good understanding in accounting is great advantage, but i found those from IT background with basic accounting skill can catch up very fast in SAP FICO.

Research on general overview of FICO and its organization structure from company code to posting GL account would be a great start.

It is not easy to get in straight away, but they are some companies that hiring fresh as support level and junior abaper. Most obivious is Axon ABAP boot camp, they are some people willing to have paycut just to work in SAP industry for future better prospect.

I have worked in several multi national companies before and most of their SAP support are being hired internally(their end-user who have work with the companies for long time and transferred as SAP support)

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Added on August 29, 2010, 9:57 pm

Good understanding in database development and relationship is great advantage, since you gonna deal with a lot of configuration i.e the inter-related configuration of company codes, cost/profit center,vendors,customers,GL accounts, currency, exchange-rate,posting keys,document types etc, you need to find out where all these are being stored in SAP tables and what are the keys and make them inter-related.

You also need to have good ideas in business processs to provide solutions to your clients/customers. If you have past programming background is a plus. With good understanding with SAP FICO tables,business process and good logic thinking will certainly help you to develop functional specfication/requirements for ABAPER to develop.

You need to be brave to explore all the functionality/configurations to success in this area, i have friends you have done this and now they earn 5 figure income and experience work in so many multi-national companies in a young age. But becareful when you trail and error always consult with your superior/seniors, simple configuration changes could affect the operation in production server, I also have friend who have done this and have to take the responsibility of resigning from the company because the affected operation caused losses to the company 

Yes, we are still hiring. Please refer to the following online advert. Interviews are currently going on.

Pm me if you need more info.

http://www.jobstreet.com.my/jobs/2010/7/de...099527.htm?fr=J

There was also an advert in The Star.

Though the advert on Jobstreet is closed, you can still send in your CV.

Hmm, I've got an internship at PwC under the group System and Process Assurance (SPA)..

Does this have anything to do with SAP? I have plans for my career in the future to be SAP FICO related as I'm studying Accounting Degree now.

Thank you.

I'm not sure if it has anything to do with it but I really think you should go. PwC is a big company and having them in you CV can be really2 helpful