Universal Parallel Accounting (UPA) is perhaps the most significant innovation since the introduction of the universal journal in SAP S/4HANA. The business requirements behind UPA will be familiar to anyone who has worked in a mul- tinational organization. What is new is the architecture—ledger and currency settings are used consistently, across all financial applications within the organization. If the universal journal was the single document that combined information from the general ledger, asset accounting, controlling, material ledger, and margin analysis, then Universal Parallel Accounting takes the idea a step further by providing consistent ledger and currency settings across all finance applications. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Universal Parallel Accounting and explains how it is different from previous approaches. Troubleshoot the challenges of working with multiple accoun- ting principles, fiscal year calendars, and currencies in subsidiaries, alongside the common accounting principle, fiscal year calendar, and group currency. Take a closer look at ledgers, accounting principles, and fiscal year variants. Explore key changes to asset accounting, overhead accounting, and inventory accounting. Compare and contrast the approach to calculating WIP and vari- ances—instead of calculating at period-end closing, they are calculated with each goods movement and confirmation. Learn more about the new way to recognize revenue. This book expertly guides readers through key updates to parallel accounting in SAP. - Introduction Parallel Accounting in SAP S/4HANA - Use Cases for Universal Parallel Accounting - How Universal Parallel Accounting differs from Previous Approaches - Explore key changes to asset accounting, overhead accounting, and inventory accounting

SAP Cloud for customer payments offers a customer-facing portal for selfservice access to account information and accelerates the invoice-to-cash process. This practical guide, written by SAP Cloud for customer payments experts, shares customer experiences and best practices for downloading invoices and credits, handling credit card and Paypal payments, and disputing invoices. Explore SAP Cloud functionality for customer payments and compare and contrast SAP Biller Direct and SAP Cloud for customer payments. Take a closer look at the business processes supported by SAP Cloud for customer payments. Take a detailed look at dispute management, correspondence management, and handling multiple currencies, and delve into Contact Us (SAP Help Portal) and attachments functionalities. Learn how SAP Cloud for customer payments inte- grates with other SAP solutions, including SAP Digital Payments and SAP FI-AR. Examine transactional business use cases and take a closer look at advanced features of SAP Cloud for customer payments, including partial payments and dispute handling. Dive into the administrator console and user management, as well as frontend and backend configuration. Review the options for reporting and monitoring, and get a sneak peek at the future roadmap. - Compare SAP Biller Direct and SAP Cloud for customer payments - Explore integration with SAP Digital Payments and SAP FI-AR - Examine advanced features including partial payments and dispute handling - Review reporting and monitoring options

This book provides a compact overview of how you can use SAP S/4HANA to map and efficiently control business processes in a company. It gives you an insight into digitalization in these areas. The presentation follows the content of the course that prepares students from universities and colleges of applied sciences as well as prospective SAP consultants for the internationally recognized SAP industry certification exam TS410. Take a deep dive into the processes in internal and external finance, human resources, purchasing, production and sales, maintenance and project management. You will gain an insight into the value creation processes of the financial supply chain. You will also find out what advantages and opportunities new developments in the area of SAP software offer: the SAP S/4HANA system with the in-memory database HANA, the SAP Fiori apps, and SAP Mobile Start. - Introduction to SAP S/4HANA - Fundamental central concepts - Simple examples with practical applications - Preparation for the official SAP TS410 certification exam

Preparation -- Installation and upgrade -- Customizing for the general ledger -- Customizing for new asset accounting -- Customizing for controlling -- Migration of house bank accounts -- Data migration -- Post migration -- Testing and migration results -- New cash management -- Sap integrated business planning for finance -- SAP Fiori applications -- Impact on general ledger accounting -- Impact on new asset accounting -- Impact on controlling -- Impact on cost center accounting -- Impact on profit center accounting -- Impact on profitability analysis -- Impact on period end closing -- Impact on cash and bank management -- Appendix

