Combining academic training and professional practice, these programs are designed to train competent managers in auditing, control and finance in an international environment.

TBS Education’s MSc programs are built on a unique format that enables students to optimally develop their managerial and professional skills. They are made up of five complementary learning experiences.

The 8 course units :

1. In-depth and analytical accounting
Objective: Master the fundamentals of accounting standards. Have the necessary prerequisites in general and cost accounting, as well as in-depth accounting, to be able to follow the other specialization modules.

2. Legal and tax review
Objective: Understand and know how to conduct a legal and tax review of a company. Learn and master tax techniques applied to the company in order to optimize the tax burden and analyze the impact of tax management decisions. Know how to conduct research using current scientific methods.

3. Accounting consolidation
Objective: Master the challenges of consolidated accounts, their presentation methodology and the particularities of auditing consolidated accounts, while adopting appropriate financial communication.

4. Corporate finance
Objective: Deepen the various approaches to financial analysis and corporate finance methods, with a particular focus on interest rate and exchange rate risk management.

5. Business valuation and risk management
Objective: Master the tools and methods needed to value companies. Understand the risks linked to internal control and their consequences on the reliability of accounts, as well as their impact on the audit approach. Master “preventive” and “detective” management control.

6. International finance
Objective: Deepen your understanding of international finance techniques. Understand the increasingly complex developments in market finance, participative finance and alternative finance.

7. Audit and internal control
Objective: Master the techniques of financial auditing and internal control. Understand the legal, tax, financial and accounting aspects of the various types of business combinations and their issues, as well as the tasks of the contribution auditor and the merger auditor.

8. International standards
Objective: Understand the similarities and differences between national and international accounting standards.

Miloud Guermatha
Training Manager – MSC ACFEI

Continuing education
Weekend courses (2 WE out of 3/4 on average)
Duration: 3 semesters (450 hours of training)

Initial training
Weekday courses (Monday to Friday)
Duration: 18 months alternating with a public accounting firm + end-of-study internship

• You have at least :
  • a validated BAC +4
  • a Bac+3 (180 ECTS) with > 2 years’ professional experience
  • a Bac+3 (180 ECTS) or equivalent, please contact us to find out about our eligibility requirements.
• Or you have a foreign diploma, in particular a Bachelor’s degree, equivalent to the French diplomas required above.

The program may accept candidates who do not have these qualifications, but whose application meets the requirements of a Validation des Acquis de l’Expérience.

This Master of Science prepares you for the following types of jobs:

• Chief Financial Officer
• Business Controller
• Financial Analyst
• Financial controller
• General manager
• Internal auditor
• Financial controller
• Internal controller
• Strategy consultant
• Risk Manager
• Business Analyst
• Business Unit Manager
• Chief Financial Officer