SAP FICO Consultant (S/4HANA Finance)

Phase 1, Foundation. Four theory days on how SAP FICO is organised, then a lab day in the system.

• ERP & SAP overview; SAP FICO architecture and navigation
• Organisational elements: Company, Company Code, Business Area, Segment
• Fiscal Year Variant, Posting Periods, Document Types, Number Ranges
• Chart of Accounts (COA), Account Groups, Retained Earnings setup

Phase 1, Foundation. The ledger every other module posts into.

• GL master data creation, field status variants, posting rules
• Document posting methods, recurring entries, parked documents, sample documents
• Tax on sales and purchases (input / output tax configuration)
• Introduction to New GL and the document splitting concept

Phase 2, Sub-ledgers. What the company owes, from vendor master to payment run.

• Vendor master (Business Partner in S/4HANA), account groups, reconciliation accounts
• Invoice posting, credit memos, down payments, special GL indicators
• Automatic Payment Program (APP) configuration and execution
• AP reports: open items, aged payables, vendor line items

Phase 2, Sub-ledgers. What customers owe, collections and dunning.

• Customer master / Business Partner, account groups, reconciliation setup
• Invoices, incoming payments, partial and residual clearing, payment differences
• Dunning: procedures, levels, charges, dunning run and notices
• AR reporting: customer analysis, open items, aged receivables

Phase 2, Sub-ledgers. Fixed assets and bank transactions, integrated with the GL.

• Chart of Depreciation, depreciation areas, asset classes
• Asset master data, acquisitions, retirements, transfers, APC and depreciation
• Bank master data, house banks, bank reconciliation, electronic bank statements
• Integration of AA and Bank with the GL; period-end asset reporting

Phase 3, Controlling (CO) core. Where costs come from and who owns them.

• Controlling area, operating concern, cost element types (primary / secondary)
• Cost center hierarchy, planning, actual postings, assessments and distributions
• Activity types, price calculation, internal activity allocation
• CO reports: cost center actual vs plan, variance analysis

Phase 3, Controlling (CO) core. Profitability by unit and cost tracking by order.

• Profit center accounting: creation, hierarchy, assignment to GL / CO objects
• Document splitting linkage to profit centers, PCA reports
• Internal orders: types, budgeting, settlement rules, WIP and settlements
• Integration scenarios: internal orders with assets, cost centers and projects

Phase 4, Advanced FI / CO. The configuration senior consultants are expected to know.

• New GL deep dive: parallel ledgers, segment reporting, extension ledgers (S/4HANA)
• Validations and substitutions in FI, substitution rules for GL, AP and AR
• Financial Closing Cockpit: tasks, dependencies, period-end checklist
• Data migration basics for master data (concepts, tools overview such as LTMC in S/4HANA)

Phase 4, Integration and closing. How FICO connects to the rest of SAP, ending with an end-to-end capstone.

• FI-CO integration points and key tables; integration with MM (GR/IR), SD (billing) and PP
• Product Cost Controlling: cost component structure, cost estimates, variance analysis basics
• Profitability Analysis (CO-PA): account-based vs costing-based, characteristics, value fields
• Reporting strategy: standard reports, drilldown reporting, core Fiori apps for finance