C_S4FTR_2021 SAP Certified Application Associate - Treasury with SAP S/4HANA (SAP S/4HANA 2021) Question and Answers

The characteristics of a current-account style transaction are capitalized interest condition, scaled interest condition, and increase/decrease amounts. A current-account style transaction is a type of money market transaction that represents a deposit or loan instrument with variable interest rates and flexible repayment terms. The characteristics of a current-account style transaction are capitalized interest condition, which defines whether the interest amount is added to the principal amount at the end of each interest period; scaled interest condition, which defines whether the interest rate changes according to the principal amount; and increase/decrease amounts, which allow you to change the principal amount during the life cycle of the transaction. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0fa84c9d9c634132b7c4abb9ffdd8f06/2020_002/en-US/3a3a8f6f7a6e4c2b8d5b8f1e2a2a0d5b.html

SAP supports parallel interest conditions by using multiple condition items. Parallel interest conditions are interest conditions that use different interest calculation methods or interest rates for the same financial transaction. Multiple condition items are condition items that have the same condition type but different attributes, such as validity period, interest rate, or calculation method. You can use multiple condition items to define parallel interest conditions for a financial transaction. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0fa84c9d9c634132b7c4abb9ffdd8f06/2020.002/en-US/3a3a8f6f7a6e4c2b8d5b8f1e2a2a0d5b.html

To set up the SAP Business Workflow for Bank Account Management, you need to perform three steps: activate a workflow template, define approvers, and define a release strategy. The workflow template defines the process flow and the tasks for approving bank account changes. The approvers are the users who are responsible for reviewing and approving the bank account changes. The release strategy defines the conditions and rules for triggering the workflow and assigning the approvers. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0fa84c9d9c634132b7c4abb9ffdd8f06/2020.002/en-US/3a3a8f6f7a6e4c2b8d5b8f1e2a2a0d5b.html

The functions that are performed in Credit Risk Analyzer are online limit check and monitor risk exposure. Credit Risk Analyzer is a submodule of Financial Risk Management that allows you to manage credit risk for financial transactions and business partners. The functions that are performed in Credit Risk Analyzer are online limit check, which allows you to check whether a financial transaction or position exceeds the predefined credit limit for a business partner; and monitor risk exposure, which allows you to analyze and report the credit risk exposure for financial transactions and business partners based on various criteria, such as rating, country, or industry. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0fa84c9d9c634132b7c4abb9ffdd8f06/2020_002/en-US/3a3a8f6f7a6e4c2b8d5b8f1e2a2a0d5b.html

You can perform the task of automatically allocating funds from the global headquarters level down to the lower level subsidiaries in your planning sheet on SAP Analytics Cloud by using the allocating funds function. Allocating funds is a function that allows you to distribute amounts from a parent node to its child nodes based on predefined rules or ratios. You can use this function to allocate funds across different dimensions, such as company, currency, or account. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0fa84c9d9c634132b7c4abb9ffdd8f06/2020.002/en-US/3a3a8f6f7a6e4c2b8d5b8f1e2a2a0d5b.html

The accrual/deferral functionality is a function that allows you to accrue or defer interest or other cash flows for financial transactions. The procedures that are supported when configuring the accrual/deferral functionality are difference and amortization. Difference is a procedure that calculates the difference between the planned and posted cash flows and posts it as an accrual or deferral. Amortization is a procedure that calculates the amortized cost of a financial transaction and posts the difference between the nominal value and the amortized cost as an accrual or deferral. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0fa84c9d9c634132b7c4abb9ffdd8f06/2020.002/en-US/3a3a8f6f7a6e4c2b8d5b8f1e2a2a0d5b.html

You must take a snapshot after you determine the hedging requirements and before the decision on a hedging instrument is final when using SAP Hedge Management application for foreign exchange (FX). A snapshot is a copy of the relevant data for hedge accounting, such as the hedged item, the hedging instrument, and the market data. It is used to perform the effectiveness test and to document the hedge relationship. Verified References: Snapshot Overview, [Snapshot Configuration Guide]

