SAP – Financials: Financial Accounting

The SAP Financial Accounting course contains the following training:

• SAP125 SAP Navigation 2005 (e-learning)

• SM001 Introduction to SAP Solution Manager (e-learning)
• ERP001 Management Empowered by SAP ERP (e-learning)
• ERP020 Management Empowered by SAP ERP Financials (e-learning)
• TFIN50 Financial Accounting I (e-learning + student handbook + instructor led
workshops)
• TFIN52 Financial Accounting II (e-learning + student handbook + instructor led
workshops)

SAP125 SAP Navigation 2005 (e-learning)

Goals

• familiarize with key terms

• navigate within the SAP system.

Contents

• The SAP Navigation 2005 course is designed to familiarize learners with key terms and
how to navigate within the SAP system. You will be introduced to the key areas of SAP
screens, fields, and features. You will also be introduced to ways in which you can obtain
additional help, modify and customize the look of your SAP system, as well as apply more
advanced skills.

SM001 Introduction to SAP Solution Manager (e-learning)

Goals

• Define the concept of the SAP Solution Manager

• Discuss the tools provided by the SAP Solution Manager

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• This course is meant to familiarize you with the principles and terminology of the SAP
Solution Manager. You will be introduced to the benefits of using the SAP Solution
Manager during the implementation of your SAP solutions and during ongoing support and
operations.

ERP001 Management Empowered by SAP ERP (e-learning)

Goals

• Explain how SAP ERP streamlines and accelerates the business processes of a typical
organization.
• Provide an overview of SAP ERP and its components relevant for Managers, Business and
Strategy Consultants.
• Explain how SAP ERP, powered by SAP NetWeaver, enables integration of various
business processes and solutions.
• Explain how SAP ERP assists an organization in making informed business decisions with
accurate data reporting and analytics.
• Explain how SAP NW BI Business Planning and Simulation (SAP BW- BPS) assists in
strategic and operational planning and decision making.
• Give examples of how SAP ERP Operations increases employee productivity.

Contents

• SAP ERP - Overview, positioning and components

• SAP ERP powered by SAPNetWeaver and its components
• Highlighted Analytics & Reporting functionality in BW and SEM for improved business
decision making and control
• Strategic Business Planning in BW-BPS and Planning Integration aspects with other
components
• Highlight how SAP ERP helps to increase the user productivity by decreasing efforts
through automation, centralization and standardization. This will be explained with several
examples like e- Procurement, RFID and Mobile Sales

ERP020 Management Empowered by SAP ERP Financials (e-learning)

Goals

• Identify how mySAP ERP Financials addresses the processes involved in running business
and explain how it supports business optimization and effective management decisions
• Understand features, which are interesting for every Manager, Decision Makers and
Business Consultants, who has integration points to Financials

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Contents

• Financials Overview
• Financials impact during typical processes like
o Procure to Pay
o Plan to Product
o Order to cash
• Impacts on New General Ledger Functionality
• Financial Supply Chain Management
• Corporate Governance

TFIN50 Financial Accounting I (e-learning + student handbook + instructor led

workshops)
Goals

• Configure and use organizational units, master data and documents for Financial
Accounting
o Configure and use the SAP business processes (such as payment, dunning, and
individual closing)
o Apply selected evaluation methods
Contents

• Organizational units, master data and documents for Financial Accounting: company
code, fiscal year, currencies, general ledger accounts, document control, postings,
clearing open items, cash journal
• Special G/L transactions and document parking
• Handling of payments, dunning, interest calculation, correspondence and closing
operations in Financial Accounting:
o Automatic payment program with clearing of open items
o Automatic dunning program for creating dunning notices, interest calculation and
correspondence
o Overview of month and year-end accounting processes in Financial Accounting
o Balance sheet and P&L
o Preparatory closing postings in subledgers and the general ledger
o Technical organizational and documentary steps in individual closing
o Configuration of periodic closings in Financial Accounting
• Evaluation methods in Financial Accounting (Infosystem and ABAP reports of general
ledger accounting, accounts receivable accounting, and accounts payable accounting,
report variants, selection variables in variants, List Viewer, sample evaluations using the
drilldown reporting tool)

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TFIN52 Financial Accounting II (e-learning + student handbook + instructor led
workshops)

Goals

• Implement various business processes and periodic tasks in Asset Accounting, manage
master data and configure Asset Accounting
o describe and implement the logic of the new general ledger,
o Apply substitutions and validations to financial accounting
o Utilize your knowledge directly as a junior consultant in your first period of
practice
Contents

• Organizational structures, master data, and business processes in Asset Accounting:

• Chart of depreciation, depreciation area, asset classes, master data , asset transactions,
valuation, periodic processing, information system
• Validations and substitutions in Financial Accounting
• The new general ledger: The concept of the new general ledger, system configuration,
documents and document splitting, integration with the FI subledgers and the CO,
reporting (using the new FI drilldown reporting)
• Integrated case study: implementation of a fictitious demo company using specific
business processes, configuration and mapping of the company structure, master data,
and business processes in the SAP system

Student Handbooks:

TFIN50 – Financial Accounting I – Part 1

Units

1. Basic Settings
2. Master Data
3. Document Control
4. Posting Control
5. Clearing
6. Cash journal
7. Special Journal Transactions
8. Parking Documents

TFIN50 – Financial Accounting I – Part 2 & 3

Units

1. Fundamentals
2. Automatic Payments
3. Automatic Dunning
4. Correspondence
5. Interest Calculation

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 6. Country Specifics
7. Standard Reports in General Ledger accounting, Accounts Receivable Accounting and
Accounts Payable Accounting
8. List Viewer
9. Drilldown Reporting in Financial Accounting
10. Overview of the Closing Activities
11. The Financial Statements
12. Receivables and Payables
13. Profit and Loss
14. Technical, Organizational and Documentary Steps
15. Additional Material
16. Mini Case Study

