Post Cash Journal Entries
Application component: Payment Transactions
App type: SAP GUI
Scope items: Cash Journal
Description:  The cash journal is a Bank Accounting subledger for the management of cash in a business. The system automatically calculates and displays the opening and closing balances, and the receipts and payments totals. You can run several cash journals for each company code. You can also carry out postings to G/L accounts, as well as supplier and customer accounts. Recommendation  You should run a separate cash journal for each currency. 
Key features:  The cash journal is a single-screen transaction. This means that you can enter, display, and change cash journal documents on one screen. You have the following options: Entering, saving, and posting cash journal entries You can save cash journal entries locally in the cash journal. The system also calculates the balances. The cash journal entries saved are then posted to the general ledger. For a cash journal document, you can carry out CO account assignments, and have taxes, including withholding taxes, calculated by the system with reference to business transactions, taking account of tax jurisdiction codes, for example. Note For business transaction types B (Payment to Bank Account) and C (Receipt from Bank Account), if you use a G/L account that has the account type Cash Account with the account subtype either Bank Reconciliation Account or Bank Subaccount, you must fill in both the House Bank and Account ID fields before saving cash journal entries.For business transaction types R (Revenue) and E (Expense), you need to use a G/L account that does not have the account type Cash Account and the account subtype Bank Reconciliation Account or Bank Subaccount.For more information about G/L account types, see Define G/L Accounts for Payment Processes.   Displaying follow-on documents You can also display the follow-on documents arising for the cash journal entries posted.   Defining cash journal business transactions As well as defining cash journal business transactions in Customizing, you can also, if necessary, define a new business transaction while you are making entries in the cash journal.   Printing the cash journal You can print all of the cash journal entries posted in the time period displayed. You select the print form in Customizing.   Printing receipts You can print the cash journal entries saved. You select the print form in Customizing.   Deleting cash journal entries saved If you have the appropriate authorization, you can delete cash journal entries that have been saved.   Displaying all cash journal documents that have been deleted You can display all the cash journal documents that have been deleted within a specific time period.   Changing the cash journal You can change the cash journal and the company code while you are processing entries.  
Business roles: General Ledger Accountant
Cash Management Specialist : 
Executes cash transactions and centrally manages bank accounts with a wide range of attributes, including overdraft limit and signatories, utilizing approval process for opening or closing bank accounts, and the regular inventory/auditing process.

General Ledger Accountant : 
Carries out daily activities in general ledger, for example by recording transactions and making adjustment postings, and prepares financial statements.