Course Outline
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
Requirements
- Foundational 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.
Testimonials (2)
It was straight to the point and more practical
Lungelo Ndlela - SNG Grant Thornton
Course - SAP S/4 Hana (S/4Hana)
His calm and collected voice even though at points he was frustrated with the system, but kept his cool…
