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Certificates: Certificate "Fundamentals of Accounting and SAP User Financial Accounting (FI)"
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Additional Certificates: Certificate "Fundamentals of Accounting"
Original SAP user certificate -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeit/Fallstudie
SAP-Anwenderzertifizierung UC_FI_S42023 -
Teaching Times: Part-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:35 p.m.).
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 16 Weeks
Accounting basics
Accounting basics (full-time approx. 2.5 days/part-time approx. 5 days)
Legal basics
Inventory, stocktaking, balance sheet
Document organization
Land register, general ledger, sub-ledgers
Chart of accounts and chart of accounts
Tasks and structure of the chart of accounts
Artificial intelligence (AI) in accounting (full-time approx. 0.5 days/part-time approx. 1 day)
AI as a digital assistant in commercial processes
Possible applications and limits of AI in accounting
Posting to inventory and profit and loss accounts (full-time approx. 5 days/part-time approx. 10 days)
Effects of inventory changes and business transactions on balance sheet items
Breakdown of the balance sheet into balance sheet accounts
Posting business transactions and closing balance sheet accounts
Simple and compound posting record
Opening and closing balance sheet account
Expenses and income
Profit and loss account as closing account of the profit and loss accounts
Introduction to the depreciation of depreciable assets (full-time approx. 0.5 days/part-time approx. 1 day)
Causes, effects, calculation and posting of depreciation
Effects on P&L and annual profit
Value added tax on purchases and sales (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)
Nature of sales tax (value added tax)
Value added tax as a transitory item
Accounting for sales tax and input tax
Private withdrawals and deposits (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)
Private withdrawals and private deposits at a glance
Postings via the private account
Closing the private account
Procurement and sales bookings (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)
Merchandise
Procurement costs, distribution costs
Returns, credit notes
Rebates, discounts and bonuses
Posting of selected business transactions (full-time approx. 2 days/part-time approx. 4 days)
Basics of open item accounting
Postings in the personnel area
Postings in the tangible assets area
Postings in the tax area
Year-end closing (full-time approx. 1.5 days/part-time approx. 3 days)
Preparatory closing entries
Posting inventory differences
Accrual of expenses and income
Project work (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
SAP User Financial Accounting (FI)
S4H00 SAP S/4HANA overview (approx. 6 days)
Navigation, SAP Fiori, SAP Business Client, SAP Logon
System-wide concepts with organizational units, master data and transactions
Overview of financial accounting and logistics modules, mapping of the respective processes in SAP
Reporting, system structure and migration
SAP service offerings
S4F10 Business processes in financial accounting (approx. 14 days)
Overview of financial accounting
General ledger accounting, accounts payable accounting, accounts receivable accounting, asset accounting and bank accounting
Closing operations in general ledger accounting
S4F17 Introduction to asset accounting (approx. 10 days)
Organizational structures, master data, asset transactions, periodic work, information system and legacy data transfer
S4F12 Introduction to the basics of customizing in financial accounting: General ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable (approx. 2 days)
Basic settings, master data, document control, posting control and clearing
S4F15 Entry to graduation (approx. 1 day)
Individual selected topics for the final theses
S4F13 Introduction to financial accounting - extended configuration (approx. 1 day)
Special G/L transactions
Case study, certification preparation and SAP user certification (approx. 6 days)
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
The course offers a systematic introduction to bookkeeping and you will then be able to competently handle accounting processes. Everything is considered and explained in a practical way and in the context of the overall business operations of a company.
The course also offers you a compact introduction to the basic methods and applications of financial accounting with SAP.
The course is aimed at people with little or outdated commercial knowledge who want to reorient themselves in the field of accounting or refresh their accounting knowledge.
Employees with a sound basic knowledge of accounting are indispensable in today's working world and are in demand in companies of all sizes across all industries.
You will also acquire the globally standardized and recognized SAP certificate. This is one of the most important manufacturer certifications in the commercial sector. With your new knowledge and skills, you will improve your career opportunities across all sectors. Specialists in the field of financial accounting are in demand from both large and medium-sized companies in industry, trade, services and finance.
Training partner of SAP® Germany
In cooperation with the SAP training partner alfatraining Bildungszentrum GmbH, we will qualify you for a job in industry and business.
You are directly connected to the SAP® Germany servers and learn on the original SAP® training system (IDES) in the latest version. This gives you the necessary practical experience during the course.
All SAP user courses also conclude with the original SAP certification. Our SAP instructors are qualified SAP consultants who will provide you with intensive support and prepare you optimally for the certification exam.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face teaching via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).