Nick Fiolitakis
SAP Senior Managing Consultant and Enterprise Architect
Experience
SAP Senior Managing Consultant and Enterprise Architect
NTT Data
- Lead presales engagements and architect tailored S/4HANA rollout solutions for digital transformation initiatives
- Design and implement large-scale template solutions for global S/4HANA transformations in multinational organizations
- Conduct client workshops across transformation phases, including strategic sessions with C-Level executives
- Serve as Program Manager and Enterprise Architect, providing end-to-end template solutions
- Act as the primary liaison between project teams and senior executives, bridging leadership across customer and delivery teams
- Maintain program leadership and stakeholder commitment throughout the lifecycle
- Advocate program imperatives and coach client sponsors to ensure alignment and momentum
- Drive program ownership and direct cross-stream business teams toward strategic outcomes
- Assume full accountability for program success and realization of business benefits
- Contribute to comprehensive project management plans: organizational structure, governance, escalation paths, toolsets, communication protocols, and stakeholder engagement
- Govern integration sessions and lead SAP application landscape design and rollout structure
- Own overall program planning, execution, and monitoring, integrating country-specific rollouts into the core framework
- Establish and manage governance frameworks including scope control, financial oversight, resource allocation, risk mitigation, communications, and reporting
- Monitor daily project progress and ensure consistent delivery on scope, timeline, budget, and quality objectives
- Collaborate with sponsors and partners to manage risk and define mitigation strategies
- Resolve escalations with speed and clarity to protect program integrity
- Define and implement organizational change management and change control processes
- Build and sustain high-performing teams while promoting talent growth and skill development
- Hire and develop employees to reinforce program capability and long-term success
- Lead customer workshops for exploring solutions in financials and integrate the solution within S/4HANA and with external applications
- Lead realize sprints in financial FICO scope, overseeing testing, data migration, and cutover
SAP Delivery Partner and Financial Architect
Tata Consulting Services
Lead presales engagements and architect tailored S/4HANA rollout solutions for digital transformation initiatives
Act as Program Manager and Enterprise Architect, leading numerous client workshops throughout S/4HANA transformation initiatives
Design and staff large-scale template and worldwide rollouts for S/4HANA transformation in large multinational organizations
Lead customer workshops with C-Level executives
Serve as primary project liaison with senior executives, leading the executive steering committee
Bridge project and customer leadership, reporting project status during executive steering committees
Maintain leadership and commitment throughout the program lifecycle
Advocate program imperatives and coach client sponsors
Drive program ownership and oversee business teams across all streams
Assume full accountability for program success and benefit realization
Contribute to project management plans, defining organization, governance structure, escalation process, tools and methods, communication plans, and stakeholder engagement
Manage interdependence with other projects, addressing risks, staffing conflicts, and scope management
Act as enterprise architect providing end-to-end solutions with focus on financials
Lead customer workshops to explore financial solutions and integrate them within S/4HANA and with external applications
Lead realize sprints in financial FICO scope, overseeing testing, data migration, and cutover
Successfully led digitalization initiatives reducing TCO
Hired and developed outstanding project managers, increasing efficiency
Achieved high client satisfaction and exceeded business expectations
Senior SAP Program/Project Manager
Magna IT
Oversee solution architecture of the template, business scenarios, and integration of the business value chain for the entire SAP program
Govern integration sessions, lead design of the SAP application landscape, and manage roll-out structure
Own overall program plan, execution, and monitoring, integrating all roll-out countries into the program's core
Establish and oversee project governance, scope board, cost control, resource board, risk matrix, communication procedures, monitoring, and reporting mechanisms
Monitor day-to-day project activities and progress
Ensure delivery on scope, budget, time, and quality
Manage risks and mitigation strategies in collaboration with program sponsors and consulting partners
Resolve project escalations
Analyze, assess, and choose consulting partners
Collaborate with consulting partners and business sponsors to ensure successful delivery of the SAP program
Establish organizational change management and change control procedures
Build and sustain strong, high-performing teams
Hire and develop employees to enhance capabilities
Successfully optimized processes improving strategic operations
Substantially increased efficiency and significantly reduced costs
Senior SAP Delivery Manager
Infosys Technology Germany
Develop project management plans, define governance structure, establish project escalation processes, methods, tools, communication procedures, reporting standards, and stakeholder engagement
Own consulting partner project plan for customer projects
Manage project governance, scope, costs, resources, and communication; ensure day-to-day delivery of program scope, deliverables, timeline, and quality
Oversee RACI, escalation of risks and issues, staffing conflicts, and scope management
Work with clients to establish change control procedures
Ensure successful overall delivery of SAP projects with customer IT project managers and business captains
Acquire, manage, and coordinate projects within large European companies in BI, process harmonization, and SAP implementations
