In this book, finance and IT teams will find the best practices for delivering financial reports faster, more accurately, and in compliance with various international accounting standards. Written by a renowned SAP ERP Financials consultant, it features step-by-step coverage of all major SAP ERP Financials reporting functions, including finance subledgers, management accounting, financial supply chain management, governance, risk and compliance, and corporate performance management.

Financial Reporting with SAP will help you streamline and simplify financial business processes and automate financial and management reporting in SAP ERP Financials through comprehensive coverage of integration with SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (SAP NetWeaver BI 7.0), SAP xApp Analytics, and Duet. It also includes a special section on the future direction of SAP financial reporting.

Highlights

• Key financial reports in SAP ERP and SAP NetWeaver BI
• Detailed explainations of the SAP ERP Financials components, capabilities, and underlying financial processes
• Important design considerations and work-in best practices
• SAP xApp Analytics, Duet, and SAP Interactive Forms software by Adobe
• How to increase financial compliance with SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)
• Foreword by Cenk O. Ozdemir, Executive Director, Accenture

About the Author(s)

Aylin Korkmaz is currently a senior manager with the Accenture Finance & Performance Management service line. She has been working in global multi-stream projects for many years. Her experience includes full lifecycle Finance ERP programs, business architecture, system integration and finance, and accounting operations.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction ... 19
... 1.1 Who Should Read this Book ... 21
... 1.2 How to Use this Book ... 21
... 1.3 Structure of the Book ... 23

2 Financial Statements and Statutory Reporting ... 25
... 2.1 The Financial Reporting Process ... 26
... 2.2 Designing the Financial Reporting Process ... 28
... 2.3 Financial Statements in SAP ERP ... 58
... 2.4 Financial Statements in SAP NetWeaver BI ... 67
... 2.5 Summary ... 75

3 Segment Reporting ... 77
... 3.1 Designing Segment Reporting ... 79
... 3.2 Key Reports for Segment Reporting in SAP ERP ... 100
... 3.3 Key Reports for Segment Reporting in SAP NetWeaver BI ... 114
... 3.4 New Segment Reports Available with the Enhancement Package 3 ... 117
... 3.5 Summary ... 119

4 Tax Reporting ... 121
... 4.1 Designing the Tax Reporting Process ... 122
... 4.2 Tax Reporting Design Considerations ... 125
... 4.3 Tax Reports in SAP ERP ... 140
... 4.4 Tax Reports in SAP NetWeaver BI ... 161
... 4.5 Summary ... 165

5 Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Reporting ... 167
... 5.1 Accounts Payable Reporting ... 168
... 5.2 Accounts Receivable Reporting ... 174
... 5.3 Intragroup Accounts Payables and Accounts Receivables ... 180
... 5.4 AP and AR Reports in SAP ERP ... 183
... 5.5 AR and AP Reporting in SAP NetWeaver BI ... 213
... 5.6 Summary ... 224

6 Asset Lifecycle Reporting ... 225
... 6.1 The Asset Lifecycle and Reporting Process ... 226
... 6.2 The Asset Reporting Architecture ... 228
... 6.3 Asset Reporting in SAP ERP ... 236
... 6.4 Asset Reporting in SAP NetWeaver BI ... 252
... 6.5 Summary ... 264

7 Cash Management Reporting ... 265
... 7.1 Designing the Cash Management Reporting Process ... 266
... 7.2 Cash Management Reporting Architecture ... 267
... 7.3 Cash Management Reports in SAP ERP ... 285
... 7.4 Cash and Liquidity Management Reporting in SAP NetWeaver BI ... 301
... 7.5 Summary ... 310

8 Treasury and Risk Management Reporting ... 311
... 8.1 Treasury and Risk Management Reporting Architecture ... 312
... 8.2 Transaction Manager ... 313
... 8.3 Market Risk Analyzer ... 329
... 8.4 Treasury and Risk Management Reporting in SAP ERP ... 331
... 8.5 Treasury and Risk Management Reporting in SAP NetWeaver BI ... 344
... 8.6 Summary ... 349

9 Management Accounting Reporting ... 351
... 9.1 Overhead Cost Controlling Reporting Architecture ... 352
... 9.2 Overhead Cost Management Process ... 354
... 9.3 Overhead Cost Management with the New G/L ... 367
... 9.4 Overhead Cost Controlling Reporting in SAP ERP ... 371
... 9.5 Overhead Cost Controlling Reporting in SAP Netweaver BI ... 386
... 9.6 Summary ... 395

10 Product Cost Reporting and Profi tability Analysis ... 397
... 10.1 Product Costing Process and Reporting ... 398
... 10.2 Profi tability Analysis and Reporting ... 417
... 10.3 Product Costing and Profi tability Analysis in SAP NetWeaver BI ... 435
... 10.4 Summary ... 449

11 Consolidated Financial Statements ... 451
... 11.1 Evolution of SAP Consolidated Financial Reporting ... 452
... 11.2 Consolidation Data Modeling ... 456
... 11.3 Integrating Legal and Management Consolidation ... 465
... 11.4 The Consolidation Reporting Process ... 469
... 11.5 Consolidation Reporting Architecture ... 480
... 11.6 Summary ... 488

12 SAP Reporting Tools ... 489
... 12.1 SAP ERP Reporting Tools ... 489
... 12.2 Summary ... 527

13 SAP NetWeaver BI Reporting Tools ... 529
... 13.1 SAP NetWeaver BI Business Explorer Suite ... 529
... 13.2 Summary ... 580

14 Organizational Performance and Information Worker Applications ... 581
... 14.1 Governance, Risk, and Compliance ... 583
... 14.2 Corporate Performance Management ... 596
... 14.3 Information Worker Applications ... 607
... 14.4 Summary ... 630

15 Future Direction of SAP Financial Reporting ... 631
... 15.1 SAP Enhancement Package for SAP ERP ... 632
... 15.2 Simplifi ed Financial Reporting ... 641
... 15.3 MSS Reporting ... 649
... 15.4 Conclusion ... 658

Index ... 661