Academic qualification required to become a SAP consultant is Any Under Graduate Course like Bcom , B.E. , Bsc etc. With any Specialization or Any Post Graduate Course like MTech , MBA ,etc. with any Specialization.
A good knowledge or implementation experience in a full life cycle of SAP R3 would be highly preferable. Experience from project preparation stage to going-live stage gives in depth knowledge regarding the ERP system. Thus personnels who have implementation experience of this whole life cycle get entry as senior SAP FICO consultant.
The required skills of a SAP consultant are extensive SAP FICO module knowledge, Good business and banking domain knowledge, good communication and interpersonal skills.