Lead client transitions to offshoring, establishing 24/7 AMS support with meaningful reporting and SLAs
Build and lead globally distributed and culturally diverse project teams
Coach clients towards successful offshoring transitions
Optimized program quality, significantly reducing TCO
Developed strategic and operational dashboards with global quality KPIs, massively optimizing purchasing with SAP BI technology
Increased efficiency through standardization and innovative technologies
Achieved substantial increase in client satisfaction with IT services
Established reputation as a one-stop-shop supplier in BI for a major customer
Successfully transitioned IT services offshore and arranged and monitored SLAs for a large pharmaceutical company
Completed a large-scale transformation with SAP rollout and process optimization for a leading European publishing house
Senior Consultant for SAP ERP Financials
IBM Global
Lead team for implementation of SAP Financials
Design SAP application landscape and SAP organizational structure
Support collaboration between IT partners and business stakeholders, leveraging knowledge of existing IT solutions and business requirements
Govern integration meetings within project governance
Own overall financial solution and its integration into the entire program
Translate business requirements into specifications for R/3 implementation
Provide solution expertise across all application lifecycle stages: design, implementation, configuration, quality assurance, application support, and enhancement
Developed solution for global financial reporting and consolidation
Increased efficiency and reduced TCO in IS for a Greek utility company
Designed analytics reporting for a major utilities organization in Athens and coached the CFO on decision-making with SAP applications
Optimized processes for a global telecommunications company in Belgium
Optimized global business processes for a food manufacturer in Israel, leading to massive TCO reduction, increased efficiency, and faster project implementation
Senior Finance Consultant - Advisor
PwC UK
Focus on SAP ERP financials and business process optimization
Own overall solution and integration of financials for entire program
Govern integration meetings within project governance
Lead design of SAP application landscape and organizational structure
Provide solution expertise across all lifecycle stages: design, implementation, configuration, quality assurance, application support, and enhancement
Translate business requirements into specifications for R/3 implementation
Support collaboration between IT partners and business stakeholders
Understand current and future processes, review business processes and map into IT architecture
Lead business design of end-to-end processes in the financial stream
Drive team of process leads acting as business process owners
Optimize end-to-end processes and integrate management information systems across Europe
Managed project teams of approximately 40 people in 17 countries, achieving exceptional results
Optimized consolidating financial reporting
Reduced TCO in IS and increased customer confidence
Increased efficiency through harmonization and standardization
Senior Consultant for SAP Financials and Business Transformation
IBM Global
Cover all application lifecycle stages: design, implementation, configuration, quality assurance, application support, and enhancement
Translate business requirements into specifications for R/3 implementation
Support collaboration between IT partners and business stakeholders
Conduct workshops to ensure awareness of high-level AS-IS and key organizational concepts
Understand current and future processes, review and map business processes into IT architecture
Create documents of business requirements, analyze and define requirements for customer-specific development or integration
Assist with development of project requirements, scope, and acceptance testing during implementation
Support project and change approval boards, indicating when proposed changes may require extra work
Supervised and acquired projects in industrial sectors in Europe and the Middle East focusing on business process integration and SAP implementation
Optimized and standardized operations for an air carrier in Hamburg
Implemented SAP and optimized processes for tourism business in Greece, semiconductor and consumer goods companies in Israel
Led transition from R/2 to R/3 for an automotive company in Germany
Managed ARIS toolset department for process design
Significantly reduced TCO of IS using SAP in all operations
Increased efficiency through process reconstruction and IT strategy adjustment
Developed SAP localization in Israel considering hyperinflation
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Experienced in Professional Services and Information Technology.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Finance, Quality Assurance, Operations, and Business Intelligence.
Summary
Experienced in S/4 HANA transformations across greenfield, brownfield, and selective data transition paths. Skilled in designing, planning, and monitoring international programs. Possess deep knowledge of SAP business processes and modern technologies, enabling the design of architectural landscapes aligned with strategic operating models. Expert in applying edge technologies such as AI, RPA, IoT, and cloud computing to optimize business process solutions. Proven coach in personal and professional growth, maintaining robust mentoring relationships with key stakeholders to unlock new opportunities.
Skills
- Sap Financial: Strong Process And Functional Technical Knowledge In Entire Fi And Co Including All The Simplification And Ai Cases Of S/4 Hana.
- Sap Enterprise Architecture: Orchestrating End-to-end Solutions In Several Industry Sectors, Including Integration Using Btp.
- Sap Activate Certified Project Manager
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Education
University of West Florida UWF
Executive MBA · Executive MBA · Pensacola, United States
University of Mannheim
Diploma in Economics · Economics · Mannheim, Germany
Certifications & licenses
SAP Activate Certified Project Manager
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