What will your financial transformation look like? This introduction to SAP S/4HANA Finance shows you next-generation finance in the new suite: financial accounting, management accounting, risk management, financial planning, and more. Consider how each process works in SAP S/4HANA, and explore the SAP Fiori apps that help you meet today's business user and reporting requirements. From previewing project planning to navigating deployment options, take your first steps toward financial transformation! a. The Basics Explore financial transformation with SAP's new platform. Discover the system, the database, the UI, and more--all from a business perspective. Then, understand how an SAP S/4HANA Finance implementation would impact your organization. b. Core Processes Financial transformation affects every process. See what SAP S/4HANA does for management accounting, treasury and risk management, financial close, consolidation, reporting, and more. c. From Planning to Go-Live Get a head start on project preparation! See how SAP S/4HANA Finance fits into your IT landscape, and explore your deployment options: on-premise, hybrid, or cloud. Highlights Include: 1) Universal Journal 2) SAP HANA 3) Management accounting 4) Financial close and consolidation 5) Reporting and analytics 6) Treasury and Risk Management 7) SAP Fiori applications 8) Deployment and adoption 9) Financial transformation 10) SAP S/4HANA

SAP S/4HANA brings change to your routine controlling activities. Perform your key tasks in the new environment with this user guide! Get click-by-click instructions for your daily and monthly overhead controlling tasks, and then dive deeper into processes such as make-to-stock/make-to-order scenarios, margin analysis, and investment management. Finally, instructions for intercompany transactions and reporting make this your all-in-one resource! In this book, you'll learn about: a. Master Data See how your financials data is organized in SAP S/4HANA for management accounting. Understand the key reporting entities, from general ledger accounts and cost centers to specific master data for margin analysis. b. Functional Tasks Walk through your core controlling activities for overhead costs, manufacturing costs, sales costs, investments, and intercompany transactions. Learn how to assess each data type with step-by-step guidance and tips from the experts. c. Reporting Discover the reports that gather your cost data for assessment. Get insight into SAP S/4HANA innovations that impact reporting, including the SAP Fiori interface, the virtual data model, global accounting hierarchies, and more. Highlights include: 1) Organizational structures 2) Master data 3) Overhead controlling 4) Production controlling 5) Service controlling 6) Margin analysis 7) Event-based revenue recognition 8) Investment controlling 9) Intercompany scenarios 10) Reporting 11) Universal Journal 12) User interfaces (UI)

"Finance professionals, it's time to simplify your day-to-day. This book walks through your financial accounting tasks, whether you're using SAP GUI transactions or SAP Fiori apps in your SAP S/4HANA system. For each of your core FI business processes-general ledger accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and fixed asset accounting-learn how to complete key tasks, click by click. Complete your FI operations smoothly and efficiently!"--

With their latest product, SAP S/4HANA, SAP is revolutionizing how we approach finance by re-architecting data persistency and merging accounts and cost elements. This book offers a fundamental introduction to SAP S/4HANA Finance. Dive into the three pillars of innovation including SAP Accounting powered by SAP HANA, SAP Cash Management, and SAP BI Integrated Planning. Find out about the new configuration options, updated data model, and what this means for reporting in the future. Get a first-hand look at the new user interfaces in SAP Fiori. Review new universal journal, asset accounting, material ledger, and account-based profitability analysis functionality. Examine the steps required to migrate to SAP S/4HANA Finance and walk through the deployment options. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, this book helps readers to: - Understand the basics of SAP S/4HANA Finance - Explore the new architecture, configuration options, and SAP Fiori - Examine SAP S/4HANA Finance migration steps - Assess the impact on business processes

Preparing consolidated financial statements for an enterprise with a parent and one or more subsidiaries requires a detailed review of underlying transactions in order to properly reflect results and financial position. For large, integrated, and multinational organizations, likely with millions of transactions, it is imperative that the financial accounting software facilitate this process. This expertly written guide focuses on leveraging SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting. Explore key functionality and how the universal journal has led to the evolution of the group reporting solution. Using a detailed case study, the author discusses configuration and master data and walks the reader through the period-end process for consolidation and explores reports using financial transactions that have already been entered into SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting. Explore reports delivered with SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting. This book is targeted at both finance professionals and the functional consultants who perform the configuration and execution of processes for preparing consolidated financial statements. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, this book covers:

- SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting and the universal journal
- Configuration and master data
- Period-end process for consolidation
- Reporting and analysis

"Get your SAP S/4HANA Finance configuration right the first time! Whether you're running a new implementation or transitioning from SAP ERP, this comprehensive guide walks you through each project task. Start by setting up an organizational structure and defining global master data. Next, follow step-by-step instructions organized by functional area: general ledger, AP, AR, controlling, margin analysis, predictive accounting, and more. Your new system awaits!"--