Prof. Dr.
Robert Nothhelfer
Contact
Room
W2.4.17
Colloquium
Mittwoch 9.45 - 11.15 Uhr im W2.4.17 Achtung: Am 8.1.2025 findet das Kolloquium um 13.45 Uhr statt.
Phone
(07231) 28-6318Robert Nothhelfer is Professor of Business Administration at Pforzheim University. He began his professional career after graduating from high school at the St. Blasien College and serving in the German Armed Forces with an apprenticeship as a banker at Deutsche Bank in Freiburg. He then studied economics in Freiburg and Bonn from 1992 to 1997.
After his studies, he worked as an auditor for BDO Südwesttreuhand Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft mbH from 1997 until 2000 and received his doctorate on the subject of „Learning Processes in Organisations“. From 2001 to 2004 he worked for the corporate reporting department of Bertelsmann AG in Gütersloh. His main focus was the conversion of the consolidated financial statements to IFRS.
From 2004 to 2014 Robert Nothhelfer worked in various positions for the Schwarz Group in Neckarsulm, initially for the central holding company Schwarz Finanz- und Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG (today Schwarz Dienstleistung GmbH & Co. KG) where he was responsible for accounting and controlling. His main focus was on the conversion of the consolidated financial statements to IFRS and the extensive standardization of reporting processes. Robert Nothhelfer then joined the board of management at Lidl Germany, where he was responsible for the commercial areas and IT. Following the data protection scandal in 2008, he built up the data protection organization and was responsible for process changes. Between 2011 and 2014, he began to set up a compliance and risk management system for Lidl International.
Starting 2014, Robert Nothhelfer works as a professor for finance and accounting at Pforzheim University. From 2019 until 2022 he served as vice dean for academic affairs of Business School Pforzheim. Since 2023 he is member of the senate of the university.
Robert Nothhelfer also works as a monitoring trustee in antitrust proceedings and is a partner in a consulting firm specializing in this area.
Robert Nothhelfer teaches and researches in the fields of finance and accounting, in particular in national and international financial reporting. He also deals with issues of compliance and corporate governance. In his function as a monitoring trustee, he advises and monitors companies which have to comply with commitments to antitrust authorities in the context of a merger.
Balance Sheets , Compliance , Controlling , Corporate Governance , Financing and Investment , Financial Management , Commercial Law , Consolidating Financial Statements
2024
Best Paper Award CARF 2024
General Management , Controlling, Finance and Accounting
Journal article
NOTHHELFER, R. (2024). Neue Anforderungen in der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung. Herausforderungen für den Mittelstand. WiSt Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, 53 (4/2024), 4 - 10. doi:doi.org/10.15358/0340-1650-2024-4-4.
NOTHHELFER, R. (2024). ESRS für KMU. Eine erste Kommentierung der Standardentwürfe ESRS LSME ED und ESRS VSME ED. KoR: Internationale und kapitalmarktorientierte Rechnungslegung (6), pp. 242 - 248. Düsseldorf.
NOTHHELFER, R., SANDER, F. (2024). Die neue Berichterstattung über immaterielle Ressourcen. Ansätze aus dem Strategischen Management zur Wesentlichkeitsprüfung. KoR: Internationale und kapitalmarktorientierte Rechnungslegung, 24 (11-12/2024), pp. 421 - 427. Düsseldorf.
BACHER, U., NOTHHELFER, R. (2022). Zinswende und Inflation: Folgen für die Unternehmensfinanzierung. 12 Thesen mit einem Ausblick auf 2023 und 2024. NWB Rechnungswesen: BBK, 22-2022, 1060-1065.
LONG, J., NOTHHELFER, R. (2020). Chemotech International Inc.. Accounting for International Differences in the Measurement of Raw Material and Work-in-Process Inventories. Issues in Accounting Education, 35 (3), 57 - 67.
NOTHHELFER, R., BACHER, U. (2019). Zum Regionalprinzip der Verbundinstitute. Eine aktuelle Bewertung. Zeitschrift für das gesamte Kreditwesen, 72 (3/2019), 15 - 19.
