Dirk Nikolai

Associate Director General Accounting, Global Business Solutions - SAP S/4 HANA Lilly Deutschland GmbH

Dirk is a leading SAP Expert specialized in Record to Report (R2R) at Eli Lilly. As the Global Design Lead for the Record to Report (R2R) Implementation in the global S/4 HANA Rollout, Dirk played a crucial role in the successful conversion of Eli Lilly’s global processes and data to S/4 HANA, a project that spanned over three years. In his previous roles Dirk has led numerous projects in the Source to Pay (S2P) domain, focusing on Electronic Invoicing and RPA Automation. His expertise also extends to leading the Source to Pay SAP Implementation for Latin America. With over 28 years of experience at Eli Lilly, Dirk has held various pivotal roles, including Financial Planning, Manufacturing Finance, and earlier SAP implementations.

FOKUSTAG UND WORKSHOPS - Dienstag 19. November 2024

2:40 PM Panel Discussion: Delivering Future-Proof R2R Operations

Amway, OMV, Lilly Deutschland, IAG GBS, PAramount, Madisson, EN

  • ·       Automation and Technologies:
  • Defining and creating an end-to-end process for effective closing and reporting with accuracy
  • Improving processes to ease the tedious tasks for accountants and increase user experience
  • Global Process Management:
  • Create more value over the whole chain: optimising the R2R Process outside the GBS organisation
  • Integrating Process Transformation into Technology Transformation
  • Cultural change
  • Developing and key metrics for performance monitoring and reporting
  • Examining how S4Hana implementation is driving the maturity of R2R processes 
  • Knowledge Management in R2R
  • What is the role of AI and GenAI in R2R?
  • How can generative AI leverage SAP S/4 HANA strong system capabilities (i.e. data processing and Analytics)?

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