Carsten Ernst
Dipl.-Kfm.
Wirtschaftsprüfer Steuerberater / Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter(The company name is only visible to registered members)
- Stuttgart
- Germany
Personal information
- Haves
- Langjährige Erfahrung im Bereich Prüfung und prüfungsnaher Beratung kapitalmarktorientierter Unternehmen im Bereich der internationalen Rechnungslegung sowie langjährige Tätigkeit als Seminarleiter für IFRS und US GAAP (Öffentliche Seminare, Inhouse-Seminare, Einzelcoaching, hochschulzertifizierter Lehrgang zum IFRS-Ökonom an der HfWU).
- Organizations
- German CPA Society (GCPAS), Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer in Deutschland (IDW), Verein zur Mitwirkung bei der Entwicklung des Bilanzrechts für Familiengesellschaften (VMEBF), Accountants Global Association, London (AGN), European Group of Independent Accounting Networks and Associations, Brussels (EGIAN)
- Groups
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Professional experience
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Aug 1998
- present
(13 years, 10 months)
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Wirtschaftsprüfer Steuerberater / Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter
(The company name is only visible to registered members)
Industry: Tax accountancy/Auditing, Prüfung und Beratung
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Aug 1998
- present
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- 1996 - Aug 1998
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Industry: Tax accountancy/Auditing
- Employment status
- Entrepreneur
Educational background
- 1990 - 1995
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Universität Tübingen
Betriebswirtschaftslehre
Interne und externe Unternehmensrechnung
- Sep 1986 - Aug 1989
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WG Göppingen
Abitur
BWL, Mathe
- Languages
- German, English
About me
Year of birth
1969
Marital status
Married, 2 children
Position
Employee since January 1996, senior director (“Prokurist”) since January 2003, shareholder since April 2006 and managing director since January 2011 of WirtschaftsTreuhand GmbH, Stuttgart (certified public accountant and tax consultant)
Professional focus
Audits based on the German Commercial Code (HGB) and/or internationally recognized standards of company and consolidated financial statements prepared by medium-sized capital market-oriented companies
• Responsible for managing audit teams typically consisting of 4 – 6 members
• Average project lifecycle 6 – 8 weeks
• Companies operating in the following industries
- Healthcare
- Management consultancy
- IT service providing / development
- Mechanical engineering / Biotechnology
Business management consultancy / Projects to date
• Migration of accounting from HGB to internationally recognized accounting standards (IFRS and US- GAAP) and preparation of corresponding consolidated financial statements
- Support setting up the applicable reporting instruments
- Creation or modification of guidelines for consolidated financial statements
- Support with the use of consolidation software
- Purchase Price Allocation / Impairmenttests
- Analyses of shareholding structures
- Analyses of the fundamental impact of the migration on specific balance sheet items
- Adaptation of checklists for specific companies to ensure that notes contain all the required information
- Employee training
• Due diligence studies on the purchase and sale of companies
• Business appraisals
• Cost accounting / project controlling consultancy
Running IFRS and US GAAP seminars
Responsible seminar leader for “international accounting” (IFRS and US GAAP) at Unilog Integrata
Training AG, Stuttgart
Responsible seminar leader for “preparation of consolidated financial statements in compliance with HGB and IFRS” at the Management Forum Starnberg, Munich
Conception and running of the “IFRS accounting economist” certificate course on behalf of Nürtingen-Geislingen University’s Academy of Professional Development
Conception and running of annual IFRS update events for Nürtingen-Geislingen University’s Academy of Professional Development
Annual lecture event for the Stuttgart Chamber of Industry and Commerce on the topic of "IFRS in medium-sized enterprises”
Education and training:
07/2003 Certificate in International Accounting (CINA)
01/2003 Appointment as Wirtschaftsprüfer (certified public accountant)
01/2001 Appointment as Steuerberater (tax consultant)
10/1995 Completion of postgraduate business administration degree at the University of Tübingen
Member of:
BDI Working Party
Ad hoc working party on “IFRS and medium-sized enterprises” at the BDI (Federation of German Industries) in Berlin
VMEBF e.V.
Verein zur Mitwirkung an der Entwicklung des Bilanzrechts für Familiengesellschaften e.V., Weinheim (Association for the Critical Development of Accounting Law for Family Firms)
IdW e.V.
Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer (German Institute of Public Accountants) in Dusseldorf
GCPAS e.V.
Professional Association of Certified Public Accountants in Germany
AGN
Accountants Globale Networks and Associations, London
EGIAN
European Group of Independent Accounting Networks and Associations, Brussels
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