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Course Summary:

Learn about the time frame and integration flow of the financial closing procedure and the relevant customizing activities involved.

Course Duration: 4 days


Course Content:

Unit 1: Financial Closing Overview and Basic Settings

  • Explaining the Periodic Closing Process
  • Explain the order in which closing activities are carried out        
  • Explaining Basic Settings in General Ledger Accounting (new)
  • Explain the basic settings in General Ledger Accounting (new)
  • Explain the entity segment

Unit 2: Financial Statements

  • Managing Financial Statements
  • Execute the financial statement report (RFBILA00)
  • Maintain financial statement versions
  • Executing Drilldown Reports

Unit 3: Fixed and Current Assets

  • Executing Closing Activities Within Asset Accounting
  • Execute the depreciation posting program
  • Execute the fiscal year change program
  • Execute the fiscal year-end program
  • Create the asset history sheetManaging Closing Activities in Materials Management
  • Manage the physical inventory procedure
  • Manage the GR/IR clearing account
  • Manage different types of stock valuation

Unit 4: Receivables and Payables

  • Creating Balance Confirmations
  • Explain closing activities in receivables and payables
  • Create balance confirmationsManaging the Foreign Currency Valuation
  • Explain the various methods of foreign currency valuation
  • Manage the foreign currency valuation of open items
  • Manage the foreign currency valuation of balance sheet accountsManaging Value Adjustments
  • Explain the different types of value adjustments
  • Post individual value adjustments
  • Manage flat-rate individual value adjustment
  • Regrouping Receivables and Payables
  • Regroup receivables and payables
  • Regroup receivables and payables with affiliated companies
  • Regroup open items based on changed reconciliation accounts

Unit 5: Accruals and Deferrals

  • Posting Accruals and Deferrals
  • Post accruals and deferrals manually
  • Post accruals and deferrals automatically

Unit 6: Technical, Organizational, and Documentary Closing Activities

  • Managing Technical Steps During the Period-End Closing Activities
  • Explain technical, organizational, and documentary closing activities
  • Execute the balance carryforward program
  • Open and close posting periods
  • Execute technical reconciliationExecuting the Balance Audit Trail
  • Explaining the Purpose of Document Splitting in General Ledger Accounting (new)
  • Managing CO-FI Real-Time Integration
  • Posting Ledger Group-Specific FI Documents

Unit 7: Financial Closing Cockpit

  • Managing the Financial Closing Cockpit
  • Explain the advantages of the Financial Closing Cockpit (FCC)
  • Configure the FCC
  • Execute tasks in the task list
  • Manage tasks with dependencies

Unit 8: Intercompany Reconciliation

  • Performing the Intercompany Reconciliation Process
  • Explain the Intercompany reconciliation process and functions
  • Perform the Intercompany reconciliation process for open Accounts Receivable (AR) and Accounts Payable (AP) items