Increasing volatility, growing regulatory requirements, transformation under cost pressure: today more than ever, controlling and finance are at the heart of business performance. What is needed is not just figures and reports, but orientation, prioritization and decision support. Against this backdrop, the 50th Congress of Controllers on April 27 and 28, 2026 in Munich will dedicate a special theme center to the question: How can finance and controlling become real performance drivers?

Topic Cluster C focuses on precisely those areas where finance and controlling can have a decisive impact today. The speakers: Experienced experts from CA controller akademie AG. This guarantees a clear signature: well-founded concepts, conveyed in a practical way, combined with a deep understanding of the challenges of modern controlling organizations.

Controlling “tomorrow”: From a supplier of figures to a strategic sparring partner

Thomas Biasi and Danny Szajnowicz will kick off the content with a look at the strategic role of Finance & Controlling. The focus is on the change in role: away from retrospective reporting and towards forward-looking management and active involvement in corporate decisions. Find out how the Controlling department can effectively support the organization’s strategy development and at the same time develop its own future-oriented strategy for Finance & Controlling.

Helene Eder and Florian Bliefert take up this point and show how strategic target images can be translated into consistent management logics. The focus is on questions such as: How can planning, forecasting and performance management processes be integrated? Which methods support effective, lean management? And how can complexity be reduced without losing the ability to control?

The controller organization of tomorrow: from concept to practical collaboration. Finally, Jens Ropers looks at the controller organization as a performance driver. The focus is on the question of how effective cooperation arises from role models and how controlling systematically contributes to better decision-making quality. A concrete practical example is used to show how process orientation, clear roles and cooperation along decision-making processes sustainably increase the impact of controlling.

Theme Center C is one of three theme centers at the Congress – and at the same time a strong signal of where controlling is heading. The 50th Congress of Controllers stands for exchange, learning and networking within the largest controlling community in Europe. If you want to understand how Finance & Controlling ensure performance today and tomorrow, you should not miss Theme Center C.

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