SAP FICO for Finance Professionals

Overview

What you'll learn

• SAP & ERP
• FI vs. CO
• S/4HANA (HANA & Fiori)
• Universal Journal (ACDOCA)
• Enterprise Structure
• Chart of Accounts & Ledgers
• General Ledger
• Business Partner
• AP & AR
• Asset & Bank Accounting
• Controlling & CO-PA
• MM/SD Integration

Syllabus 8

1. Introduction to SAP & FICO

   In this module, you will learn what SAP and ERP are, the difference between ECC and the current S/4HANA generation, what FI and CO each cover and how they work together, the consultant vs. end-user role, and why the 2027 ECC deadline makes S/4HANA FICO skills so in demand.

2. SAP S/4HANA Essentials & Navigation

   In this module, you will learn the S/4HANA platform — the HANA in-memory database, Fiori, and the Launchpad — the Universal Journal (ACDOCA) as the single source of truth, and how to distinguish master data from transactional data and navigate via t-codes and Fiori apps.

3. Enterprise Structure & Global Settings

   In this module, you will learn how a business is mapped in SAP — the company code, controlling area, and chart of accounts — plus the fiscal-year and posting-period variants, currencies, and leading vs. non-leading ledgers for parallel accounting.

4. General Ledger Accounting (FI-GL)

   In this module, you will learn G/L master data and reconciliation accounts, the document principle (debits equal credits), posting keys and document types, park vs. hold, and how every posting flows in real time into the Universal Journal.

5. Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable (FI-AP/AR)

   In this module, you will learn the S/4HANA Business Partner and how reconciliation accounts link the sub-ledgers to the G/L, plus the Accounts Payable (procure-to-pay) and Accounts Receivable (order-to-cash) postings and processes.

6. Asset Accounting & Bank Accounting

   In this module, you will learn the fixed-asset lifecycle from acquisition through depreciation to retirement, New Asset Accounting in S/4HANA with real-time posting to all ledgers, and bank accounting including house banks and electronic bank-statement processing.

7. Controlling (CO) Essentials

   In this module, you will learn the core of Controlling — cost centers and cost elements, internal orders and profit centers — and the ideas of product costing and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA / Margin Analysis).

8. Integration, Closing & Your Path

   In this module, you will learn how FI-CO integrates and how MM and SD post automatic accounting entries, the essentials of period-end closing and Fiori reporting, and how to plan hands-on practice and a route to SAP certification (C_TS4FI / C_TS4CO).

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