The "SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S/4HANA for Financial Accounting Associates (SAP S/4HANA)" certification exam verifies that the candidate possesses fundamental knowledge and proven skills in the area of SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting. It tests that the candidate has a good overall understanding within this consultant profile and can implement this knowledge practically in projects under the guidance of an experienced consultant. It is recommended as an entry-level qualification to allow consultants to get acquainted within Financial Accounting projects. This certificate is the ideal starting point for a professional career as a Financial Accounting consultant on SAP S/4HANA. If experience in SAP implementation projects of Financial Accounting are added over years, a professional career can be validated by taking a second exam: "SAP Certified Application Professional - Financials in SAP S/4HANA for SAP ERP Financials experts". The certificate issued for passing this exam will be valid for 5 years.

SAP FI stands for Financial Accounting and it is one of important modules of SAP ERP. It is used to store the financial data of an organization. SAP FI helps to analyze the financial conditions of a company in the market. It can integrate with other SAP modules like SAP SD, SAP PP, SAP MM, SAP SCM, etc.

 

SAP FI comprises of the following sub-components −

1. Finance Accounting General Ledger.

2. Finance Accounting Accounts Receivable and Payable.

3. Finance Accounting Asset Accounting.

4. Finance Accounting Bank Accounting.

5. Finance Accounting Travel Management.

6. Finance Accounting Fund Management.

7. Finance Accounting Legal Consolidation.

 

Where Do We Use SAP FI?

SAP FI module enables you to manage financial accounting data within an international framework of multiple companies, currencies, and languages. SAP FI module mainly deals with the following financial components −

Fixed asset

Accrual

Cash journal

Accounts receivable and payable

Inventory

Tax accounting

General ledger

Fast close functions

Financial statements

Parallel valuations

Master data governance

SAP FI consultants are mainly responsible for implementing Financial Accounting and Cost Accounting with SAP Financials.