Basics of Customizing for Financial Accounting: GL, AP, AR in SAP S/4 HANA (S4F12) Training Course
SAP S/4 HANA Sales operates as a business suite leveraging SAP’s database system and in-memory computing platform, SAP HANA. The course 'Fundamentals of Customizing for Financial Accounting: GL, AP, AR in SAP S/4 HANA (S4F12)' serves as a module that offers an overview of implementing the Financial Accounting (FA) capabilities within SAP S/4HANA to address corresponding business requirements.
This instructor-led, live training session (available online or onsite) is designed for application consultants and business process owners who wish to acquire skills in configuring business processes for the SAP S/4 HANA financials module.
Upon completing this training, participants will be equipped to:
- Grasp the fundamental customizing settings within the primary components of Financial Accounting in SAP S/4HANA.
- Set up master data configurations (G/L accounts, customer, and vendor accounts) for Financial Accounting in SAP S/4HANA.
- Configure document control, posting control, and financial document clearing settings for Financial Accounting in SAP S/4HANA.
Course Format
- Interactive lectures and discussions.
- Ample exercises and practical practice.
- Hands-on implementation within a live-lab environment.
Course Customization Options
- To request tailored training for this course, please contact us to make arrangements.
Course Outline
Introduction
- Overview of SAP S/4 HANA
- Introduction to SAP Fiori
Core Financial Accounting (FI) Configuration
- Managing organizational units in FI
- Checking the basic settings in new General Ledger (G/L) accounting
- Outlining the variant principle
- Managing fiscal year variants
Managing Master Data
- Maintaining G/L accounts
- Creating profit centers and segments
- Managing customer and vendor accounts
Document Control
- Configuring the header and line items of FI documents
- Managing posting periods
- Managing posting authorizations
- Creating simple documents in FI
Posting Control
- Analyzing document splitting
- Maintaining default values
- Configuring change control
- Configuring document reversal
- Configuring payment terms and cash discounts
- Maintaining taxes and tax codes
- Posting cross-company code transactions
Financial Document Clearing
- Performing open item clearing
- Managing payment differences
- Managing exchange rate differences
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- Business Processes in Financial Accounting in SAP S/4HANA (S4F10/S4F10E)
- Proficiency in financial accounting
Audience
- Application consultants
- Business process owners
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