Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 179 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 691 g
Reihe: SAP PRESS: englisch
Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 179 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 691 g
Reihe: SAP PRESS: englisch
ISBN: 978-1-59229-446-6
Verlag: SAP PR
Your course is set and the light is green. Enable your business to navigate the hairpin turns of the financial close process with this end-to-end overview. Guided by practical workflow scenarios and customer examples, learn how to maximize the potential of SAP’s financial close solutions. From start to finish, manage data integrity issues, optimize your financial close processes, and handle system integration. Close your books in record time with this one-stop resource for all your financial closing needs!
1. Streamlined Financial Close Workflow
Align your business workflows to support a streamlined financial close process.
2. A Financial Close Action Plan
Learn how to build a business case, create a clear action plan for your financial close process, and avoid the common barriers.
3. Reporting
Proactively address disclosure management and weather regulatory change with finesse and flexibility.
4. Real-Time Visibility
Visualize your financial close success and identify issues with real time analysis and the Financial Closing Cockpit.
5. Practical Case Studies and Examples
Learn how industry peers have improved their financial close processes and reduced risk.
Highlights include: - General Ledger close
- Controlling close
- Inventory management
- Entity close management
- Intercompany reconciliation
- Information management
- Process governance
- Financial consolidation
- Disclosure management
- Financial reporting
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Foreword. 15Preface. 19Acknowledgments. 231. Introduction to the Financial Close. 25
1.1. The Business Case for a Fast High-Quality Close. 26
1.2. Components of the Financial Close. 32
1.3. How Fast Is Fast?. 33
1.4. Barriers to a Fast, High-Quality Close Process. 36
1.5. Summary. 40
2. Creating an Action Plan for Improving Your Financial Close. 41
2.1. Vision, Benchmarking, and Sponsorship. 42
2.2. Quick Wins. 48
2.3. Big Wins. 54
2.4. Continuous Improvements. 57
2.5. Summary. 59
3. Information Management. 61
3.1. Defining Data and Information. 63
3.2. Master Data Management. 64
3.3. Transactional Data Management. 67
3.4. Summary. 75
4. The General Ledger and Subledger Close. 77
4.1. SAP ERP Financials Concepts. 77
4.2. The General Ledger Close. 83
4.3. The Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Close. 88
4.4. Asset Accounting Close. 91
4.5. Inventory Management. 94
4.6. Reporting. 100
4.7. Summary. 102
5. The Financial Close in Controlling. 103
5.1. Cost Element Accounting. 105
5.2. Cost Centers. 110
5.3. Internal Orders. 115
5.4. Project Systems. 116
5.5. Product Costing. 119
5.6. Profitability Analysis. 124
5.7. Profit Centers. 127
5.8. Year-End Closing. 128
5.9. Reconciliation Between the FI and CO Modules. 129
5.10. Summary. 129
6. Entity Close Management. 131
6.1. Plan and Prepare the Entity Close. 132
6.2. Execute the Entity Close. 134
6.3. Customer Story: Dow Chemicals' Faster, Less Costly Financial Close Process with SAP Solutions. 136
6.4. Monitor the Entity Close. 137
6.5. Summary. 139
7. Enhanced Internal Controls for Better Compliance. 141
7.1. Access Risk Management. 144
7.2. Identifying Controls across a Business Process. 148
7.3. Audit Management. 151
7.4. GRC Analytics. 153
7.5. Summary. 156
8. Intercompany Reconciliation. 157
8.1. Defining Intercompany Reconciliation. 157
8.2. SAP Solutions for Intercompany Reconciliation. 158
8.3. Managing the Intercompany Process. 161
8.4. Faster, Collaborative Intercompany Reconciliation with SAP Intercompany. 163
8.5. SAP Intercompany Deployment Options. 165
8.6. Security and Configuration. 167
8.7. Summary. 168
9. Financial Consolidation. 169
9.1. Data Collection. 171
9.2. Processing Data. 183
9.3. Differentiation between Consolidation Solutions. 196
9.4. Starter Kits. 204
9.5. Summary. 210
10. Disclosure Management and XBRL Filings. 213
10.1. Collect Information from Source Systems. 217
10.2. Manage Financial Statements and Reports. 224
10.3. Collaboration and Workflow. 228
10.4. Publish Disclosure Statements and Reports. 234
10.5. Create and File XBRL Statements. 236
10.6. Summary. 243
11. Financial Reporting. 245
11.1. Reporting Requirements. 245
11.2. Reporting Delivery Methods. 254
11.3. Summary. 258
12. The Future of Finance and Its Impact on the Financial Close. 259
12.1. Economic Environment and the Role of Finance. 259
12.2. Financial Operations. 262
12.3. Managing Stakeholder Expectations. 265
12.4. Ensuring Regulatory Compliance. 271
12.5. Summary. 275
13. Conclusion. 277Appendices. 281
A. Glossary. 283
B. References. 287
C. The Authors. 289
Index. 291