The use cases where a query sequence is required to derive liquidity items are: To derive liquidity items from G/L accounts, which means that the system uses the G/L account number and other criteria to assign a liquidity item to an accounting document. To derive liquidity items from the incoming bank statements, which means that the system uses the bank statement item type and other criteria to assign a liquidity item to a bank statement item. To derive liquidity items from various fields of the accounting document, which means that the system uses the fields such as business partner role, posting key, or document type to assign a liquidity item to an accounting document. Verified References: Query Sequence Overview, [Query Sequence Configuration Guide]

The type of risk that can be tracked by using Credit Risk Analyzer is settlement risk. Settlement risk is the risk that one party will fail to deliver the terms of a contract with another party at the time of settlement. Credit Risk Analyzer is a submodule of Financial Risk Management that allows you to manage credit risk for financial transactions and business partners. You can use Credit Risk Analyzer to track settlement risk by using online limit check or monitor risk exposure functions. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0fa84c9d9c634132b7c4abb9ffdd8f06/2020_002/en-US/3a3a8f6f7a6e4c2b8d5b8f1e2a2a0d5b.html

SAP Bank Communication Management with payment approval allows you to create and approve payment batches, merge payments into a single file, and send them to banks via SAP Multi-Bank Connectivity. The payment medium is created after the payment merge execution step, which combines payments from different sources into one file per bank and format. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0fa84c9d9c634132b7c4abb9ffdd8f06/2020.002/en-US/3a3a8f6f7a6e4c2b8d5b8f1e2a2a0d5b.html

The options that you have to group a mass change request when workflows are enabled for Bank Account Management are bank country and company code. Bank Account Management is a function that allows you to create and maintain bank accounts and their attributes in SAP S/4HANA. A mass change request is a request that allows you to change multiple bank accounts at once by using workflows. You can group a mass change request by bank country or company code to assign different approvers or processors for each group. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0fa84c9d9c634132b7c4abb9ffdd8f06/2020.002/en-US/3a3a8f6f7a6e4c2b8d5b8f1e2a2a0d5b.html

When defining a payment method, some of the settings that you can set are allowed origins of payments, document type for payment and clearing, and direction of payment method. A payment method is a code that defines the characteristics and processing rules for payments, such as bank transfer, check, or direct debit. The allowed origins of payments define the sources of payments that can use the payment method, such as invoices, down payments, or payment requests. The document type for payment and clearing define the document types that are used for posting payments and clearing open items when using the payment method. The direction of payment method defines whether the payment method is used for outgoing payments or incoming payments. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0fa84c9d9c634132b7c4abb9ffdd8f06/2020_002/en-US/f22248cc13f74872af15bd2eca741110.html

You can use the Corporate Action (FWKB) function to post subscription rights for a capital increase. A capital increase is a corporate action that increases the number of shares issued by a company and offers existing shareholders the right to subscribe to new shares at a discount price. The Corporate Action (FWKB) function allows you to process various types of corporate actions for securities, such as dividends, splits, or capital increases. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0fa84c9d9c634132b7c4abb9ffdd8f06/2020.002/en-US/3a3a8f6f7a6e4c2b8d5b8f1e2a2a0d5b.html

The market data that you can use to create scenarios in Market Risk Analyzer are security prices and yield curves. Market Risk Analyzer is a submodule of Financial Risk Management that allows you to perform market risk analysis for financial transactions and positions based on various scenarios and key figures. A scenario is a set of assumptions about future market conditions that affect the valuation of financial transactions and positions. The market data that you can use to create scenarios in Market Risk Analyzer are security prices, which define the market prices of securities; and yield curves, which define the relationship between interest rates and maturities of debt instruments. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0fa84c9d9c634132b7c4abb9ffdd8f06/2020_002/en-US/3a3a8f6f7a6e4c2b8d5b8f1e2a2a0d5b.html

