SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting Certification Guide - Application Associate Exam

Preparing for your financial accounting exam? Make the grade with this SAP S/4HANA 1909 and 2020 certification study guide! From general ledger accounting to financial closing, this guide reviews the key technical and functional knowledge you need to get a high score on your SAP S/4HANA for Financial Accounting Associates exam. Explore test methodology, key concepts for each topic area, and practice questions and answers. Your path to financial accounting certification begins here!

Highlights Include:
1) Exam C_TS4FI_1909
2) Exam C_TS4FI_2020
3) Deployment
4) General ledger accounting
5) Accounts payable (AP)
6) Accounts receivable (AR)
7) Asset accounting
8) Financial closing
9) Document parking
10) Validations and substitutions
11) Bank account management

List of contents

... Preface ... 15

... Target Audience ... 15

... Structure of This Book ... 15

... Practice Questions ... 18

... Summary ... 18

... Introduction: The Path to Certification ... 19

... Who This Book Is For ... 20

... Certifications for SAP Financials in SAP S/4HANA ... 21

... SAP Training and Adoption Courses ... 27

... Ways to Learn ... 29

... Advice for Taking the Certification Exam ... 32

... Additional Learning Resources ... 36

... Summary ... 43

1 ... Overview and Deployment of SAP S/4HANA ... 45

1.1 ... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 46

1.2 ... Digital Transformation ... 47

1.3 ... Intelligent Enterprise Framework ... 47

1.4 ... SAP S/4HANA ... 50

1.5 ... SAP Fiori User Interface ... 54

1.6 ... Important Terminology ... 66

1.7 ... Practice Questions ... 67

1.8 ... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 71

1.9 ... Test Takeaway ... 73

1.10 ... Summary ... 74

2 ... General Ledger Accounting ... 75

2.1 ... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 76

2.2 ... Organizational Units ... 77

2.3 ... Integration with Non-Financial Accounting Organizational Units ... 89

2.4 ... Master Records ... 92

2.5 ... Global Financial Accounting Configuration ... 104

2.6 ... Business Transactions in the General Ledger ... 133

2.7 ... Important Terminology ... 144

2.8 ... Practice Questions ... 146

2.9 ... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 153

2.10 ... Test Takeaway ... 159

2.11 ... Summary ... 159

3 ... Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable ... 161

3.1 ... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 162

3.2 ... Business Partners ... 163

3.3 ... Payment Terms ... 182

3.4 ... Invoicing ... 188

3.5 ... Manual Payments ... 195

3.6 ... Automatic Payments ... 198

3.7 ... Dunning ... 215

3.8 ... Correspondence ... 227

3.9 ... Special General Ledger Accounting ... 230

3.10 ... Reporting ... 237

3.11 ... Important Terminology ... 241

3.12 ... Practice Questions ... 243

3.13 ... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 249

3.14 ... Test Takeaway ... 254

3.15 ... Summary ... 255

4 ... Asset Accounting ... 257

4.1 ... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 258

4.2 ... Fixed Asset Accounting ... 259

4.3 ... Chart of Depreciation ... 260

4.4 ... Depreciation Areas ... 261

4.5 ... Asset Class ... 264

4.6 ... Account Determination ... 266

4.7 ... Screen Layouts ... 268

4.8 ... User-Defined Fields ... 270

4.9 ... Asset Master Data ... 271

4.10 ... Integration with Plant Maintenance ... 272

4.11 ... Asset Transaction Types ... 273

4.12 ... Asset Acquisitions ... 274

4.13 ... Asset Retirements ... 282

4.14 ... Asset Transfers ... 285

4.15 ... Low-Value Assets ... 288

4.16 ... Assets Under Construction ... 289

4.17 ... Investment Support Measures ... 291

4.18 ... Asset Depreciation ... 293

4.19 ... Asset Year-End Process ... 297

4.20 ... Asset Reporting ... 299

4.21 ... Asset Legacy Data Transfer ... 304

4.22 ... Important Terminology ... 308

4.23 ... Practice Questions ... 310

4.24 ... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 314

4.25 ... Test Takeaway ... 318

4.26 ... Summary ... 319

5 ... Financial Closing ... 321

5.1 ... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 322

5.2 ... Financial Statement Version ... 323

5.3 ... General Ledger Closing ... 334

5.4 ... Accruals and Deferrals ... 340

5.5 ... Accruals Management ... 343

5.6 ... Closing Activities in Receivables and Payables ... 350

5.7 ... Closing Activities in Materials Management ... 361

5.8 ... SAP S/4HANA Financial Closing Cockpit ... 367

5.9 ... Methods for Intercompany Matching and Reconciliation ... 371

5.10 ... Important Terminology ... 373

5.11 ... Practice Questions ... 375

5.12 ... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 380

5.13 ... Test Takeaway ... 382

5.14 ... Summary ... 383

6 ... Organizational Assignments and Process Integration ... 385

6.1 ... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 387

6.2 ... Bank Account Management ... 387

6.3 ... Document Parking ... 392

6.4 ... Journal Entry Verification ... 402

6.5 ... Validations and Substitutions ... 407

6.6 ... Data Archiving ... 418

6.7 ... Data Aging ... 425

6.8 ... Important Terminology ... 429

6.9 ... Practice Questions ... 432

6.10 ... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 436

6.11 ... Test Takeaway ... 439

6.12 ... Summary ... 439

A ... The Author ... 441

... Index ... 443

About the author

Stefanos Pougkas is the certification exam owner for the 1909 and 2020 exams, and has led the effort to design and write questions for these exams. More generally, at SAP Education, he is part of the learning architect team and is responsible for the financials curriculum. He is a subject matter expert for financials courses and lead trainer in the global SAP Financials learning room.

Summary

Preparing for your financial accounting exam? Make the grade with this SAP S/4HANA 1909 and 2020 certification study guide! From general ledger accounting to financial closing, this guide reviews the key technical and functional knowledge you need to get a high score on your SAP S/4HANA for Financial Accounting Associates exam. Explore test methodology, key concepts for each topic area, and practice questions and answers. Your path to financial accounting certification begins here!

Highlights Include:
1) Exam C_TS4FI_1909
2) Exam C_TS4FI_2020
3) Deployment
4) General ledger accounting
5) Accounts payable (AP)
6) Accounts receivable (AR)
7) Asset accounting
8) Financial closing
9) Document parking
10) Validations and substitutions
11) Bank account management

Product details

• Authors: Stefanos Pougkas
• Publisher: Rheinwerk Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2021
• EAN: 9781493221271
• ISBN: 978-1-4932-2127-1
• No. of pages: 449
• Dimensions: 176 mm x 27 mm x 254 mm
• Weight: 951 g
• Series: SAP Press; SAP PRESS Englisch
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; SAP S4 HANA Finance, SAP S4/HANA Finance, SAP S4HANA Finance, SAP Simple Finance, SFin, Asset Accounting, Document parking, FI certification, Accounts receivable (AR), Financial closing