How to become a SAP FICO Consultant?

Question

I am a Post Graduate in Finance and have hands on experience of 3 years in the accounts field, with this also have a experience of 1 year working on SAP FICO as a user.

I want to become a SAP FICO Consultant. How to fullfil my dream come true.

Answer 1

It is a tough world for SAP newbies:

1- You have to be very very motivated
2- You have to train a lot on the SAP modules
3- You need to pass the certification
4- You have to create a good resume
5- You need to find a good project
6- On the project you need to do something interesting and learn SAP things.
7- After 2 years SAP experience you are a SAP consultant.
8- After 3 years you can ask a decent salary.
9- After 5 years you can start working as a freelancer

Answer 2

Types of SAP Consultant


1) Business/Sales consultant - They try to win projects at customer end - without knowing much about SAP :-)

2) SAP Functional Consultant - The are responsible for customizing SAP as per customer demand. They talk with developers to code custom ABAP programs as per client requirements.

3) Developer consultant - They are responsible for coding ABAP/Java Programs

4) SAP Basis consultant - They help in installing , maintenance and performance tuning of SAP servers and databases

Skills required in becoming a SAP Functional Consultant

Extensive SAP (module specific) knowledge.
Good Domain (Banking , Telecommunication etc ) knowledge
Good Communication and presentation skills. SAP consultants are often required to interface with the client and understand client's requirements. A SAP consultant should be good in explaining technical information to non-technical people
Ability to work in Teams and good interpersonal skills.

Academic Background

Any Under Graduate Course like Bcom , B.E. , Bsc etc. with any Specialization

Any Post Graduate Course like MTech , MBA ,etc. with any Specialization

How to become a SAP consultant

Obtain SAP Training & Certification. Choose a SAP module and get a certification from an authorized SAP training partner. SAP training is expensive but it's worth the investment

Join a consulting company If you have good business/domain knowledge (and want to learn SAP ?) , you could consider joining a IT consultancy company like IBM , Deloitte , Infosys etc as a junior consultant.

Join as a Trainee or in SAP support You can consider joining a company which has SAP implemented and work as a Trainee or support personnel. The company may later sponsor your SAP certification and training. The trick here is to find such a company and convince them to hire you

Join SAP Project as a non-SAP person. Many SAP projects require skills outside of SAP. For instance, lots of project require a data conversion individual. If you are good in database and SQL , you might considering joining the project and later teach yourself SAP

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