Nicole König has been working as a research assistant at the Institute for Economics & Psychology at Ferdinand Porsche FERNFH since January 2021. Her teaching areas include managerial accounting (bookkeeping, financial reporting, cost accounting, and controlling) and business administration. She is actively involved in research and supervises both bachelor’s and master’s theses. Her research focuses on changes in competencies driven by digitalization, as well as on “bridge employment”—that is, the employment of people approaching retirement.

Nicole König holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Business Psychology and also contributes her expertise as a member of the Committee on Gender, Equality, and Diversity. She is also active on the FERNFH faculty.

Key Areas of Work & Research Interests

Accounting

Cost Accounting

Management Accounting

Business Administration

Academic Research

Bridge Employment

Digitization

Skills

Business Psychology

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Career Path

Since 2021

Research Assistant at the Institute of Economics and Psychology, Ferdinand Porsche FERNFH

2017 - 2021

Project Assistant in the Bachelor's Program in Business Administration & Business Psychology, Ferdinand Porsche FERNFH

1995 – 2017

Head of Accounting and Financial Reporting at national and international companies and corporate groups. Responsible for financial accounting, financial reporting, and consolidated financial reporting. Leading and developing teams both at the main office and at external branches.

1990 – 1994

Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Financial Accounting

Education

2019 - 2020

Master's Program in Financial Accounting, Vienna University of Applied Sciences (FH Wien der WKW)

2014 - 2017

Bachelor's Degree Program in Business Administration & Business Psychology, Ferdinand Porsche FERNFH

1995

Admission Requirements for Business Administration, University of Vienna

1994

Certified Public Accountant Exam, WIFI Lower Austria

Awards

2022
Werner Jungwirth Teaching Award for Excellence in Distance Learning from the Ferdinand Porsche FERNFH