I moved to Germany a few years ago, worked my way up to B2 German and before that in fraud prevention and market risk.

Few months back I made the jump into SAP. I already hold the SAP Certified User cert for S/4HANA Financial Accounting, and I'm currently in full-time SAP S/4HANA FI/CO Consultant program with the official C\\\_TS4FI certification exam targeted for October.

What I'm struggling with is the classic chicken-and-egg problem. Everyone wants "SAP project experience" but I can't get that without a first project. My finance/compliance background is solid and directly relevant to FI/CO, but I have zero implementation experience on real SAP projects.

Questions for anyone who's been through this or hires SAP consultants in Germany:

1.What's realistic for landing a first SAP FI/CO project/role in Germany with no prior SAP project experience but strong finance/compliance/audit background?

2.Do Mittelstand(medium scale)/SAP partner firms hire trainees with domain experience like mine?

3.Any German-market-specific certs, communities, or job boards worth prioritizing?

I'd also really appreciate eyes on my CV. Thank you very much in advance.

Ex-fraud/risk analyst, B2 German, now doing SAP FI/CO training — how to land first SAP project in Germany?