📘 SAP S/4HANA Finance Training – Full Curriculum

Module 1: SAP & S/4HANA Basics

1. Introduction to ERP and enterprise business processes

2. SAP system overview and architecture

3. What is S/4HANA and key differences from ECC

4. Navigation in SAP GUI and Fiori Launchpad

5. Finance & Controlling module overview

6. SAP organizational structure: Company, Company Code, Business Area

7. Fiscal year variants, posting period variants, currency concepts

8. Document types, number ranges – basic understanding

9. Integration overview with other SAP modules

10. Universal Journal concept introduction

Module 2: Financial Accounting – General Ledger

1. Chart of Accounts structure and configuration

2. GL master data creation & field controls

3. Posting Keys and Account Groups

4. Journal entries, recurring entries, reversals

5. Opening & closing posting periods

6. Parallel ledgers and document splitting

7. Foreign currency valuation and exchange rate types

8. Accruals/deferrals and period end tasks

9. Financial Statement Version creation

10. GL reporting and analysis

Module 3: Financial Accounting – AP & AR

1. Vendor master creation and account groups

2. Vendor invoice postings and credit memo processing

3. Automatic Payment Program – APP

4. Vendor down payments & Special GL transactions

5. Customer master creation and field settings

6. Sales invoice posting and incoming payments

7. Customer dunning procedures

8. Balance confirmations and reconciliation

9. Tax handling in payables/receivables

10. AP & AR reporting

Module 4: Asset Accounting 

1. Asset master data and asset classes

2. Depreciation areas and depreciation keys

3. Asset acquisition, purchase, retirement & transfers

4. Depreciation run and posting to GL

5. Asset history sheet and reporting

6. Asset lifecycle management

Module 5: Controlling – Cost Element & Cost Center Accounting

1. Controlling Area configuration

2. Primary & Secondary cost elements

3. Standard hierarchy for cost centers

4. Cost center master and category setup

5. Posting expenses & allocations

6. Cost center planning and budgeting

7. Statistical key figures usage

8. Internal Orders introduction

9. Settlement rules for internal orders

10. Cost center reporting

Module 6: Controlling – Profit Center & Profitability Analysis

1. Profit center master data structure

2. Assignment to organizational units

3. Profit center posting concepts

4. Revenue & cost flow to profit centers

5. Profit center reporting & P&L view

6. Introduction to Product Costing concepts

7. Cost component structure basics

8. Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) overview

9. Characteristics, value fields, reporting

10. Contribution margin analysis

Module 7: Integration with MM & SD

1. Procure-to-Pay business cycle overview

2. GR/IR clearing accounts functionality

3. Automatic account determination in MM

4. Integration of vendor invoices with FI

5. Order-to-Cash cycle overview

6. Revenue postings from SD to FI

7. Reconciliation of FI & Logistics modules

8. Business Partner concept in S/4HANA

9. Material movements impact on FI/CO

10. Cross-module error handling & troubleshooting

Module 8: S/4HANA Finance – New Features

1. Universal Journal table (ACDOCA) advantages

2. Simplified financial data model

3. New GL enhancements in S/4HANA

4. Real-time integration of FI & CO

5. Fiori apps for Finance operations

6. Embedded analytics for financial reports

7. Parallel accounting and ledger concepts

8. Real-time month-end closing

9. Tax/GST concepts in S/4HANA

10. Key finance innovations in S/4HANA

Module 9: SAP Finance Reporting & Analytics

1. Standard FI reports (GL, AP, AR)

2. Asset reporting, depreciation lists

3. Cost center & Internal Order reports

4. Profit center statistical reports

5. Cash flow & liquidity reporting

6. Financial Statement Version reporting

7. Drilldown reporting fundamentals

8. Dashboard creation using Fiori apps

9. Variance analysis in CO reports

10. Export, download & data visualization

Module 10: Bank Management

1. House Bank creation and account hierarchy setup

2. Bank Account Management (BAM) in S/4HANA – governance & approvals

3. Cash journal configuration and postings (cash receipts/payments)

4. Check lot creation, check printing, and check management

5. Bank statement uploading and processing (Manual & EBS)

6. Auto Bank Reconciliation – Mapping rules & clearing logic

7. Payment methods configuration for domestic & foreign payments

8. Integration with Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable

9. Liquidity management basics – cash position, bank reporting

10. Bank-related monitoring using Fiori apps & dashboards

Module 11:  Project, Certification & Career Readiness

1. End-to-end implementation mini project

2. Configuration documentation preparation

3. Testing, validation & error corrections

4. Migration concept overview

5. Final project presentation & evaluation

6. Certification guidance & exam topics

7. Resume building for SAP FICO roles

8. Interview questions & mock interviews

9. Real-time business case solving

10. Career support & job readiness tips

✔ This syllabus is:

• Industry-standard

• Fully practical + job-oriented