This video is a tutorial on month-end closing activities in SAP FICO, presented by Adiele Kelechi K. The video is intended to guide users through various activities that should be performed at the end of each month to ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial data.

  1. Account Clearing: The video starts with a discussion on account clearing, which is necessary to ensure that balances carried forward to the next period are correct and verifiable. The presenter demonstrates how to clear accounts using transaction code F.13.
  2. Customer Account Clearing: Similar to GL account clearing, customer account clearing ensures that all open items in a customer account are cleared. The presenter demonstrates this process using transaction code F-32.
  3. Vendor Account Clearing: The presenter demonstrates how to clear vendor accounts using transaction code F-44. This process ensures that all open items in a vendor account are cleared.
  4. Due Date Analysis: The presenter discusses the importance of due date analysis for monthly reviews of open items or debts. This process helps in aging the open items and knowing which ones are 30 days old, 60 days old, etc.
  5. Customer Open Items: The presenter demonstrates how to view all the open items of a customer. This process is important for the accounts receivable team to follow up on these balances.
  6. Vendor Open Items: Similar to customer open items, the presenter shows how to view all the open items of a vendor.
  7. Close Open and Close Posting Period: The presenter discusses the importance of closing the posting period at the end of every month. This process is performed using transaction code OB52.
  8. Bank Reconciliation: The presenter briefly discusses bank reconciliation, which can be performed automatically if the system is configured to do so.
  9. Recurring Documents: The presenter discusses the use of recurring documents to handle recurring postings such as rents. The transaction codes FBD1 and F.14 are used for this process.
  10. Foreign Currency Valuation: The presenter discusses the importance of foreign currency valuation at the end of the month to convert all open items and balances in foreign currency to the local currency.
  11. Interest Calculation: The presenter briefly discusses the process of interest calculation, which is performed on a monthly basis using transaction code F.52.
  12. Post Audit Adjustments: The presenter discusses the importance of posting audit adjustments at the end of every financial year. The transaction codes FB01 or F.02 can be used for this process.

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