Business Processes in Management Accounting in SAP S/4HANA (S4F20)

• Basic knowledge of business processes in SAP S/4HANA
• Familiarity with financial accounting principles
• Basic understanding of SAP GUI and SAP navigation

Audience

• Application consultants
• Business process owners
• System administrators

Business Processes in Management Accounting in SAP S/4HANA (S4F20) is a course designed to provide learners with a comprehensive understanding of how management accounting (also known as controlling, or CO) is integrated and handled within the SAP S/4HANA environment.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level business professionals who wish to gain detailed knowledge of the internal reporting and controlling processes, cost elements, cost centers, internal orders, and profit centers.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the core concepts and processes of management accounting in SAP S/4HANA.
• Be able to configure and use cost centers, internal orders, profit centers, and profitability analysis.
• Gain proficiency in using SAP Fiori apps for financial and management accounting reporting.

Format of the Course

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

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Introduction to Management Accounting in SAP S/4HANA

• Overview of Financial Accounting (FI) vs. Management Accounting (CO)
• Integration of management accounting with other SAP modules
• Key innovations in S/4HANA

Organizational Structures in Management Accounting

• Controlling Area
• Company Code
• Profit Center
• Segment

Master Data in Management Accounting

• Cost elements
• Cost centers
• Internal orders
• Profit centers
• Functional Area

Introduction to the Universal Journal (ACDOCA)

• Overview of the Universal Journal
• Key fields and integration of financial and management data

Cost Center Accounting

• Structure and purpose of cost centers
• Creating cost centers and cost center groups
• Allocating costs using distribution and assessment

Planning in Cost Center Accounting

• Defining cost center planning
• Cost center plan allocations

Internal Orders

• Overview and purpose of internal orders
• Creating and managing internal orders
• Monitoring and settlement of internal orders

Profit Center Accounting

• Overview of profit center accounting
• Assigning profit centers to company codes and cost centers
• Reporting and monitoring profit centers

Product Cost Controlling

• Overview of product cost planning
• Bill of Materials (BOM), routings, and activity types
• Material cost estimates with quantity structure

Actual Costing and Material Ledger

• Concepts of actual costing
• Material Ledger configuration
• Cost component split and variance calculation

Integration with Financial Accounting (FI)

• Integration points between CO and FI
• Real-time integration between management and financial accounting

Integration with Logistics and Production

• Integration of controlling with logistics (Materials Management and Production Planning)
• Costing and profitability analysis in production

Reporting in Management Accounting

• Reporting tools in SAP S/4HANA
• Overview of SAP Fiori apps for Management Accounting
• Creating and managing custom reports

Profitability Analysis (CO-PA)

• Overview of account-based vs. costing-based profitability analysis
• Reporting and analysis in CO-PA

Summary and Next Steps