Nov 21, 2006

Financial Exam Spec.

Exam Topics



General Ledger - 29%

  • Set up of ledger accounts plus chart of account functionality
  • Creation and use of financial dimensions
  • Utilize controls in the chart of account
  • Configuration and use of financial statements and financial statement rows
  • Set up and use budget models, submodels, allocation keys and parameters
  • Set up and use general journal, including bridging postings and journal approval
  • Set up and purpose of sales tax codes and item sales tax groups, know how sales tax is specified, calculated and where terms of payment are specified, and tax payments
  • Run cash flow forecast
  • Set up bank management
  • Understand and use the reconciliation process
  • Setup a company's base currency, secondary currency and use the currency converter
  • Setup and posting of exchange rate differences, and exchange adjustment


Account Receivable - 22%

  • Set up parameter options for accounts receivable and customer setup
  • Set up and use posting profiles
  • Know the purpose of free text invoice journal, differences between free text and sales order invoices
  • Run customer reconciliation
  • Configuration and execution of collection letters and interest calculations
  • Payment journal differences between accounts receivable and general ledger
  • Understand the accounts receivable automatic settlement process
  • Know the mechanics for making exchange adjustments in accounts receivable
  • Set up payment schedules
  • Print deposit slips from accounts receivable
  • Purpose of customer groups
  • Set up of additional parameters used for invoicing
  • Prepayment


Account Payable - 20%

  • Set up posting profiles and parameters in accounts payable, and vendor setup
  • Invoice receipt, registration and approval
  • Configuration of payments, including terms of payment, bridging, cash discounts, payment schedules and methods of payments
  • Use the audit trail functions
  • Run vendor reconciliation
  • Execute vendor invoice registration and approval
  • Understand the accounts payable automatic settlement process
  • Vendor invoice posting
  • Reverse closed transactions
  • Calculate cash discounts
  • Set up method of payment
  • Generate payments


Advanced Ledger - 18%


  • Set up intercompany accounting and transactions
  • Set up, print and trouble shoot financial statements
  • Set up consolidation company
  • Set up and control number sequences
  • Perform the fiscal year-end close
  • Set up and use of system accounts
  • Set up of fiscal periods
  • Bill of exchange or XBRL?


Fixed Assets - 11%

  • Set up and creation of fixed assets
  • Acquisition of fixed assets
  • Posting principles of fixed assets
  • Set up and use the different depreciation methods
  • Create new tangible asset
  • Use fixed asset budgets
  • Set up derived value models
  • Fixed asset consumption registration






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