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Academy · Finance · 200 Practitioner

Cash Management Basics: Bank Accounts and Cash Position

Introduces SAP S/4HANA Cash Management for business users: why treasury needs daily cash visibility, bank account management and its approval workflow, the cash position by bank, company code and currency, and the liquidity forecast and the data behind it. Notes the difference between the basic scope and the separately licensed full scope, which each company should confirm with SAP, and ends with how to test cash reporting against the bank.

  • 28 minutes
  • 5 lessons + quiz
  • Finance Practitioner
Start the course
  1. 01Why cash visibility matters5 min
  2. 02Bank account management6 min
  3. 03Cash position5 min
  4. 04Liquidity forecast6 min
  5. 05Testing cash reporting6 min
  6. QZCourse quiz12 questions

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe bank account management and its approval process
  • Read the cash position by bank and currency
  • Explain sources feeding the liquidity forecast
  • Identify data quality issues that distort cash reporting
  • Test cash position accuracy

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