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SAP S/4HANA FICO Program

Duration: 6 Weeks

About This Course

The SAP S/4HANA FICO program modernizes and accelerates your finance and controlling capabilities. Taught in the context of the in-memory SAP HANA platform, the course focuses on Universal Journal (ACDOCA), Margin Analysis, Embedded Analytics, and the SAP Fiori user experience.

  • Understand differences and data migration from ECC to S/4HANA.
  • Master the Universal Journal concept acting as a single source of truth.
  • Navigate and utilize SAP Fiori analytical apps and dashboards.

Course Outline

Introduction to SAP S/4HANA Finance

  1. 1Evolution from SAP R/3 to S/4HANA
  2. 2Differences between ECC and S/4HANA
  3. 3HANA in-memory database concepts
  4. 4Embedded analytics overview
  5. 5Real-time finance processing

Core Finance Topics

  1. 1Universal Journal (ACDOCA) - Elimination of index tables
  2. 2FI and CO single source of truth
  3. 3General Ledger in S/4HANA (New GL functionality, Ledger concepts)
  4. 4Parallel accounting & Document splitting
  5. 5Accounts Payable & Receivable (Business partner concept, Vendor/customer integration)
  6. 6Automatic payment program & Dunning process
  7. 7Asset Accounting in S/4HANA (New asset accounting architecture, Depreciation areas)
  8. 8Asset acquisition and retirement, Parallel valuation

Controlling Topics

  1. 1Cost Center Accounting (Cost center hierarchy, Planning and budgeting)
  2. 2Internal Orders (Statistical vs real orders, Budget monitoring)
  3. 3Profit Center Accounting (Real-time segment reporting)
  4. 4Product Costing (Cost estimate creation, Material ledger integration)
  5. 5Margin Analysis (New COPA, Account-based COPA, Real-time margin reporting)

HANA-Specific Topics

  1. 1SAP HANA Database Concepts (Columnar storage, In-memory computing)
  2. 2Embedded Analytics (CDS views, Real-time dashboards, KPI monitoring)
  3. 3SAP Fiori for Finance (Fiori launchpad, User experience improvements)

Integration Topics

  1. 1FI-MM Integration in S/4HANA (Procurement accounting flow, GR/IR accounting)
  2. 2FI-SD Integration (Revenue postings, Billing integration, Customer accounting)
  3. 3Manufacturing & Plant Finance (Production order costing, Variance settlement)

Closing & Reporting Topics

  1. 1Financial Closing Cockpit (Month-end close automation, Task monitoring)
  2. 2Group Reporting (Consolidation concepts, Intercompany elimination)
  3. 3Cash Management (Liquidity planning, Treasury overview)
  4. 4Real-Time Reporting (Embedded reporting tools, Drilldown analysis)

Migration & Conversion Topics

  1. 1ECC to S/4HANA Migration (Brownfield vs Greenfield, System conversion steps)
  2. 2Finance Data Migration (Master data migration, Open item migration)
  3. 3Business Partner Conversion (Vendor/customer to BP, Common issues)

Technical & Configuration Topics

  1. 1SAP FICO Configuration in S/4HANA (Enterprise structure, Account determination)
  2. 2Posting controls and Validations

Course Details

Fee
$2,000
Duration
6 Weeks
Delivery
Classroom / Online
Days
Sat & Sun
Time
10 am – 1 pm
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