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 built atop SAP’s database infrastructure and in-memory computing platform, SAP HANA. The course "Fundamentals of Customization for Financial Accounting: GL, AP, AR in SAP S/4 HANA (S4F12)" offers a comprehensive overview of implementing Financial Accounting (FA) capabilities within SAP S/4HANA to address specific business needs.
This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is designed for application consultants and business process owners who want to master the configuration of business processes within the SAP S/4 HANA financials module.
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
- Grasp the fundamental customization settings in the primary components of Financial Accounting with SAP S/4HANA.
- Set up master data configurations (G/L accounts, customer and vendor accounts) for Financial Accounting within SAP S/4HANA.
- Configure settings for document control, posting control, and financial document clearing in SAP S/4HANA.
Course Format
- Interactive lectures and discussions.
- Extensive exercises and practical application.
- Hands-on implementation within a live lab environment.
Course Customization Options
- For customized training requests, please contact us to arrange details.
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)
- Knowledge of financial accounting
Audience
- Application consultants
- Business process owners
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