SAP S/4HANA FI study plan
SAP S/4HANA FI · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Accounts Payable & Create a new Document Type
Configure three accounts payable document types - vendor invoice, vendor credit memo, and vendor payment - assigning each a number range, field status group, and posting key set
Define the reversal settings and permitted account types for each of those document types, and predict which entry screens each one opens
Post ten vendor invoices and two credit memos and confirm that each document lands in the intended number range
Use a field status group to make one field optional, one suppressed, and one required, then demonstrate the difference on the entry screen
Your checkpoint
A reference table listing every AP document type you built with its number range, field status group, and reversal indicator, plus ten posted invoices reconciled to the correct number ranges.
Accounts Payable & General Ledger
Configure payment terms with cash discount windows and installment splits, then assign them to vendor master records
Set up the automatic payment program across company code, paying company code, bank determination, and country-specific payment methods
Clear a vendor open item twice - once as a partial payment and once as a residual item - and explain the accounting entries each produces
Reconcile a vendor account balance from line item display back to its general ledger reconciliation account
Your checkpoint
A cleared vendor account walkthrough: opening balance, five invoices, two partial payments, one residual clearing, and a general ledger reconciliation account balance that ties to the vendor subledger.
Create a House Bank, Configure and Execute the Payment Run & Create a new Document Type
Create a house bank with two bank accounts and assign each to a payment method per company code
Define the bank determination ranking order, available amounts, and value date rules the payment run will use
Configure and execute a proposal run, then read the exceptions log and correct one blocked vendor so it passes
Release a productive payment run and generate the payment media, verifying the payment document type used for the resulting postings
Your checkpoint
A completed sandbox payment run with the proposal log, exception list, generated payment media for at least three vendors, and a written explanation of each exception and the fix applied.
Accounts Receivable & Perform Value Adjustments for Overdue Receivables
Configure customer account groups and reconciliation accounts, and set the dunning-relevant indicators on a customer master
Post customer invoices, a down payment, and incoming payments, then clear the open items with the automatic clearing program
Set up a periodic valuation run for overdue receivables by defining the valuation method, adjustment keys, and valuation range
Post a value adjustment against a selected set of overdue items and reverse it in the following period
Your checkpoint
A worked valuation case: five overdue receivables listed with the adjustment account and key applied to each, the adjustment posting, the reversal, and a tie-out back to the total receivables balance.
Establish a new Company Code
Create a new company code by copying an existing one, then adjust currency, fiscal year variant, and chart of accounts to fit the new entity
Assign the company code to a controlling area, business area, and credit control area, and verify each assignment link is active
Maintain the posting keys, number ranges, and field status variants the new company code needs before it can post
Post a balanced journal entry in the new company code and prove the balances appear on the financial statement version
Your checkpoint
An end-to-end company code checklist executed and evidenced by the posted journal entry number, the resulting account balances, and every customizing entry you touched in order.
Perform Customizing, Acquisition, and Depreciation Postings & Asset Accounting
Configure two asset classes with account determination for acquisition cost, accumulated depreciation, depreciation expense, and retirement
Define depreciation keys, useful life, and depreciation areas, then run a test depreciation calculation before posting
Post an external acquisition, an acquisition with a cash discount, and a manual depreciation posting
Execute the depreciation posting run and reconcile the resulting expense to the general ledger and to the cost center charged
Your checkpoint
Two assets in different classes depreciated through a completed posting run, with acquisition and depreciation document numbers and an asset history sheet whose total equals the general ledger asset balance.
General Ledger & Create a new Document Type
Build a financial statement version and run a trial balance for both company codes side by side
Create one substitution rule and one validation acting on cost center and document type, and prove each fires by posting a deliberately failing entry
Create a fresh document type with its own number range and use it for a journal entry uploaded in a batch of at least five documents
Post an accrual document, reverse it, and verify which reversal document type and reversal reason code the system applied
Your checkpoint
A trial balance for both company codes that ties to the sum of the reconciliation accounts, plus a substitution and a validation each demonstrated to trigger on a test journal entry.
Accounts Payable & Perform Customizing, Acquisition, and Depreciation Postings & Asset Accounting
Sit a full timed mock exam and score it domain by domain instead of as a single percentage
Re-teach the two weakest domains from that score, fixing the underlying customizing gaps rather than re-reading notes
Rebuild the whole flow from memory in an empty sandbox: new company code, house bank, payment run, asset acquisition, and value adjustment
Audit your running error log and confirm every item is closed or has a dated action
Your checkpoint
A scored mock exam with a per-domain breakdown, an error log where every entry is marked closed or carries a dated remediation, and a one-page sheet of the transaction codes and customizing paths you actually use.
Milestones
Week 2: Without notes, trace a vendor invoice from entry through clearing to the reconciliation account, naming the document types, posting keys, and accounts involved at each step.
Week 4: Explain aloud, in under five minutes each, why a residual clearing differs from a partial clearing and how a receivables valuation adjustment reverses in the next period.
Week 6: Create a postable company code and an asset class from a blank slate with the reference material closed, then post one journal entry and one acquisition in each.
Week 8: Score at or above 80 percent on the timed mock, with no single domain below 70 percent.