Customise your Master in Business degree by choosing a major in Accounting and Business Control.

What will you learn?

Accounting and Business Control is about turning financial data into reliable insight that supports good decisions. You’ll build a solid base in financial and management accounting, cash and risk management, and performance management. We mix theory with hands-on tools and real cases, with a strong focus on data, sustainability and responsible business.

You will learn to:

• prepare and explain financial reports and understand sustainability reports
• build and improve control and performance systems
• plan cash and funding, and manage market risks using modern treasury tools
• use data and technology to support decisions under uncertainty
• handle ethics, stakeholder trade-offs and regulatory requirements in reporting and control
• communicate insight clearly to managers, boards, regulators and investors

Why choose this major?

Engaging learning experiences and quality teaching are something we strive to provide to help you build a solid skill and competency base, making you relevant for the future of work. In the video below, you will get the perspectives of our students, faculty, and the industry to understand the reasons for choosing to major in Accounting and Business Control at BI.

Career possibilities

Employers value graduates who combine financial rigour, business understanding and analytics. You’ll be ready to work in complex financial environments, strengthen governance, manage risk, and support long-term value creation – across private and public organisations, in Norway and internationally.

Examples of areas you can work in:

• Financial reporting and compliance – annual reports, group accounts (consolidation), sustainability reporting
• Business control and performance – goals/KPIs, budgeting and forecasting
• Treasury and financial risk – liquidity, funding and hedging currency/interest risk
• Finance data and analytics – dashboards, forecasting and scenario analysis
• Internal control, governance and sustainability – control environment, ethics and reporting standards

Many of these areas will ultimately prepare you for a position as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) or Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an organisation.