TFIN52 – Financial Accounting II – Part A

Units

1. Organizational Structures
2. Master Data
3. Asset Transactions
4. Periodic Processing
5. Information System
6. Validations/Substitutions

TFIN52 – Financial Accounting II – Part B

Units

1. Introduction
2. Ledger Definition
3. Document Splitting
4. Integration
5. Periodic Processing
6. Reporting

Course Based on Software Component (s) and Release (s)

SAP ERP 6.0

Access to SAP ERP software and Training materials

SAP training materials will be provided for this course. Access to the latest SAP ERP software
will be granted through SAP’s training clients.

Mode of Delivery & Duration

The course is offered through a blended learning mode comprising of regular instructor led
workshops and e-learning. The duration of the instructor led tuition and tutorials of the course is
90 Hours scheduled over 15 weeks @ 6 Hours per week. The e-learning and SAP system
access will be available for 5 months.

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Award

On successful completion of this course, you will receive an Executive Certificate in ERP (SAP
Solution) from Sydney Institute of ERP.

Campus Location

Level 2, 80 Mount Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060

SAP Certification

On completion of the SAP Business Process Integration course, you sit for formal certification
(C_FIN52_05) exam with SAP Australia. You need to score 55% to pass in the certification
exam. On successful completion, you will receive a certificate from SAP Germany. You will
become an SAP Certified Business Associate with SAP ERP 6.0

Note:
Certification examination for Solution Consultant in Financials - Financial Accounting with SAP
ERP 2005 on the content of the courses SAP120, ERP001, ERP020, TFIN50, SM001, TFIN52

CERTIFICATION TEST

SAP CERTIFIED SOLUTION CONSULTANT FINANCIALS - FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

Certification Code

C_TFIN52_05

Software

Software components: SAP ERP Central Component 6.0

Number of Questions

80

Duration

180 MIN

Notes

• Please note that you are not allowed to use any reference materials during the
certification test (no access to online documentation or to any SAP system).
• The certification test Solution Consultant Financials - Financial Accounting with mySAP
ERP 2005 verifies the knowledge in the area of mySAP ERP Financials for the
consultant profile Financial Accounting. This certificate proves that the candidate has a

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 basic understanding within this consultant profile, and can implement this knowledge
practically in projects.

Competency Areas

The following list helps you to identify the competency areas covered in this test. The
percentage indicates the portion of the test dedicated to a particular competency area.

Competency Importance Topic Source

Asset Accounting 11-20% Asset transactions (for TFIN52

example, asset
acquisition, retirement,
Master data TFIN52
Organizational TFIN52
structures
Periodic processing in TFIN52
Asset Accounting
Using the information TFIN52
system
Closing Operations in < 10% Balance sheet/P&L TFIN50
Financial Accounting structure & reporting
Month-end and year-end TFIN50
closing
Profit and loss TFIN50
Receivables and TFIN50
payables
Technical, TFIN50
organizational and
documentary steps
Document and Posting 11-20% Cash discount and TFIN50
Control payment conditions
Cash journal TFIN50
Clearing (manual and TFIN50
automatic)
Cross-company code TFIN50
transactions
Default values TFIN50
Document changes, TFIN50
change control
Document reversal TFIN50
Document types and TFIN50
number ranges
Foreign currencies and TFIN50
exchange rate
differences
Incoming and outgoing TFIN50
payments

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 Payment differences TFIN50
Posting authorizations TFIN50
Posting keys and field TFIN50
status groups
Posting periods TFIN50
Taxes TFIN50
Tolerance groups and TFIN50
payment differences
Evaluation Options in < 10% Drilldown reporting in TFIN50
Reporting Financial Accounting
Infosystem and ABAP TFIN50
reports in General
Ledger, accounts
receivab
List Viewer TFIN50
Financial Accounting 11-20% Account groups TFIN50
Master Data
Bank accounts/bank TFIN50
keys
Chart of accounts TFIN50
Customer and vendor TFIN50
accounts
G/L account TFIN50
Reconciliation accounts TFIN50
Payment Program, < 10% Correspondence TFIN50
Dunning Program, configuration
Correspondence, Interest
Creating TFIN50
Calcu
correspondence
Creating payment media TFIN50
Dunning program TFIN50
configuration
Executing the dunning TFIN50
run and printing the
dunning notice
Executing the interest TFIN50
calculation run
Executing the payment TFIN50
run
Interest calculation TFIN50
configuration
Payment program TFIN50
configuration
SAP Overview < 10% Management ERP001
empowered by mySAP
ERP
Management ERP020
empowered by mySAP
ERP Financials

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 SAP Navigation SAP125
SAP Solution Manager < 10% Overview of the SAP SM001
Solution Manager
Special General Ledger < 10% "Park document" versus TFIN50
Transactions, Document "hold document"
Parking, Substitutions
Basics of document TFIN50
parking
Customizing of different TFIN50
special G/L transactions
Processing parked TFIN50
documents
Special G/L classes and TFIN50
types
Special G/L transactions TFIN50
using the example of
payment and guaran
Substitution TFIN50
Validation TFIN50
The New General Ledger < 10% Activation and the idea TFIN52
of the New General
Ledger
Document splitting TFIN52
New characteristics in FI TFIN52
Real-time integration TFIN52
CO => FI
Reporting with (new) FI TFIN52
standard drilldown
reporting
Scenarios and scenario TFIN52
assignment