Vikas Jain
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Summary
Strategic and delivery-driven SAP leader with 15+ years of global experience across consulting, industry, and enterprise transformation. Proven success in leading large-scale S/4HANA programs (Greenfield & Brownfield) across automotive, public sector, manufacturing, and banking — combining deep finance process expertise with SAP delivery excellence.
Trusted advisor to C-level clients, known for bridging business and technology in complex environments. Leads global teams with confidence, delivering measurable value through Agile and SAP Activate methodologies, process innovation, and automation.
Currently completing INSEAD’s "Lead the Future Executive Program" deepening capabilities in AI readiness, innovation leadership, and navigating uncertainty in digital transformation.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SAP Transformation Lead - Finance & Enterprise
Deloitte Consulting GmbH
07.2022 - Current
- Led the Finance workstream within a €600M global transformation program, driving strategic alignment, process harmonization, and ERP modernization across 60+ countries using SAP S/4HANA as the digital core.
- Acted as a strategic advisor to C-level stakeholders, aligning transformation roadmaps with business priorities and driving enterprise-wide value creation.
- Led global Finance Transformation initiatives, redesigning business processes to optimize S/4HANA capability adoption and operational efficiency.
- Built and mentored cross-functional teams across Germany and India, fostering collaboration, ownership, and sustained delivery excellence.
- Contributed to Deloitte’s SAP delivery toolkit by developing reusable accelerators, playbooks, and templates, reducing ramp-up time for new engagements.
SAP Process Manager
Daimler AG
03.2018 - 06.2022
- Played a key role in Daimler’s €300M Greenfield SAP S/4HANA Finance Transformation, driving end-to-end business process alignment, process design, and readiness activities.
- Partnered with global stakeholders to define future-state finance architecture, ensuring alignment between SAP S/4 capabilities and Daimler's strategic finance objectives.
- Managed a team of 30+ AR specialists, providing business-side leadership through UAT planning, execution, and cutover validation to ensure smooth go-live and operational readiness.
- Delivered 40% process efficiency gains through automation, standardization, and elimination of manual intervention in key finance workflows.
- Facilitated workshops with finance controllers and global business leads to align solution design with local compliance needs and group-wide reporting standards.
SAP Service Delivery Manager
Daimler AG
06.2014 - 03.2018
- Spearheaded the creation of a global SAP delivery service center in India, relocating all technical documentation and development demand under a new centralized model.
- Built and led a 100-member offshore team from the ground up, aligning talent strategy, training, and delivery processes to meet Daimler’s quality and performance expectations.
- Acted as the primary interface between German business stakeholders and the India delivery center, ensuring alignment, transparency, and continuous service improvement.
- Introduced KPI-based governance (e.g., SLA adherence, ticket turnaround) and tooling enhancements, increasing delivery transparency and reducing resolution times by 30%.
- Delivered a multi-year transformation program that generated €5M in annual savings through operational efficiency, reduced vendor dependency, and scalable offshore support
Senior SAP Consultant (Techno-Functional)
Capgemini
04.2012 - 06.2014
- Acted as FI Module Lead for full-cycle SAP ECC 6.0 implementations within a €50M global rollout program, delivering customized finance solutions across AP, AR, GL, and Bank Accounting.
- Conducted Fit-Gap analysis and created business blueprints, enabling efficient configuration and faster stakeholder sign-off during rollouts in France, Spain, and Germany.
- Collaborated with client-side finance leads and controllers to ensure SAP designs adhered to both statutory requirements and internal reporting frameworks.
- Led data migration planning and execution for over €8B in open items and balances using LSMW and BDC tools, ensuring clean financial cutover and audit readiness.
- Established rigorous reconciliation checks during financial data migration, ensuring 100% accuracy between legacy balances and SAP postings, and preventing post-go-live financial discrepancies
SAP Consultant (Techno-Functional)
SIEMENS Information System Ltd
12.2009 - 03.2012
- Translated complex finance and operational requirements into SAP functional designs and custom technical solutions, improving system usability and reducing post-implementation change requests.
- Supported rollout and implementation of SAP R/3 4.7, conducting gap analysis and delivering tailored configurations that increased process adoption and reduced support tickets.
Education
Lead The Future – Executive Program - Innovation, Strategy ,Finance, Leadership, AI
INSEAD
Fountainbluea03.2025
MBA - Banking And Finance
Sikkim Manipal University, India
Sikkim06.2013
Skills
- SAP S/4HANA Implementation
- Digital Transformation
- Finance Transformation
- Program & Project Mgmt
- Agile & SAP Activate
- Stakeholder Management
- Business Process Reengineering
- SAP FI / SAP ABAP
- Global Delivery Management
Certification
- SAP FICO
- SAP HANA 2.0 SPS02
- SAP Cloud Platform (BTP)
- SAP Activate Project Manager
- Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills
- Certified SAFe® 6 Agilist
Additional Information
Nationality : German
Interest: Traveling, Hiking, Photography
Languages
Hindi (Native)
English (Fluent)
German (Fluent)
Timeline
SAP Transformation Lead - Finance & Enterprise
Deloitte Consulting GmbH
07.2022 - Current
SAP Process Manager
Daimler AG
03.2018 - 06.2022
SAP Service Delivery Manager
Daimler AG
06.2014 - 03.2018
Senior SAP Consultant (Techno-Functional)
Capgemini
04.2012 - 06.2014
SAP Consultant (Techno-Functional)
SIEMENS Information System Ltd
12.2009 - 03.2012
Lead The Future – Executive Program - Innovation, Strategy ,Finance, Leadership, AI
INSEAD
MBA - Banking And Finance
Sikkim Manipal University, India
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