SAP FICO Course - Syllabus, Duration & Certification

Course curriculum

Introduction to SAP ERP

• What an ERP system does, and where finance sits inside it
• The SAP landscape: development, quality and production systems
• Navigation, transaction codes and the SAP Easy Access menu
• Organisational structure concepts used throughout FI and CO

SAP FI - Financial accounting

• Scope of the FI module and how it integrates with other modules
• Company code, business area and chart of accounts
• Fiscal year variants and posting periods
• Document types, number ranges and the document principle

General ledger

• GL master records and account groups
• Posting, parking and holding documents
• Recurring entries and accruals
• Month-end and year-end closing activities
• Financial statement version and reporting

Accounts receivable

• Customer master data and account groups
• Sales invoices, credit memos and special GL transactions
• Incoming payments, clearing and residual items
• Dunning procedure and customer correspondence
• Customer ageing and account analysis

Accounts payable

• Vendor master data and reconciliation accounts
• Purchase invoices and credit memos
• Outgoing payments and the automatic payment program
• Down payments and advance handling
• Vendor ageing and open item management

Asset accounting

• Asset classes and asset master records
• Acquisition, transfer and retirement postings
• Depreciation areas, keys and methods
• Running depreciation and posting the results
• Asset history sheet and reporting

SAP CO - Controlling

• How controlling differs from financial accounting, and why both exist
• Controlling area setup and assignment
• Primary and secondary cost elements
• Real-time integration between FI and CO

Cost center accounting

• Cost center hierarchy and master data
• Planning and budgeting at cost center level
• Actual postings and reposting
• Assessment and distribution cycles
• Plan versus actual variance reporting

Profit center accounting

• Profit center master data and hierarchy
• Assigning cost centers, orders and materials to profit centers
• Internal transfer pricing concepts
• Segment and profit center reporting

Internal orders

• Order types, and when an internal order beats a cost center
• Planning and budgeting on an order, with availability control
• Actual postings and commitments
• Settlement to a cost center, asset or GL account
• Order status management

Product costing

• Cost component structure
• Material cost estimates with and without quantity structure
• Standard cost release and price control
• Variance categories and their causes
• Work in process and period-end settlement

Hands-on configuration

• Working in the IMG using SPRO
• Configuring a company code from scratch
• Posting a full transaction cycle through the configured setup
• Reading and resolving common configuration errors

Frequently asked questions

How long is the SAP FICO program?

2 Months. Delivered in Offline format.

Who is eligible for the SAP FICO program?

Open to commerce / science graduates and working professionals; basic computer literacy required.

Does CELSE Labs provide placement assistance for SAP FICO?

Placement support is available case-by-case; please contact admissions.

Is a scholarship available for SAP FICO?

No standing scholarship; however the admissions team can discuss fee plans.

Is an internship included in SAP FICO?

Internship is available as an add-on for qualifying students.

Is SAP FICO NSDC certified?

Yes. CELSE Labs is an NSDC-certified training partner; all programs, including this one, follow NSDC quality standards and include an industry-recognised completion certificate.

About CELSE Labs

CELSE Labs — the Centre for Experiential Learning and Skill Enhancement — is an NSDC-certified, ISO 9001:2015 accredited skill training institute and an Approved Training Partner of Medhavi Skills University. We work with commerce graduates, career changers and working professionals across Kerala who want a job in accounting, finance, compliance or data, and who need practical capability rather than another certificate.

Our training is experiential rather than lecture-based. Instead of textbook exercises, trainees operate the books, bank account, invoices and internal correspondence of simulated companies — M & M Technologies, Toy Kingdom and PetalSoft — where transactions arrive incomplete, out of order and occasionally wrong, exactly as they do in a real office. Trainees learn judgement by making decisions and correcting them, which is the part of the work that cannot be transferred by explanation.

Teaching is one-to-one, so pace follows the learner rather than a cohort. New batches start every Wednesday at both centres. Scholarships of up to 30% are available through a free online scholarship test, and our placement record includes 36+ named alumni at HDFC, ICICI, Bajaj Finserv, Kotak Mahindra, Big Basket, Ford, Amrita Hospital and JRHA Accounting in the UAE.

Visit us at Edappally in Kochi or Mavoor Road in Kozhikode, or call +91 8007 980 000 to arrange a free counselling session.