Unit4 ERP Finance – General Ledger

Level | Getting To Grips

Supported by an understanding of the Unit4 ERP’s cornerstones, this full day course will show how your users can use the fundamentals of the Unit4 ERP to manage and maintain your General ledger.

Summary

The comprehensive General Ledger (GL) and accounting functionality in the Unit4 ERP supports automated posting and updates, giving your users an effective and efficient accounting approach.

Using its sophisticated rules-based posting functionality to increase efficiencies and maintain their period reporting, your users will learn how to streamline your journal processing inside the Unit4 ERP, removing any need for additional extracts and ensure consistency in your reconciliation processing.

Learning outcomes

This course is designed to Introduce you to Unit4 ERP, how it works, and how transactions throughout the system end up in the General Ledger giving you an understanding of:

• Navigation and Familiarisation
• Unit4 Cornerstones
• Chart of Accounts (COA) & Account Rules set-up
• Journal entry and corrections
• Data import
• Templates and triggers
• Enquires and Reporting
• Period end

Delegate pre-requisite

Familiarisation – Record to Report (R2R) Finance.

Who is it for?

• GL Clerk
• Management Accountant
• Financial Analyst

Language

Interactive workshop with an experienced consultant. All Embridge Unit4 courses are currently delivered in English.

Course Structure

Session 1

Unit4 ERP System Overview

In this session you will get an introduction to the Unit4 ERP cornerstones that are at the heart of how Unit4 ERP works and its capabilities.

The areas it will explain are:

• Four cornerstones
• Attributes
• Relations
• Account Rules
• Balance Tables

Session 2

Journal Processing

In this session you will understand the journal entry and approvals process.

The areas it will explain are:

• Process Flow and Steps
• Workflow Enquiry – GL Registered Journals
• Posting Manual Journals into the General Ledger
• Running a General Ledger Enquiry
• Parking and Creating Template Journals
• Attaching Documents to Journals
• Approving Registered GL Journals
• Checking Journal Posting
• Rejecting & Correcting Registered Journals
• Entering a Recurring Journal
• Running an Enquiry to See Original Transaction
• Triggering Transactions
• Running a Transaction Trigger

Session 3

Reversing Journals

In this session you will understand the correction process using journal reversals.

The areas it will explain are:

• Checking Transactions Marked for Reversal
• Creating a Reversal Proposal
• Reviewing and Amending a Created Reversal Proposal
• Running a Reversal Confirmation
• Checking Results
• Running a Reversal Enquiry

Session 4

Journal Imports & Mass Postings

In this session you will understand the mass posting process for journal imports using the Unit4 ERP add-on tool, Excelerator.

The areas it will explain are:

• Excelerator
• How to handle errors
• Looking at Batch Input maintenance
• Deleting the batch and updating the spreadsheet

Session 5

General Ledger Maintenance

In this session you will understand the maintenance processing for General Ledger.

The areas it will explain are:

• Period End Reporting, Process flow and Steps
• Running a Trial Balance Report
• Running a Tax Report
• Period End Processes, Process Flow and Steps
• Changing Current Period & Maintenance

Session 6

Period End Reports / Routines

In this session you will understand how to run the period end processing reports.

The areas it will explain are:

• Running General Ledger AR Reconciliation Report
• Running Unbalanced Transactions Report
• Running Confirmation Report
• Exporting Browser Reports
• Running a Period End Reallocation Trigger
• Running an Accruals Period End Routine

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