Accounting and Finance

What knowledge will I acquire with this Degree?

The training acquired through the Degree in Accounting and Finance, endowed with an appropriate balance between theoretical and practical training, tries to enhance technical knowledge about Accounting, together with that of Finance and Business Organization, without forgetting the necessary multidisciplinary training on content mathematical, statistical or legal, making them compatible with the development of specific professional skills.

Where will I be able to work when I graduate?

The professional profile of the graduate will allow him to develop his technical skills as manager, analyst and advisor of the financial and accounting information generated in the company. The capacities established for this degree allow the performance of activities related to finances as well as accounting and taxation of the company, leaving the graduate qualified to carry out his professional activity in a medium-high level position of an executive nature, of economic control- patrimonial and decision-making in the aforementioned areas. Likewise, he will be trained to act in financial-accounting control tasks, both in its internal aspect (internal control of an entity) and in its external aspect (auditor of accounts). 
On the other hand, it is a verifiable fact that most of the business network is made up of small and medium-sized companies, in which case, the student who graduated from the Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Finance could perform senior management tasks in this type of companies.

Is this Degree official according to the regulations required by the European Higher Education Area?

Yes (final verification report is attached), the implementation of the degree will be done progressively, starting the first year in the academic year 2009-10.
The final verification report turned out favourable.

Favorable report first modification

Favorable report second modification

Favorable report third modification

Favorable report fourth modification

Favorable report fifth modification

What subject areas will I address in this grade?

Those related to:

• Financial Economics and Accounting
• Business Organization
• Right
• Economy
• Maths
• Statistics

Recommended Income Profile

The recommended profile for the new student is one with a great curiosity to understand the accounting and financial world and its involvement in the business world. Valuing, in particular, their capacity for analysis and facility to extract the most relevant aspects of a problem, proposing the different alternatives of action. It is important that they are flexible, dynamic people, capable of adapting to uncertain environments and that they know how to deal with unstructured problems, for which there are no perfect solutions.

The degree does not require specific knowledge in the area of ​​social sciences, since the first semesters are devoted primarily to offering basic general training, although they should have a good background in mathematics and feel comfortable with analytical and deductive reasoning.

Additionally, it would be desirable for the student of this degree to have a series of general characteristics and skills, such as:

- Conviction that teamwork is the basis for the success of business projects and, therefore, a marked ability to tackle team projects is a desirable characteristic of the student.

- Ease of communicating technical concepts both to professionals with similar training and to others who do not have such a level of knowledge.

- Ability to promote personal relationships within teams.

- Sensitivity towards the business world as an organized human activity to generate wealth.

- Interpretive capacity that facilitates the work of differentiation of different business realities based on diverse numerical information and different organizational approaches.

Objectives 

The general objective of the degree is the training of professionals with a financial-accounting profile who will carry out their activity in the business environment as intermediate-senior management in large companies in the industrial, commercial, services, financial institutions, auditing, management consulting fields. or consultancy, both locally and nationally as well as internationally, or as a director of small and medium-sized companies, mainly small businesses.

The degree will allow the graduate to continue their subsequent training in any postgraduate degree in the business branch.

Specific training objectives

• Provide a general vision of the company, both from the point of view of internal relations and the sector in which its activity is carried out.
• Train in the knowledge of the national and international environment in which the company develops its activity, both in its legal and economic aspects.
• To train in instrumental knowledge necessary in the development of other specific subjects of the degree.
• Offer specific training that allows high-level specialization, both technical and managerial, in the area of ​​finance and company accounting.
• Create the spirit of concern necessary to search for valid options in solving problems.
• Promote the idea of ​​permanent updating that this profession requires, so that the performance of the actions that must be undertaken is done rigorously, efficiently and effectively.
• Make known other relevant aspects of the business activity that are necessary to have a global vision of it: marketing, taxation, production...

Competences 

GENERAL COMPETENCIES

• CG1 Capacity for analysis and synthesis
• CG2 Ability to solve problems
• CG3 Information management capacity
• CG4 Critical and self-critical capacity
• CG5 Autonomous learning
• CG6 Ability to adapt to changing environments
• CG7 Oral and written communication in the native language
• CG8 Knowledge of a foreign language
• CG9 Ethical and social commitment at work
• CG10 Motivation for quality at work
• CG11 Capacity for organization and planning
• CG12 Leadership
• CG13 Initiative and entrepreneurial spirit
• CG14 Ability to make decisions
• CG15 Skills in interpersonal relationships
• CG16 Computer skills related to the field of study
• CG17 Creativity
• CG18 Ability to work in a team
• GC19 Work in an international context
• CG20 Work in pressure environments
• CG21 Sensitivity towards environmental and social issues
• CG22 Ability to analyze and search for information from various sources

