The Financial Accounting (FI) application component fulfills all the international requirements that must be met by the financial accounting department of an organization. It provides the following features:
Management and representation of all accounting data
All business transactions are recorded according to the document principle, which provides an unbroken audit trail from the financial statements to the individual documents.
Open and integrated data flow
Data flow between Financial Accounting and the other components of the SAP System is ensured by automatic updates.
Data is available in real time within Financial Accounting. Postings made in the subledgers always generate a corresponding posting in the general ledger.
Preparation of operational information to assist strategic decision-making within the organization
Integration of Financial Accounting with other components
All accounting-relevant transactions made in Logistics (LO) or Human Resources (HR) components are posted real-time to Financial Accounting by means of automatic account determination. This data can also be passed on to Controlling (CO).
This ensures that logistical goods movements (such as goods receipts and goods issues) are exactly reflected in the value-based updates in accounting.
Integration within Financial Accounting
Every posting that is made in the subledgers generates a corresponding posting to the assigned G/L accounts. This ensures that the subledgers are always reconciled with the general ledger.
The Financial Accounting application component comprises the following sub-components:
General Ledger (FI-GL)
Accounts Payable (FI-AP)
Accounts Receivable (FI-AR)
Bank Accounting (FI-BL)
Asset Accounting (FI-AA)
Funds Management (FI-FM)
Travel Management (FI-TV)
Special Purpose Ledger (FI-SL)