Tritschler, J: Financial Accounting with SAP S/4HANA

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4932-1863-9
Verlag: Rheinwerk Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 604 Seiten, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1232 g

Reihe: SAP PRESS Englisch

Finance professionals, it’s time to simplify your day-to-day. This book walks through your financial accounting tasks in your SAP S/4HANA system. For each of your core FI business processes—general ledger accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and fixed asset accounting—learn how to complete key tasks, click by click. Whether you’re using SAP GUI transactions or SAP Fiori apps, complete your FI operations smoothly and efficiently!

In this book, you’ll learn about:

a. Financial Accounting Basics
See your finance workflows from end to end, and discover how key SAP S/4HANA simplifications impact financial accounting. Walk through standard processes such as order-to-cash and purchase-to-pay, the organizational structure, and how FI integrates with controlling.

b. Tasks and Transactions
Follow step-by-step instructions to complete your daily FI tasks in SAP S/4HANA, including period-end close and reporting. Learn to perform event-based revenue recognition for project accounting in SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

c. SAP GUI and SAP Fiori
See your tasks illustrated with detailed screenshots for both the traditional SAP GUI interface and the corresponding SAP Fiori applications. Tap in to new functionality and an improved user experience!

Highlights Include:
1) General ledger accounting
2) Fixed asset accounting
3) Accounts payable
4) Accounts receivable
5) Project accounting
6) Organizational structure
7) Period-end closing
8) Reporting
9) SAP GUI transactions
10) SAP Fiori apps

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tritschler, Jonas

Walz, Stefan

Rupp, Reinhard

Mucka, Nertila

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware SAP
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensfinanzen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

... Foreword ... 15

... Preface ... 17

... Who This Book Is For ... 17

... How This Book Is Organized ... 17

... Acknowledgments ... 20

... Conclusion ... 20

1 ... Introduction to SAP S/4HANA ... 21

1.1 ... Deployment Models ... 21

1.2 ... Universal Journal ... 24

1.3 ... Simplifications ... 29

1.4 ... User Interfaces ... 35

1.5 ... Summary ... 41

2 ... Organizational Structure and Integration ... 43

2.1 ... Standard Financial Accounting Processes ... 43

2.2 ... Organizational Elements of Financial Accounting ... 49

2.3 ... Integration of Financial Accounting and Management Accounting ... 71

2.4 ... Summary ... 87

3 ... General Ledger Accounting ... 89

3.1 ... Record-to-Report ... 89

3.2 ... General Ledger Master Data ... 99

3.3 ... General Ledger Posting Documents ... 114

3.4 ... Resetting and Reversing Documents ... 149

3.5 ... Bank Accounting ... 158

3.6 ... General Ledger Period-End Closing ... 175

3.7 ... General Ledger Reporting ... 189

3.8 ... Summary ... 205

4 ... Accounts Payable ... 207

4.1 ... Purchase-to-Pay ... 208

4.2 ... Vendor Accounts ... 228

4.3 ... Vendor Invoices ... 239

4.4 ... Outgoing Payments ... 247

4.5 ... Process Exceptions ... 267

4.6 ... Accounts Payable Period-End Closing ... 275

4.7 ... Accounts Payable Reporting ... 301

4.8 ... Summary ... 313

5 ... Accounts Receivable ... 315

5.1 ... Order-to-Cash Process ... 316

5.2 ... Customer Accounts ... 328

5.3 ... Customer Invoices ... 337

5.4 ... Customer Payments ... 342

5.5 ... Process Exceptions ... 353

5.6 ... Dunning ... 363

5.7 ... Credit Management ... 368

5.8 ... Accounts Receivable Period-End Closing ... 375

5.9 ... Accounts Receivable Reporting ... 405

5.10 ... Summary ... 421

6 ... Fixed Asset Accounting ... 423

6.1 ... Acquire-to-Retire Process ... 424

6.2 ... Fixed Asset Accounts and Master Data ... 429

6.3 ... Fixed Asset Explorer ... 453

6.4 ... Asset Transactions ... 462

6.5 ... Fixed Assets Period-End Closing ... 485

6.6 ... Fixed Assets Reporting ... 503

6.7 ... Summary ... 515

7 ... Customer Project Accounting ... 517

7.1 ... Customer Project Scenario in SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 518

7.2 ... Event-Based Revenue Recognition ... 554

7.3 ... Simplified Period-End Close ... 582

7.4 ... Summary ... 584

... The Authors ... 587

... Index ... 589

Über Autor(innen)

Tritschler, Jonas
Jonas Tritschler is a managing director at FALK IT Audit & Consulting GmbH. As a certified accountant and holder of a PHD in accounting, taxation, and auditing, he trains CPAs in SAP for performing financial audits and internal control tests over the preparation of financial statements.
Jonas is responsible for the audit and evaluation of IT systems and applications, and ensures the security and compliance of applications, especially in the sensitive areas of accounting and finance. In this role, he benefits from his experience as an SAP user, which he gained over many years as interim manager and CFO.

Rupp, Reinhard
Reinhard Rupp is a professor for controlling, finance, and accounting. With many years of experience as an auditor and 18 years of experience as a top executive/CFO in various companies, including responsibility for IT/SAP systems, he has a profound understanding of the practical requirements and an eye for the strategic possibilities of the new architecture.

Mucka, Nertila
Nertila Mucka is a senior consultant at FALK IT Audit & Consulting GmbH, holding a master’s degree in information technology and finance and accounting systems. She has 6 years of experience in reviewing accounting and ERP systems, especially finance and Basis components in SAP for compliance and security purposes. She is a co-teacher for SAP for certified accountants in Germany, and develops automated tools for reviewing settings for the SAP S/4HANA environment.

Walz, Stefan
Stefan Walz is chief business process architect for SAP S/4HANA financials at SAP. He has more than 25 years of SAP financials experience through his work in SAP consulting and various roles in financials development. He is co-inventor of the Universal Journal management accounting and event-based revenue recognition. Today, Stefan is responsible for the process integration of the financials component to customer projects, service, and sales in SAP S/4HANA. He regularly works together with CO-Innovation customers.

Jonas Tritschler is a managing director at FALK IT Audit & Consulting GmbH. As a certified accountant and holder of a PHD in accounting, taxation, and auditing, he trains CPAs in SAP for performing financial audits and internal control tests over the preparation of financial statements.Jonas is responsible for the audit and evaluation of IT systems and applications, and ensures the security and compliance of applications, especially in the sensitive areas of accounting and finance. In this role, he benefits from his experience as an SAP user, which he gained over many years as interim manager and CFO.

Stefan Walz is chief business process architect for SAP S/4HANA financials at SAP. He has more than 25 years of SAP financials experience through his work in SAP consulting and various roles in financials development. He is co-inventor of the Universal Journal management accounting and event-based revenue recognition. Today, Stefan is responsible for the process integration of the financials component to customer projects, service, and sales in SAP S/4HANA. He regularly works together with CO-Innovation customers.

Reinhard Rupp is a professor for controlling, finance, and accounting. With many years of experience as an auditor and 18 years of experience as a top executive/CFO in various companies, including responsibility for IT/SAP systems, he has a profound understanding of the practical requirements and an eye for the strategic possibilities of the new architecture.

Nertila Mucka is a senior consultant at FALK IT Audit & Consulting GmbH, holding a master's degree in information technology and finance and accounting systems. She has 6 years of experience in reviewing accounting and ERP systems, especially finance and Basis components in SAP for compliance and security purposes. She is a co-teacher for SAP for certified accountants in Germany, and develops automated tools for reviewing settings for the SAP S/4HANA environment.