Starting a new SAP S/4HANA Finance implementation? Get it right the first time! From setting up an organizational structure to defining master data, this comprehensive guide to configuring SAP S/4HANA Finance walks you through each key task. Follow step-by-step instructions organized by functional area: general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, margin analysis, group reporting, and more. Customize SAP S/4HANA to meet your FI/CO needs!
Highlights Include:
1) Controlling
2) Financial accounting
3) General ledger
4) Accounts payable (AP)
5) Accounts receivable (AR)
6) Asset accounting
7) Bank accounting
8) Cost center accounting
9) Internal orders
10) Margin analysis
11) Predictive accounting
12) Group reporting
Inhaltsverzeichnis
. . . Preface . . . 21
. . . Objective of This Book . . . 21
. . . Target Audience . . . 22
. . . Organization of This Book . . . 22
. . . How to Read This Book . . . 25
. . . Introduction . . . 29
. . . Your New SAP S/4HANA System . . . 29
. . . Your New Finance Solution . . . 33
. . . Configuration Interface . . . 42
. . . Summary . . . 43
1 . . . SAP S/4HANA Implementation Options . . . 45
1. 1 . . . On-Premise SAP S/4HANA . . . 46
1. 2 . . . SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition . . . 47
1. 3 . . . SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition . . . 48
1. 4 . . . Central Finance with SAP S/4HANA . . . 51
1. 5 . . . Summary . . . 52
2 . . . Project Preparation . . . 53
2. 1 . . . Defining Your Project Objectives . . . 53
2. 2 . . . Greenfield Implementations versus Brownfield Implementations . . . 55
2. 3 . . . Defining the Project Scope . . . 57
2. 4 . . . Defining the Project Timeline . . . 58
2. 5 . . . Assembling the Project Team . . . 60
2. 6 . . . Summary . . . 62
3 . . . Requirements Analysis . . . 63
3. 1 . . . Template Requirements Analysis . . . 64
3. 2 . . . Localization Fit/Gap Analysis . . . 69
3. 3 . . . Summary . . . 74
4 . . . Financial Accounting Global Settings . . . 75
4. 1 . . . New Finance Data Model in SAP S/4HANA . . . 75
4. 2 . . . Organizational Structure . . . 78
4. 3 . . . Ledgers . . . 91
4. 4 . . . Universal Parallel Accounting . . . 96
4. 5 . . . Document Types . . . 98
4. 6 . . . Currencies . . . 104
4. 7 . . . Taxes . . . 107
4. 8 . . . Summary . . . 116
5 . . . General Ledger . . . 117
5. 1 . . . Master Data . . . 117
5. 2 . . . Document Splitting . . . 127
5. 3 . . . Automatic Postings and Account Determination . . . 133
5. 4 . . . Periodic Processing and Financial Closing . . . 139
5. 5 . . . Information System . . . 152
5. 6 . . . SAP Fiori Apps . . . 158
5. 7 . . . Summary . . . 162
6 . . . Accounts Payable . . . 165
6. 1 . . . Business Partner . . . 165
6. 2 . . . Business Transactions . . . 174
6. 3 . . . Information System . . . 192
6. 4 . . . Summary . . . 201
7 . . . Accounts Receivable . . . 203
7. 1 . . . Business Partners . . . 203
7. 2 . . . Business Transactions . . . 221
7. 3 . . . Taxes . . . 231
7. 4 . . . Customer Correspondence . . . 238
7. 5 . . . Information System . . . 243
7. 6 . . . Summary . . . 249
8 . . . Fixed Assets . . . 251
8. 1 . . . Organizational Structures . . . 252
8. 2 . . . Master Data . . . 262
8. 3 . . . Business Transactions . . . 279
8. 4 . . . Valuation and Closing . . . 286
8. 5 . . . Information System . . . 299
8. 6 . . . Summary . . . 310
9 . . . Bank Accounting . . . 311
9. 1 . . . Master Data . . . 311
9. 2 . . . Automatic Payment Program . . . 320
9. 3 . . . Payment Files . . . 338
9. 4 . . . Electronic Bank Statements . . . 343
9. 5 . . . Summary . . . 351
10 . . . General Controlling and Cost Element Accounting . . . 353
10. 1 . . . General Controlling Settings . . . 353
10. 2 . . . Master Data . . . 362
10. 3 . . . Actual Postings . . . 366
10. 4 . . . Summary . . . 372
11 . . . Cost Center Accounting . . . 373
11. 1 . . . Master Data . . . 373
11. 2 . . . Actual Postings . . . 391
11. 3 . . . Periodic Allocations . . . 397
11. 4 . . . Planning . . . 414
11. 5 . . . Information System . . . 420
11. 6 . . . Summary . . . 426
12 . . . Internal Orders . . . 429
12. 1 . . . Master Data . . . 429
12. 2 . . . Budgeting . . . 446
12. 3 . . . Actual Postings and Periodic Allocations . . . 451
12. 4 . . . Planning . . . 462
12. 5 . . . Information System . . . 468
12. 6 . . . Summary . . . 477
13 . . . Profit Center Accounting . . . 479
13. 1 . . . Master Data . . . 480
13. 2 . . . Profit Center Derivation . . . 488
13. 3 . . . Information System . . . 495
13. 4 . . . Summary . . . 506
14 . . . Margin Analysis . . . 507
14. 1 . . . Overview of Margin Analysis . . . 507
14. 2 . . . Master Data . . . 510
14. 3 . . . Data Flow . . . 526
14. 4 . . . Integrated Planning . . . 545
14. 5 . . . Information System . . . 552
14. 6 . . . Summary . . . 559
15 . . . Predictive Accounting . . . 561
15. 1 . . . Configuration . . . 561
15. 2 . . . Data Flow . . . 569
15. 3 . . . Information System . . . 574
15. 4 . . . Summary . . . 579
16 . . . Product Costing . . . 581
16. 1 . . . Master Data . . . 581
16. 2 . . . Product Cost Planning . . . 591
16. 3 . . . Actual Costing and Material Ledger . . . 620
16. 4 . . . Information System . . . 629
16. 5 . . . Summary . . . 635
17 . . . Group Reporting . . . 637
17. 1 . . . Group Reporting Basics . . . 637
17. 2 . . . Global Settings . . . 640
17. 3 . . . Data Collection and Consolidation Configuration . . . 647
17. 4 . . . Summary . . . 664
18 . . . Data Migration . . . 665
18. 1 . . . Brownfield Implementation Migration . . . 665
18. 2 . . . Greenfield Implementation Migration . . . 676
18. 3 . . . Financial Migration Objects . . . 684
18. 4 . . . Summary . . . 690
19 . . . Testing . . . 691
19. 1 . . . The Testing Process . . . 691
19. 2 . . . Unit Testing . . . 697
19. 3 . . . Integration Testing . . . 698
19. 4 . . . User Acceptance Testing . . . 703
19. 5 . . . Summary . . . 707
20 . . . Go-Live and Support . . . 709
20. 1 . . . Preparation for the Go-Live . . . 709
20. 2 . . . Activities during the Go-Live . . . 712
20. 3 . . . Validation of the Go-Live . . . 719
20. 4 . . . Hypercare Production Support . . . 720
20. 5 . . . Summary . . . 724
. . . Appendices . . . 727
A . . . Obsolete and New Transaction Codes and Tables in SAP S/4HANA . . . 727
B . . . The Author . . . 731
. . . Index . . . 733