NOTHHELFER, R., KOPP, F. (2019). Unternehmensbewertung im Rahmen von M&A-Prozessen am Beispiel Bayer/Monsanto. Teil 1 Aufgabenstellung. WiSt Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, 2019 (10), 60 - 62.
NOTHHELFER, R., BURGEMEISTER, J. (2019). Die größenabhängige Nutzung formaler Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten bei der nichtfinanziellen Berichterstattung. KoR: Internationale und kapitalmarktorientierte Rechnungslegung, 2019 (10), pp. 440 - 445.
NOTHHELFER, R., KOPP, F. (2019). Unternehmensbewertung im Rahmen von M&A-Prozessen am Beispiel Bayer/Monsanto. Teil 2: Lösung. WiSt Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium (11), 59-62.
BACHER, U., NOTHHELFER, R. (2016). Herausforderungen für das Compliance Management in Start-up-Unternehmen. Corporate Compliance Zeitschrift CCZ (2), 64-69.
NOTHHELFER, R., BACHER, U. (2015). Praxisgerechte Umsetzung von Compliance im Mittelstand - Teil 1. NWB Rechnungswesen: BBK, 12/2015, 568 - 573.
NOTHHELFER, R., BACHER, U. (2015). Praxisgerechte Umsetzung von Compliance im Mittelstand - Teil 2. NWB Rechnungswesen: BBK, 13/2015, 612 - 616.
NOTHHELFER, R. (2013). Die Einführung eines Compliance Management Systems als organisatorischer Lernprozess. Corporate Compliance Zeitschrift CCZ (1), 23 -28.
NOTHHELFER, R. (1999). Lernen in Organisationen. Individueller Wissenserwerb und soziale Wissensverbreitung. Zeitschrift für Führung und Organisation (4), pp. 207 - 213.
NOTHHELFER, R. (1996). Die Auswirkungen der GmbH & Co.-Richtlinie auf die Praxis. Betriebs-Berater (BB) (32/1996), 1655 - 1658.
Book/Monograph/Ebook
NOTHHELFER, R. (2022). Financial Accounting. Introduction to German GAAP with exercises (2 ed.). Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg.
NOTHHELFER, R., FOSCHIANI, S., RADE, K., TRAUZETTEL, V. (2017). Klausurtraining für Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre (1. Auflage ed.). Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg.
NOTHHELFER, R. (2017). Financial Accounting. Introduction to German GAAP with exercises (1 ed.). Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg.
NOTHHELFER, R., RADE, K., BACHER, U., SCHOLZ, M. (2015). Klausurtraining für Bilanzierung und Finanzwirtschaft. Originalaufgaben mit Musterlösungen. Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg.
NOTHHELFER, R. (2001). Lernprozesse in Organisationen. Theorie und Praxis am Beispiel einer Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. Peter Lang Verlag.
Chapter in Book
NOTHHELFER, R. (2013). Implementing compliance management systems. an organisational learning process. Legal Risk Management, Governance and Compliance ( ed., pp. 419 - 430). Globe Business Planning.
Article in Proceedings
NOTHHELFER, R. (2024). Berichterstattung über immaterielle Ressourcen. Umfang und Grenzen der neuen Berichtspflicht. Konferenzband CARF Luzern 2024 (pp. 133 - 142).
NOTHHELFER, R. (2018). Herausforderungen für die Corporate Governance durch intelligente maschinelle Entscheidungen. CARF 2018 (pp. 288 - 292).
Activities in Executive Education Areas
2024
Introduction to German GAAP in Englisch
Germany
Instructor for seminar/workshop
2023
German GAAP Accounting in English
Germany
Leader of a project in cooperation with a company; the project length is typically not less than one semester but could be limited to one semester
2023
Evaluation of carve-out remedies within the remedy evaluation programme of the CMA
Competition and Market Authority CMA United Kingdom
Member of the Board
2019 - 2022
Studiendekan der Fakultät
Germany
Board Member/Executive
since 2016
Partner at NOCON Nothhelfer Consulting Partnerschaft
Germany
Completion of a significant consulting activity (produces a verifiable document or product)
2015
Training reporting and consolidation acc. to IFRS for SME
Solarkiosk AG Kenya
Presentation/Speech
2015
Presentation at Controlling Forum
Germany
Other administrative responsibility in academic service
2015 - 2022
Germany