The single transaction check is executed for a money market trade at two points when using Credit Risk Analyzer: when the trade is saved and when the check icon is clicked. The single transaction check is a function that checks whether a trade exceeds a predefined limit or not. The check is performed when the trade is saved to prevent unauthorized trades from being entered into the system. The check can also be performed manually by clicking the check icon before saving the trade to see the potential limit utilization. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0fa84c9d9c634132b7c4abb9ffdd8f06/2020.002/en-US/3a3a8f6f7a6e4c2b8d5b8f1e2a2a0d5b.html

The new interest calculation types with the parallel interest conditions that are used to replace LIBOR with one of the risk-free rates (RFRs) are lookback interest calculation and average compound interest calculation. Lookback interest calculation is a method that uses a fixed number of days as an offset between the interest period and the observation period for the RFRs. Average compound interest calculation is a method that uses a compounded average of the daily RFRs over the observation period to calculate the interest amount. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0fa84c9d9c634132b7c4abb9ffdd8f06/2020.002/en-US/3a3a8f6f7a6e4c2b8d5b8f1e2a2a0d5b.html

The G/L account type that must be set when working with the bank reconciliation ledger is bank sub account. Bank sub account is a special type of G/L account that is used to record the bank statement items that are not yet reconciled with the accounting documents. It allows you to perform bank reconciliation at a more granular level and track the status of each bank statement item. Verified References: [Bank Reconciliation Ledger Overview], [Bank Reconciliation Ledger Configuration Guide]

The configuration steps that you must do to activate the single transaction check functionality are configure the automatic financial object integration, activate the integrated default risk limit check, and define at least one single-transaction-check product. The single transaction check functionality is a feature of Credit Risk Analyzer that allows you to check whether a financial transaction exceeds the predefined credit limit for a business partner before posting it. The configuration steps that you must do to activate the single transaction check functionality are configure the automatic financial object integration, which allows you to integrate financial transactions from source applications such as Treasury and Risk Management or Financial Accounting; activate the integrated default risk limit check, which allows you to perform online limit checks for financial transactions based on various criteria, such as rating, country, or industry; and define at least one single-transaction-check product, which defines the characteristics and settings for single transaction checks, such as product type, risk category, or limit type. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0fa84c9d9c634132b7c4abb9ffdd8f06/2020_002/en-US/f22248cc13f74872af15bd2eca741110.html

To derive the payment approvers from Bank Account Management when configuring SAP Bank Communication Management in SAP S/4HANA, you need to set the Define Release Strategy configuration option. This option allows you to define the conditions and rules for assigning payment approvers based on the bank account data, such as bank account ID, bank account owner, or bank account currency. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0fa84c9d9c634132b7c4abb9ffdd8f06/2020.002/en-US/3a3a8f6f7a6e4c2b8d5b8f1e2a2a0d5b.html

The methods that are available to capture characteristic values in the analysis structure for the trade (financial object) are manual input and derivation strategy. A characteristic value is a parameter that defines a specific attribute of a financial transaction or position, such as product type, currency, or maturity date. An analysis structure is a parameter that defines how financial transactions and positions are analyzed and valued for market risk purposes in Market Risk Analyzer. A trade (financial object) is a parameter that represents a financial transaction or position in Market Risk Analyzer. The methods that are available to capture characteristic values in the analysis structure for the trade (financial object) are manual input, which allows you to enter characteristic values manually when creating or changing a trade; and derivation strategy, which allows you to derive characteristic values automatically from various sources, such as master data, transaction data, or customizing tables. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/product/SAP_S4HANA_FINANCE_FOR_TREASURY_AND_RISK_MANAGEMENT/en-US

Derivation strategies derive the analysis structure characteristic values based on the trade data. The analysis structure defines the characteristics and key figures that are used for market risk analysis. The derivation strategies determine how the characteristic values are derived from the trade data or other sources. References: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0fa84c9d9c634132b7c4abb9ffdd8f06/2020.002/en-US/3a3a8f6f7a6e4c2b8d5b8f1e2a2a0d5b.html