Overview of Finance in SAP S/4HANA (F0100)

Characteristics

The Overview of Finance in SAP S/4HANA (F0100) is a course that provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of financial processes and capabilities in SAP S/4HANA. It is designed to introduce essential functions and innovations in financial management within SAP S/4HANA, focusing on key components such as Financial Accounting (FI), Management Accounting (CO), and integration with other business processes in areas like sales, purchasing, and materials management.

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the architecture and capabilities of SAP S/4HANA.
• Perform basic financial transactions in the General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable.
• Work with cost centers, profit centers, and internal orders.
• Understand integrated financial planning processes in SAP S/4HANA.
• Execute basic financial tasks, including closing, reporting, and analysis in SAP S/4HANA.

Course format

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Practical implementation in a live-lab environment.

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of finance and accounting principles.

Target Audience

• Finance professionals.
• Business analysts.

Introduction to SAP S/4HANA and Finance

• Overview of SAP S/4HANA architecture
• Key innovations in SAP S/4HANA for finance
• Fiori applications for financial processes
• Universal Journal: Single source of truth for financial and management accounting

Overview of Financial Accounting (FI)

• Overview of the FI module in SAP S/4HANA
• General Ledger (GL)
• Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR)
• Asset accounting and integration with FI
• Key differences between ECC and S/4HANA in FI processes

Overview of Management Accounting (CO)

• Overview of the CO module in SAP S/4HANA
• Posting cost elements and integration with FI
• Posting to cost centers, profit centers
• Internal orders and their management
• Profitability Analysis (CO-PA)

Key Integrations with Other SAP Modules

• Integration of FI with Sales and Distribution (SD), Materials Management (MM) modules
• Financial Supply Chain Management (FSCM)
• Treasury and Risk Management in SAP S/4HANA
• Overview of financial consolidation tools

Financial Closing and Reporting

• Financial closing processes in SAP S/4HANA
• Key Fiori apps for monitoring the financial close
• Introduction to financial statements in SAP S/4HANA (Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Statement)
• Consolidation with Group Reporting tools

Planning and Budgeting in SAP S/4HANA

• Overview of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) for finance
• Budgeting and forecasting processes
• Real-time planning and analysis with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)
• Financial planning with embedded analytics

SAP Central Finance

• Introduction to SAP Central Finance
• Use cases and benefits of Central Finance
• Real-time replication of financial data from other SAP and non-SAP systems
• Considerations for implementing Central Finance

Key Innovations and Future Trends in SAP Finance

• Machine learning and artificial intelligence in finance (automation of financial processes)
• Predictive accounting and reporting
• Advanced analytics for financial insights
• Future trends in digital finance

Summary and Next Steps