SAP FICO Training: Financial Accounting & Controlling Guide

Name: SAP FICO Training: Financial Accounting & Controlling Guide
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Learn SAP FICO from scratch: configuration, financial transactions, reporting, and real business processes in SAP ERP.

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Last updated 4/2026

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What you'll learn

Understand SAP ERP fundamentals and the role of SAP FICO in managing financial accounting and controlling processes in modern organizations.
Configure SAP organizational structure including company, company code, chart of accounts, fiscal year variants, and posting periods.
Configure SAP organizational structure including company, company code, chart of accounts, fiscal year variants, and posting periods.
Perform real business transactions including journal postings, vendor payments, customer invoicing, asset accounting, and financial reporting.

Course content

1 section • 50 lectures • 4h 39m total length

Day 1 – Introduction to ERP and evolution of enterprise systems5:58
Day 2 – Role of SAP in modern organizations6:43
Day 3 – Overview of SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA5:45
Day 4 – Understanding SAP modules and their integration5:19
Day 5 – Introduction to SAP FICO and its business importance5:13
Day 6 – SAP career paths, job roles, and market demand6:57
Day 7 – SAP Logon and system landscape overview4:52
Day 8 – Client, company, company code, and user concepts6:10
Day 9 – SAP GUI layout and screen elements5:41
Day 10 – Transaction codes and menu-based navigation5:23
Day 11 – User parameters, personalization, and favorites5:23
Day 12 – Master data versus transactional data5:10
Day 13 – Business organizational structure mapping in SAP4:41
Day 14 – Company and company code configuration6:08
Day 15 – Chart of accounts creation and assignment6:00
Day 16 – Fiscal year variants and posting period variants6:02
Day 17 – Credit control area overview5:07
Day 18 – Organizational structure assignments and validation5:34
Day 19 – Purpose and scope of general ledger accounting4:49
Day 20 – G/L account types and number ranges5:45
Day 21 – Account groups and control parameters5:08
Day 22 – Creation and maintenance of G/L master records4:34
Day 23 – Document types, posting keys, and field status6:57
Day 24 – Manual and automatic journal postings6:06
Day 25 – G/L balances and financial reporting5:31
Day 26 – Vendor master data structure and account groups5:06
Day 27 – Vendor invoice posting and tax handling6:26
Day 28 – Outgoing payments and automatic payment program4:33
Day 29 – Vendor line item reports and aging analysis6:12
Day 30 – Customer master data structure and control data5:46
Day 31 – Customer invoicing and incoming payments4:37
Day 32 – Clearing logic and credit management fundamentals5:44
Day 33 – Customer reports and receivables analysis2:09
Day 34 – Bank accounting concepts and SAP integration5:17
Day 35 – Bank master data and house bank configuration6:56
Day 36 – Payment processing and bank reconciliation5:03
Day 37 – Clearing and adjustment postings4:55
Day 38 – Asset accounting purpose and asset lifecycle5:45
Day 39 – Asset classes, number ranges, and master records5:22
Day 40 – Asset acquisition, capitalization, and depreciation5:31
Day 41 – Asset transfers, retirements, and reporting6:27
Day 42 – Introduction to controlling and management accounting7:40
Day 43 – Cost elements and their relationship with G/L6:45
Day 44 – Cost centers, profit centers, and allocations6:43
Day 45 – Internal orders and FI–CO integration5:11
Day 46 – Procure-to-Pay business process4:49
Day 47 – Order-to-Cash business process4:56
Day 48 – Automatic postings and error correction techniques5:25
Day 49 – Financial reporting and period-end closing6:31
Day 50 – SAP FICO project, career guidance, and next steps4:59

Requirements

No prior SAP experience is required. This course starts from the basics and gradually moves to advanced SAP FICO concepts.

Description

This course is a complete guide to SAP FICO (Financial Accounting and Controlling), one of the most important modules in the SAP ERP system used by organizations worldwide. The course is designed for beginners as well as professionals who want to understand how financial operations are managed using SAP.

In this training, you will start with the fundamentals of ERP systems and understand the role of SAP in modern organizations. You will learn the structure of SAP systems including company, company code, chart of accounts, and fiscal year configuration. The course gradually moves into the core components of SAP FICO including General Ledger Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank Accounting, and Asset Accounting.

You will also learn how financial transactions are processed in SAP, how journal entries are posted, and how vendor and customer transactions are managed. In addition, the course explains controlling concepts such as cost centers, profit centers, and internal orders.

Real business processes such as Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash are also explained to help you understand how SAP integrates financial operations across departments.

By the end of this course, you will have a clear understanding of SAP FICO concepts, financial reporting, and practical business processes used in real organizations. This course can help students, finance professionals, and beginners build a strong foundation for a career in SAP.

Who this course is for:

Students and graduates who want to start a career in SAP FICO and enterprise resource planning systems.
Finance and accounting professionals who want to learn SAP financial accounting and controlling.