Business Processes in Management Accounting in SAP S/4HANA [S4F20]

OVERVIEW

Participants of this course will gain an overview of the fundamental business processes and tasks of Management Accounting with SAP S/4HANA. You will learn how SAP S/4HANA covers the Management Accounting related business requirements and how the business processes and tasks are executed in the system. Especially if you are new to SAP Financials and if you want to focus on Management Accounting, this course is the right starting point for you.

OBJECTIVES

• Outline business concepts and methods involved in Management Accounting in the SAP S/4HANA system
• Perform Planning in Integrated Business Planning for Finance and outline Integrated Planning in Management Accounting
• Perform daily Postings in Management Accounting and make use of System Integration
• Carry out Period End Closing in Overhead Management Accounting and Product Cost Controlling

AUDIENCE

- Application Consultant

- Business Analyst

- Business Process Architect

- Business Process Owner / Team Lead / Power User

- Program/Project Manager

CONTENT

Overview of SAP S/4HANA

• Outlining the Motivation for SAP HANA and SAP S/4HANA
• Providing an Overview of the SAP S/4HANA Products and Adoption Strategies
• Using the SAP Fiori Front-End

Management Accounting Overview

• Comparing Financial Accounting and Management Accounting
• Defining Specific Tasks of Management Accounting Components

Organizational Units and Master Data in Management Accounting

• Identifying Organizational Units Used in Management Accounting
• Maintaining Master Data in Overhead Management Accounting
• Maintaining Additional Master Data in Overhead Management Accounting

Analytics in Management Accounting

• Analyzing Financial Values in Management Accounting
• Using Report Painter Reports
• Using basic SAP Fiori Reports
• Using Drilldown Reports

Planning in Management Accounting

• Identifying Planning and Cost Allocation Methods
• Identifying Planning Options in Overhead Management Accounting
• Optimizing Planning in Overhead Management Accounting

Integrated Planning Process in Management Accounting

• Integrating Sales Planning with Overhead Management Planning
• Integrating Overhead Management Planning with Business Plans
• Identifying the Integrated Planning Cycle for Service Industries
• Identifying the Integrated Planning for Profit Center Accounting
• Integrating Activity-Based Costing

Characteristics of Accounting Logic Integration

• Identifying Postings from Other Applications
• Posting from Financial Accounting and SAP HCM
• Creating Postings from Material Management
• Posting to Statistical Orders and Real Orders

Daily Postings in Management Accounting

• Posting Actual Costs in Overhead Management Accounting
• Budgeting Projects and Using Execution Services
• Analyzing Cost Object Controlling Scenarios
• Creating and Analyzing Postings in a Make-to-Stock Environment
• Creating and Analyzing Postings for Selling Make-to-Stock Goods
• Creating and Analyzing Postings for Selling Services

Period-End Closing for Management Accounting

• Performing Period-End Closing for Overhead Cost Controlling
• Performing Periodic Cost Allocations to Product Cost Controlling
• Performing Final Costing for Product Cost Controlling
• Managing Profit Analysis in Management Accounting