Help me to make a career decision

Hi All ,
            I am a ABAPER  with  4 Years experience. I am interested in SAP functional.
Few months ago I completed my certification in SAP FI  ECC 6.0  When in my organization i asked for functional work they  said only  people with Accouting background can be given a chance.
As i had no  such  live experience in FI functional  i tried to jump  to another organization  in  ABAP.  In the new org. they have put me in a SD project. I am not sure if in near future i will  get opportunity to  waork in sap FI project.
Some people  suggested me  do an MBA( which i can do  next year,) , I am not sure if that will  help me out.
Some of my friends suggested me to Jump  to another organisation and try my luck.
Some other asked me to do a accounting course.
I am not sure what to choose.  Can any one help me out.
Thanks in advance.

MBA in Finance might certainly help you get preference in job, but still most probably you'll be referred to ABAP related FI work and not as a pure functional.  It might still take some time before you can become a full fledged Functional consultant. 
The easiest way would be to approach you present company about your aspiration and ask them to staff you in any FI project as a shadow consultant or as a junior team member.  This is better than applying as a FI consultant in another company because most likely you'll not be preferred if you apply now.  Once you are staffed you can spend 1-2 yrs to stabilise and learn FI.  An accounting course will definitely help you to get the basics right in that domain. 
Also, you'll have to get to know the overall processes including other departments in a full cycle (like P2P, OTC) and understand their relationship and impact with Accounting.  This is a long process but definitely possible, though in this course, it is imperative that you'll lose all your ABAP experience.  You can consider if you are OK to start as an SAP fresher again.
Alternatively, you can look at modules like BI Reporting, BCS etc, which are closely tied with FI but require a lot of technical expertise.  Your ABAP experience will certainly come handy if you get to work in those domains and your FI certification will be an Asset.  Also, these domains do not require you to know indepth Accounting.  Due to the size and complexity, you'll most likely be accompanied by fellow FI consultants so that you wont feel you are a stranger when you get in.
Ravi.

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