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

With S/4 HANA Finance 1809, SAP has introduced group reporting, a SAP's consolidation solution. Group reporting's innovations expose the new consolidation solution, which is a hybrid of SAP's EC-CS, BCS and BPC functionalities. You've heard about Universal Journal, single source of truth, real-time processes, and UI improvements, in group reporting, you can leverage all these functionalities without additional acquisition of the software cost. SAP group reporting facilitates continuous accounting and consolidation process in a single instance, thus reduces the financial closing manhours. With the tight integration of ACDOCA table and flexible upload functionalities help smooth transition of consolidation unit's local data to consolidation data for financial consolidation. With the S/4 HANA 1909 release, SAP enhanced group reporting functionalities with new fire tiles. Configuring Group Reporting with S/4 HANA 1909 covers end to end solution with one complete consolidation of financial statements of integrated and non-integrated units.Highlights of Configuring Group Reporting with S/4 HANA 1909:?Consolidation chart of account?Integration of consolidation units and consolidation group?Local and global accounting?Currency translation, ?Interunit / intercompany eliminations?Reclassification?Elimination and adjustment of intercompany investment?Calculation of goodwill?Calculation of minority interest,?Cash flow statement, statement of equity, statement of comprehensive income, consolidation of balance sheet and income statement?SAP Fiori Apps

"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!"--

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

"Whether you're running account-based or costing-based CO-PA, this is your one-stop shop for profitability analysis with SAP S/4HANA! Get the step-by-step instructions you need for configuring master data, operating concerns, value flows + and setting up your system. Then run your profitability operations and master both planning and reporting. + sentence about running profitability operations, from this to that. With this guide to CO-PA, you're ready for SAP S/4HANA!"--

Managing your cash is critical--so master cash management in SAP S/4HANA! Follow step-by-step instructions to run bank account management, cash positioning and operations, and liquidity management, and then tailor each process to your system. Walk through the One Exposure from Operations data model, including integration scenarios, transactions, and configuration. Discover extensibility options for bank account management and key SAP Fiori apps. Get equipped for cash management! In this book, you'll learn about: a. Bank Account Management Manage your accounts in SAP S/4HANA. Maintain your banks, house banks, and bank account master data with key SAP Fiori apps. Use new features such as the Monitor Bank Fees App and the treasury executive dashboard. Configure settings to suit your requirements. b. Cash Positioning and Operations Analyze your cash position, transfer and concentrate cash, and integrate bank statements for cash flow reconciliation. Get insight into new features and SAP Fiori apps for bank statements, reporting, configuration, and more. c. Liquidity Management Forecast liquidity and analyze actual cash flow with SAP S/4HANA; then develop liquidity plans with SAP Analytics Cloud. Tailor your settings for each process based on your needs. Highlights include: 1) Master data 2) Configuration 3) Bank account management 4) Cash positioning 5) Cash operations 6) Liquidity management 7) One Exposure from Operations hub 8) Extensibility 9) Migration