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.

* The price includes lunch, snacks and beverages.
* Prices are free of VAT.
* No parking is included in the price.
* Education is not included in the NLT membership fee.

Goals

This course will prepare you to:

• Outline business concepts and methods involved in Management Accounting in SAP S/4HANA
• 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, Product Cost Controlling and Profitability Analysis

Audience

• Application Consultant
• Business Analyst
• Business Process Architect
• Business Process Owner/ Team Lead/ Power User
• Program/Project Manager

Prerequisites

• Essential
• Management Accounting Process Knowledge
• Recommended
• None

Course based on software release

SAP S/4HANA 1809 SPS0

Content

1. 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

2. Management Accounting Overview

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

3. 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

4. Analytics in Management Accounting

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

5. Planning in Management Accounting

• Identifying Planning and Cost Allocation Methods
• Identifying Planning Options in Overhead Management Accounting using integration in ECC and integration to BPC in Cost Center Accounting
• Optimizing Planning in Overhead Management Accounting

6. 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

7. Characteristics of Accounting Logic Integration

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

8. Daily Postings in Management Accounting

• Posting Actual Costs in Overhead Management Accounting
• Budgeting Internal Orders 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

9. Period-End Closing for Management Accounting

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

Notes

• The course content is limited to the most important functions in the Management Accounting integrated environment. You can learn about technical system configuration (customizing) and get answers to more detailed questions on individual applications in the advanced courses.
• This course is suitable for people with little or no SAP experience. However, a background of accounting knowledge is recommended. This course features a high level of individual participation.
• The scope of this course is comparable with the SAP ERP course AC040 Business Processes of Management Accounting.

Management Accounting Process Knowledge