SAP – FI/CO Training Curriculum

• Introductory Class – Financial Accounting and Controlling Modules of SAP
• Financial Accounting
  • FI Concepts and General Ledger
  • Accounts Receivable and Account Payable
  • Asset Accounting
  • Special Purpose Ledger
• Controlling
  • General Controlling, Cost element Accounting and Cost Center Accounting
  • Internal Orders
  • Profitability Analysis (CO-PA)
  • Profit Center Accounting – General Aspects
• Miscellaneous Aspects (SAP Tables, Table Tracking, Functional Specifications, Integration with other modules, Interview Questions, Certification Tips)
• Our Distinguishing Features from Other Institutes in Curriculum

1. Introductory Class – Financial Accounting and Controlling Modules of SAP

• Introduction as to ERP Products –– Study of the other ERP Projects in the market –What SAP is- Why SAP is the best in the ERP MARKETS?
• Project types – Timelines – Differential Roles and Responsibilities
• Project Phases (ASAP Phases like Project Preparation, Business Blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation, Go-live and Support) – Aspects being undertaken – Documents Prepared – Description of each phase
• Parities Involved in each side (Implementation Partner and Core team from business side) – Roles and Responsibilities – Team Structure etc.
• Description of Servers – Purposes (Development, Quality, Production, Sandbox, IDES etc.)
• Testing Types (Unit, Process and Integration – I1&I2 Procedures) and roles & responsibilities of functional consultants
• Transportation Procedures among the servers – Work Involved

2. Financial Accounting

• FI Business concepts
• Organizational structure
• Account group and field status groups
• Master data and transaction data configuration
• Number ranges, document types, tolerance groups
• Posting periods, Currencies; Fiscal Year Variants
• Tax Configurations – Taxes on Sales & Purchases
• Withholding Tax configurations
• Chart of Accounts; Auto-Creation of Cost element Settings
• Retained Earnings settings, Layouts and Work-lists
• Cross Company Code Accounting
• Document entry and Parking documents – Enjoy Transactions
• Financial Statement Version and Relevant configurations
• Account assignment model; Recurring Entries
• Validations and Substitutions
• Month end closing and closing activities including Business Area Adjustments, P&L Adjustments.

• Master data creation and maintenance
• Vendor and Customer Account Groups
• Incoming and Outgoing Invoice bookings, Incoming and outgoing payment settings and business transactions
• Open items processing; Clearing Procedures
• Dunning program – Concept and Configurations
• Correspondence – Concepts and Configurations
• Special GL transactions – Down Payments Made & Received, Bank Guarantees etc.
• Automatic Payment program – Configuration and execution with several variant settings
• Logistics Invoice Verification – Relevant flow of accounting entries with integration of material management
• Credit Management – management of balances, credit history and the related configurations
• Reporting – Vendor and Customer ledgers, balances, evaluations (Information Systems)
• GR/IR Clearing – Relevant Aspects
• Periodic Processes including the balance adjustments, carry forward of balances, foreign currency revaluations etc.

• Chart of depreciation, Depreciation areas
• Configuration of Asset classes, Account Determination, Screen Layouts, Capitalization Settings
• Asset Master Data and Balances
• Asset transactions - acquisitions, retirements and transfers
• Depreciation run – Configuration relevant to multi level methods, period controls, base methods etc.
• Fiscal Year Change and Year End Closing Procedures
• Information Systems
• Upload Procedures for Assets Go-Live

• Introduction
• Report Writer – Sets, Variables, Library, Standard Layouts, Key Figures, Reports and Report Groups
• Report Painter

3. CONTROLLING

• CO Business concepts
• Organizational Data
• Configuration of Controlling Area; Assignments, Number Ranges
• Validations and Substitutions
• Master Data – Cost elements (primary and secondary); Cost Element Groups
• CO – Planning and Actual Posting (Relevant Transactions)
• Reconciliation Ledger Settings
• Cost Element Reporting
• Master Data – Cost Centers, Activity Types, Statistical KEY Figures and relevant Groups
• Cost Center Standard Hierarchies
• Cost Center Planning and Actual Postings
• Cost Center Allocations – Distributions and Assessments
• Cost Center Reporting

• Internal Orders – Master Data; Relevant Groups
• Internal Order Types – Configurations
• Internal Order Settlements – Relevant Configurations; Settlement Rules, Procedures
• Internal Order Reporting

• Configuration of Operating Concern, Controlling Area and relevant assignments
• Configuration of Characteristics and Value Fields
• Derivation Rules and Segment level characteristics
• COPA direct entries and Transfer Structures
• Reporting through drill down reports

4. Miscellaneous Aspects – Financial Accounting and Controlling Modules of SAP

• Explanation of Important SAP Tables (FI/CO and Other Module Related) – Tracking Tables (F1-F9 Methods, SE85, SQL Trace Methods and SE38 Debugging)
• Preparation of Functional Specifications for ABAP enhancements
• Explanation and Coverage of the need and the usage of BDC (Batch Data Conversion) procedures during go live for upload of the master data and open items.
• Basic level transactions of Material Management Module (For FI/CO Integrations) (Creation of Purchase Orders, Goods Receipt, Goods Issue etc.)
• Configuration aspects of Integrations with other SAP Modules like MM, SD
• SAP-FI/CO Interview Questions (80+ Questions)
• Tips and Techniques for SAP Certification and Interviews

5. Our Distinguishing Features from Other Institutes in Curriculum

• Covering of the Controlling Module (for management reporting), Apart from the core external reporting oriented FI module in detail
• Covering of the CO-PA (Profitability Analysis) Module, which is considered to be a hot requirement in these days
• Efforts to keep the class orientation towards the Certification requirements of FI/CO in SAP
• Explanation as to the clear-cut project procedures, testing strategies, servers, roles and responsibilities etc.
• 80+ Interview Questions
• Tips and Tricks for Success in Certification Exams