Dissertation zu Hedgeaccounting

Warum sie der FH Burgenland seit so vielen Jahren die Treue hält? „Die FH Burgenland ist für mich trotz ihrer Größe eine sehr familiäre Institution. Man wird unterstützt und supportet – auch die FH hat ein Interesse daran, dass man weiterkommt. Das ist etwas sehr wichtiges! Ich habe mich nie alleine gelassen gefühlt.“

Am PhD Studium schätzt sie den Austausch mit internationalen Expert*innen, der immer auf Augenhöhe passiert. „Die Lehrenden verstehen es, die Theorie mit der Praxis zu vermitteln. Es werden „hands-on“ Beispiele geschätzt. Wir werden auch als Expert*innen angesehen.“ Spannend sei auch, durch die Lehrenden aus den Partneruniversitäten kulturell zu erfahren, wie es in anderen Ländern läuft.

Nina Peter was already interested in the financial sector while she was at school. She graduated from a commercial high school and was given the opportunity to intern at Deloitte for two summers. "There I was able to gain insights into all the things that have to be done for a financial statement in a company." Basically, her career path was already predetermined with that, she tells us today. Years later, her enthusiasm for the financial sector is still unbroken.

After school, she started working at KPMG. "It was always clear that I wanted to work while studying." The overall concept of part-time studies at FH Burgenland convinced Nina. She enrolled in the bachelor's and then the master's program in International Business Relations at FH Burgenland. Even a change of job in between could not stop her. She joined the controlling department of an Austrian retail group. "My employer has always been very supportive," she says.

More and more, she became interested in the field of risk management. "I noticed that there are many points in which companies are uncertain." So began her involvement with hedge accounting.

After graduating with a master's degree, the position of finance manager at Hirtenberger Defence beckoned. After only one year of academic break, she decided to join the International Joint Cross-Border PhD Program in International Economic Relations and Management at FH Burgenland with international partner universities.  "In my dissertation I want to explore what new opportunities hedgeaccouting holds and how one can support companies to achieve them. Companies have a lot of questions as far as this field is concerned and they pay a lot of money to consultants. I think it's time to give companies the strength to be able to handle it themselves."

Why she has remained loyal to FH Burgenland for so many years? "Despite its size, FH Burgenland is a very familiar institution for me. You are supported and assisted - the FH also has an interest in you getting ahead. That is something very important! I have never felt left alone."

What she appreciates about the PhD program is the exchange with international experts, which always happens at eye level. "The lecturers understand how to communicate theory with practice. Hands-on examples are appreciated. The students are also seen as experts."