This expertly written guide provides business users, IT users, and SAP consultants with an overview of key closing concepts and detailed insights intohow to implement SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced fi nancial closing (AFC)utilizing the capabilities of SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) to meetmonth-end closing requirements. Explore SAP S/4HANA closing concepts foradvanced financial closing (AFC), focusing on three key aspects—the “What”,the “Why” and the “How”—of month-end closing activities. Take a look at keyfunctionality and learn how to use different AFC Fiori apps on SAP BTP todefine a global template, execute closing activities, and monitor and analyzethe entire closing cycle in real-time using a Fiori-based dashboard and reports.Explore how to use configuration apps to enable user roles, authorizations,system access, and end-to-end orchestration of closing activities betweenAFC and financial backend systems such as SAP S/4HANA. Examine somekey points to consider during an AFC implementation, including examples anda roadmap for the future. Using screenshots and examples from the field, theauthor covers:

• Global template design and setup
• Analytics and reporting
• Confi guration and user management
• AFC Implementation at a glance