C_TS4CO: SAP S/4HANA Management Accounting (CO)

Management accounting in S/4HANA

• Role of controlling in the enterprise
• Universal Journal and FI-CO integration
• Changes from SAP ECC controlling
• Fiori apps for controllers
• Real and statistical postings

Controlling area and basic settings

• Controlling area and company code assignment
• Currency and fiscal year settings
• Versions and planning settings
• Number ranges for CO documents
• Activating components

• Lab: Define and activate a controlling area · 50 min

Cost elements

• Primary and secondary cost elements as GL accounts
• Cost element categories
• Cost element groups
• Default account assignment
• Reconciliation between FI and CO

• Lab: Create primary and secondary cost elements · 40 min

Cost centre accounting

• Standard hierarchy and cost centre groups
• Cost centre master data
• Activity types and statistical key figures
• Direct activity allocation
• Reposting costs

• Lab: Build a cost centre hierarchy and master data · 45 min

Planning and allocations

• Cost centre planning
• Activity price calculation
• Assessment and distribution cycles
• Senders, receivers and tracing factors
• Plan-actual comparison

• Lab: Configure and run an assessment cycle · 60 min

Internal orders

• Order types and master data
• Statistical and real orders
• Budgeting and availability control
• Settlement profiles and rules
• Order reporting

• Lab: Budget and settle an internal order · 50 min

Profit centre accounting

• Profit centre hierarchy and master data
• Assigning profit centres to objects
• Segments and segment reporting
• Transfer postings overview
• Profit centre reports

• Lab: Create profit centres and assign master data · 45 min

Integration with logistics

• Account assignment from purchasing
• Goods movements and material valuation
• Billing and revenue flow
• Plant and material master settings for costing

• Lab: Trace a goods movement into CO objects · 35 min

Activity-based and event-based concepts

• Business processes in costing
• Overhead rates and costing sheets
• Applying overhead to objects
• Reporting on overhead absorption

• Lab: Apply overheads with a costing sheet · 40 min

Product cost planning

• Costing variants, types and valuation variants
• Quantity structure: BOM and routing
• Cost component structures
• Material cost estimate with quantity structure
• Marking and releasing standard prices

• Lab: Create, mark and release a material cost estimate · 60 min

Cost object controlling

• Product cost by order
• Production order costs: plan, target and actual
• Work in process calculation
• Variance calculation and categories
• Order settlement

• Lab: Calculate WIP and variances and settle a production order · 60 min

Actual costing overview

• Material ledger in S/4HANA
• Actual costing concept
• Periodic unit price overview
• When to use actual costing

Margin analysis

• Margin analysis in S/4HANA
• Characteristics and derivation
• Revenue and COGS from billing
• Cost of goods sold split
• Assessment to profitability segments

• Lab: Post a billing document and analyse margins · 45 min

Period-end controlling

• Sequence of closing activities
• Overhead calculation and allocations
• Settlement and variance analysis
• Plan-actual reporting
• Fiori analytical apps for controllers

• Lab: Run a period-end controlling sequence · 45 min

Exam readiness

• C_TS4CO topic area review
• Question styles and time management
• Practice questions with review
• Confirming the current release code on SAP Learning