SPECIFIC COMPETENCES

• CE1 Know the different systems, both external and internal, in which the management of business activity takes place.
• CE2 Understand the relationship between the company and the sector in which it operates: know the institutions, products and markets that form it. As well as the relationships between them and with their economic environment.
• CE3 Know the economic framework, the legal framework and the fiscal framework that regulates business activities.
• CE4 Manage a high level of knowledge of the financial-accounting operations necessary for the preparation of the annual accounts of a company
• CE5 Propose solutions to the financial and accounting problems that a company may have.
• CE6 Know the economic, financial, accounting and legal aspects of the various corporate operations that an entity can carry out.
• CE7 Know how to apply valuation models and techniques using the most suitable in each situation, taking into account the advantages and limitations of each one.
• CE8 Know and apply techniques for managing finances and financial control.
• CE9 Know and organize the legal documentation that must be submitted periodically to the Public Administration in all its aspects (Public Finance, Social Security, Mercantile Registry,...) and the consequences that non-compliance with its regulations entails.
• CE10 Prepare the basis on which the annual accounts of a company will be formulated.
• CE11 Understand the structural alternatives of a company, its policies and plans.
• CE12 Analyze balance sheets, income statements and cash availability periodically to detect possible financial and accounting problems and propose solutions to them.
• CE13 Analyze and determine the different components that make up the company's accounting costs.
• CE14 Advise on accounting, financial, legal and tax matters.
• CE15 Understand the impact of economic operations carried out by companies and business groups.
• CE16 Collaborate and advise on financial and accounting matters in the planning and implementation of economic-financial budgets, as well as in the subsequent monitoring and analysis of deviations.
• CE17 Examine the internal financial-accounting information generated and used by the company to control business management and obtain conclusions for decision-making, correcting errors or solving problems.
• CE18 Program, plan and develop companies in their economic, financial, accounting and administrative aspects.
• CE19 Evaluate the tax options available to the company and plan the most appropriate for its situation.
• CE20 Plan and direct the accounting organization.
• CE21 Know how to identify the different economic opportunities that can be presented to the company and choose the best alternative based on its objectives.
• CE22 Apply behavior and simulation models in order to adopt the best option among the possible ones, both in investment and financing as well as in the fiscal aspect.
• CE23 Understand the nature and operation of organized markets: financial markets, asset and liability valuation, futures markets, options and other financial products.
• CE24 Detect the main problems related to accounting and business administration
• CE25 Prepare technical-accounting reports in relation to the situation and value of the company and make judgments about the results obtained.
• CE26 Manage accounting and administration
• CE27 Manage credit and risk.
• CE28 Know the legal framework and obtain necessary information on economic activities in international trade.
• CE29 Identify and evaluate the elements that create value for the company
• CE30 Know the effect on the valuation of a company derived from the processes of mergers and acquisitions of companies.
• CE31 Know how to operate in the national money and capital financial markets and in the foreign exchange markets.
• CE32 Understand the risk inherent in each financial market.
• CE33 Know the different financial products and know how to identify the inherent risk of each of them.
• CE34 Make decisions and give recommendations regarding financial products based on the investor's profile.
• CE35 Understand the contributions of the contractual approach, especially the theory of transaction costs and the theory of agency.
• CE36 Understand the importance of Working Capital management for the long-term survival of the company and know how to apply management models of this magnitude.
• CE37 Know the financial objective of a company and know how to make the right decisions to achieve it.
• CE38 Being able to make short- and long-term business forecasts.

Minimum stay requirements 

• The permanence of the students in the Degree studies will be a maximum of eight years for full-time students. Part-time students may request an extension of up to two more years from the Rector.
• In Bachelor's degrees lasting more than 240 credits (4 years), the maximum of the previous section will be increased by one more year for every 60 ECTS credits that are added to the 240 ECTS.
• Students must pass a minimum of two subjects in the first year. Students studying part-time must pass at least one subject in their first academic year.
• Students who are studying any official Bachelor's degree at the Rey Juan Carlos University may make a maximum of four registrations to pass each of the subjects of the study plan, without counting previous cancellations of the same.

For more information see: Permanence regulations

Minimum number of ECTS credits by type of enrollment and course

Full-time students:

Part-time students:

Internal quality assurance system

Manual of the Internal Quality Assurance System

Composition of the commission

Composition of the Commission

Results report

Once the follow-up has been carried out, the quantitative information on the results obtained in the follow-up of said Degree is shown, differentiated by academic year.

Report by course:

• 2022/2023
• 2021/2022
• 2020/2021
• 2019/2020
• 2018/2019
• 2017/2018
• 2016/2017
• 2015/2016
• 2014/2015
• 2013/2014
• 2012/2013
• 2011/2012
• 2010/2011
• 2009/2010

General information collection plan

• Indicators 2013/14
• Indicators 2014/15
• Indicators 2015/16
• Indicators 2016/17
• Indicators 2017/18
• Indicators 2018/19
• Indicators 2019/20
• Indicators 2020/21
• Indicators 2021/22
• Indicators 2022/23

Improvement actions

The Quality Assurance System of the Rey Juan Carlos University establishes that the degree's Quality Assurance Commission will annually analyze the information derived from the degree's indicators and prepare a report that will include improvement plans if the results so indicate.

• Improvement actions 2022/2023
• Improvement actions 2021/2022
• Improvement actions 2020/2021
• Improvement actions 2019/2020
• Improvement actions 2018/2019
• Improvement actions 2016/2017
• Improvement actions 2015/2016
• Improvement actions 2014/2015
• Improvement actions 2013/2014
• Improvement actions 2012/2013
• Improvement actions 2011/2012
• Improvement actions 2010/2011

Renewal of accreditation

The renewal of the accreditation represents the culmination of the implementation process of the official Bachelor's and Master's degrees registered in the Register of Universities, Centers and Degrees (RUCT). The renewal of the accreditation of official bachelor's and master's degrees is organized in three phases: self-assessment report, external visit and final assessment.

In the first phase, the university describes and assesses the status of the degree with respect to the established criteria and guidelines. The result is the Self-Assessment Report (IA) that is presented. The second and third phases are carried out by a group of evaluators external to the evaluated title.”

Self-assessment report 2023

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