Do exactly what the task says.
Candidates who took the new system-based exam, and similar SAP exams, say grading checks the table entries and configuration you leave, so unrequested changes can lose points.
SAP Certified - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, Financial Accounting (C_TS4FI) Exam Guide
Validates practical skills in configuring SAP S/4HANA financial accounting, including company codes, payables, receivables and asset accounting.
C_TS4FI tests whether you can carry out Financial Accounting configuration and postings correctly in a real S/4HANA system. Learn each process in the official learning journey, practise it end to end in a system until you can do it quickly, and do exactly what each task asks.
Understand the exam
Syllabus
Establish a new company codeUp to 10%
- Create a company code
- Use the organizational units in FI
- Describe the assignment between the company code and the controlling area
Example scenario: You are asked to create a company code for a new subsidiary using an existing one as a template. Which assignments would you check before posting the first document?
General ledgerUp to 10%
- Check the basic settings in general ledger accounting
- Identify the basic settings of a chart of accounts
- Outline the structure of general ledger accounts
- Create account groups to maintain general ledger accounts
- Manage general ledger accounts
- Post simple general journal entries
Create a new document type11–20%
- Maintain the structure of FI documents
- Prepare the control elements of the document header
- Use posting keys to control elements of line items
Example scenario: Finance wants a separate document type for intercompany journal entries with its own number range. What would you configure, and in what order?
Accounts payable21–30%
- Describe business partner data
- Outline customer/vendor integration
- Describe business partners and field statuses
- Perform incoming and outgoing payments
Create a house bank, configure and execute the payment runUp to 10%
- Manage house banks
- Configure the payment program
- Modify the payment settings for company codes
- Configure the payment program bank selection
- Create a payment proposal
- Execute a payment run
Example scenario: A payment run proposes no items for invoices you know are due. Which settings would you check on the supplier and in the payment program?
Accounts receivableUp to 10%
- Describe business partner data
- Outline customer/vendor integration
- Post a financial document with clearing
- Execute account clearing
- Use the clearing program
- Perform incoming and outgoing payments
Perform value adjustments for overdue receivablesUp to 10%
- Explain the different types of value adjustments
- Post individual value adjustments
- Manage flat-rate individual value adjustments
- Execute individual value adjustments
Example scenario: Year-end close needs an allowance for receivables more than 90 days overdue. Where would you post it and how would you check the result?
Asset accountingUp to 10%
- Outline the importance of the asset classes in fixed assets
- Assign an account determination key to an asset class
- Assign number range intervals to an asset class
- Copy asset classes from reference
- Create master data in asset accounting
- Change master data in asset accounting
Perform customizing, acquisition and depreciation postingsUp to 10%
- Assign a chart of depreciation to a company code
- Define which depreciation areas post which values to the G/L
- Enter transactions in the system and analyze them using the asset explorer
- Post asset acquisitions with clearing accounts as well as integrated to materials management
- Analyze depreciation areas in detail and configure them
- Post depreciation and analyze depreciation values
Example scenario: A new laptop is bought and must start depreciating this month. What would you create and post, and how would you confirm depreciation will run?
SAP certification page · C_TS4FI_2601, system-based assessment
Format
- Questions
- 1 hands-on activity
- Duration
- 3h
- Passing score
- 60%
- Delivery
- Online
- Languages
- English
Question types
System-based task. Complete configuration and posting tasks in a live S/4HANA system; the result is graded on the settings and entries you leave behind.
CertUp example
Create a document type for intercompany journal entries with its own number range, then post a test journal entry that uses it.
Show answer
Define the number range interval, create the document type and assign that range to it, then post a journal entry with the new type and check that the document number falls in the range.
Eligibility and booking
Create an SAP Universal ID, buy exam attempts through the two-attempt bundle or a Learning Hub subscription, then start the exam from the certification page in SAP Learning Hub.
Make a study plan
Read the task areas on the certification page, then work through the official learning journey with a practice system open beside it.
Most candidates spend 60–120 hours. Plan for the low end if you already configure FI in a live system at work; plan for the high end if you know accounting but SAP configuration is new to you, and keep most of your time in the practice system.
- 1Understand the examRead the objectives and exam rules, check you’re eligible and pick a target date.5 h
- 3Learn the core conceptsWork through one main course alongside your own lab, topic by topic.39 h
- 4Practice with mock examsPractise every objective in a lab until you can do it quickly without notes.41 h
- 5Prepare for exam dayBook the exam and check the ID, equipment and environment rules.5 h
Learn the core concepts
SAP's learning journey is the main study path. You need a practice system to prepare properly; the two-attempt bundle includes 10 hours, and Learning Hub includes more.
Best official courseImplementing Financial Accounting in SAP S/4HANA
Best concept referenceSAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting Certification GuideDo only what is asked. Grading reads the configuration you leave behind, so extra settings can cost points. Follow each task's wording exactly.
Practice with mock exams
Practise the tasks in a real system first. Scenario simulations can add repetition, but question banks written for the old multiple-choice exam do not prepare you for this one.
Implementing Financial Accounting in SAP S/4HANA
SAP Certification exam, two attempts (with 10 practice hours)
C_TS4FI Skill Drills and Scenario SimulationsAre you ready?
- You can create a company code and a document type from a written requirement without looking up every step.
- You can configure a house bank and run the payment program end to end.
- You can complete a full timed run of the task areas with time to spare.
Prepare for exam day
The exam runs online in your browser. Prepare your setup before you start the timer.
- Sign in with your SAP Universal ID and start the exam from the certification page.
- Use a stable connection and a quiet place where you can work for three hours without a break.
- Keep the SAP Help Portal ready, since the assessment is open book.
- Read each task fully before configuring, and change only what it asks.
- Confirm completion when you finish; your result appears in SAP Learning Hub after review.
Advice from exam takers
Build speed in the system.
Candidates warn that old multiple-choice dumps do not match the new exam. They recommend practising company code setup, chart of accounts, document splitting, payables and receivables postings and closing in Fiori apps until it is quick.
Do a practice run first.
People taking SAP's system-based exams were unsure how corrected mistakes are scored, and several suggest a trial run on a spare object before the real attempt.