General Ledger Accountant

Role Role

The task of a General Ledger (G/L) Accountant is to make sure that the financial data and statements are correct. G/L accountants provide financial statements in compliance with legal requirements.

Note Note

This is a sample role. Instead of using the delivered role directly, you should copy it to one or more roles of your own. You then assign the authorizations.

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For detailed information on how to implement the apps, follow the links below, and open the app-specific Implementation documents.

Activities

Typical activities of this role are as follows:

Execute, check, and explain period-end close
Explain financial data for both compliance and management purposes
Handle account issues
Provide statutory and top-level management reporting
Ensure correct structuring of organizational entities and accounts

The tasks listed above are supported by the following apps:

Fact Sheets

App Name	App Type	UI Technology Used
G/L Account	Fact Sheet	Fiori UI5
Journal Entry	Fact Sheet	Fiori UI5

Transactional Apps (Fiori UI5)

App Name	App Type	UI Technology Used
Display G/L Account Balances	Transactional	Fiori UI5
Carry Forward Balances	Transactional	Fiori UI5
Post General Journal Entries	Transactional	Fiori UI5
Manage Journal Entries	Transactional	Fiori UI5
Manage Recurring Journal Entries	Transactional	Fiori UI5
Display G/L Account Line Items	Transactional	Fiori UI5
Display Chart of Accounts	Transactional	Fiori UI5
Display Financial Statement	Transactional	Fiori UI5
Clear G/L Accounts	Transactional	Fiori UI5
Open Posting Periods	Transactional	Fiori UI5
Manage Depreciation Runs	Transactional	Fiori UI5
Post Currency Adjustments	Transactional	Fiori UI5
Post Tax Payables	Transactional	Fiori UI5

Transactional Apps (Web Dynpro)

App Name	App Type	UI Technology Used
Manage G/L Account Master Data	Transactional	Web Dynpro

Analytical Apps

App Name	App Type	UI Technology Used
Audit Journal	Analytical	Fiori UI5
Journal Entry History	Analytical	Web Dynpro (Embedded BI)
Trial Balance (includes Trial Balance Comparison)	Analytical	Web Dynpro (Embedded BI)

For more information, see Fiori Apps: What's New.

There are also various analytical Smart Business apps for this role.

For more information, see the app documentation under Start of the navigation path http://help.sap.com/sfin300 Next navigation step SAP Smart Business for SAP S/4HANA Finance End of the navigation path .