Emil Farkhan

A versatile professional with a diverse background in product development, financial planning, and enterprise cloud solutions. Experienced in driving revenue across key accounts, with a strong academic foundation in industrial and oil and gas engineering. Passionate about innovation and sustainable business practices, seeking a role that offers extensive network exposure and opportunities to help customers become more competitive in AI, like Account Executive, Solution Engineer, and Adoption Lead

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Current Clients

Petronas

Telkomsel

PLN

ABM Investama

Sinarmas

Gojek Tokopedia

Paragon

Chandra Asri Pacific

Amman Mineral

Petronas • Telkomsel • PLN • ABM Investama • Sinarmas • Gojek Tokopedia • Paragon • Chandra Asri Pacific • Amman Mineral •

Work Experiences

Customer Success Manager

SAP | May 2023 - Present

Helping organizations in Indonesia adopt SAP technology towards sustainable innovation. Safeguarding €4 million adoption across Southeast Asia. Lead Multi-year business technology platform project roadmap to 8 high-touch clients. Develop ABM Investama technology adoption from 40% to 120% in 6 months.

Boost Product Adoption in Petronas by 85% year-over-year consumption with €240,000 impact by orchestrating application extensibility proof of concept, replication flow performance improvement, Analytics, and AI business fit assessment, which also leads to upsell and cross-sell technology platform solutions

Winning Customer Success Manager of the Year 2024 in Indonesia

Office of CFO Advisor

SAP | 2017 - 2023

  • Drove SAP revenue in key accounts across Southeast Asia including Astra, Erajaya, Sinarmas, Indorama, MIND ID, IMI, AMNT, Petrosea, and Pelindo.

  • Secured $22 million USD in revenue contribution for the fiscal year 2022 through strategic engagement and solution advisory.

  • Nominated as Growth Across Team in 2020 and recognized as the most high-demand solution advisor in the Financial Planning Analytics Domain

UI-UX Design Services

SAP | 2020 - 2021

  • Short 6-month fellowship to Revamp tech-based products (desktop and mobile apps) based on common design practices.

  • Upskilling in Adobe XD, Figma, and Axure to prototype offline demos, delivering memorable customer experiences in big retail customers with personalized demos.

Web Design Service Sales

Harnods | 2016

Booked 3 Public Sector Accounts and 2 SME revenues within
2.5 months of joining. Established web design consultation and prototyping services between clients and the internal designer team.

Maintenance System Analyst

ConocoPhillips Indonesia | 2014-2015

  • Led a team of 10 to strategize data quality improvements for Plant Maintenance master data.

  • Strategized equipment mapping, handling up to 50,000 safety-critical pieces of equipment, and updated pipeline diagrams for two offshore fields.

Marketing Communication

Telkomsel | 2013-2014

  • Seeding brand activation for digital lifestyle products through online and offline campaigns.

  • Developed a prototype campaign learning program for 20 authorized distributor outlets in Kalimantan

Working at SAP

  • My journey started with a comprehensive six-month training at the SAP Presales Academy in the Bay Area, California, focusing on in-depth ERP Business Processes. Half of this training was dedicated to mastering the FICO S/4HANA Area, covering aspects such as G/L Accounting, Fixed Assets, Receivables, Payables, and Entity Close. Immediately upon returning to Jakarta from the SAP Academy, I played a pivotal role in supporting the account team, contributing to a successful sales deal with PT Cikarang Listrindo Opportunity within just one week.

    2017

  • My experience in Financial Core ERP specialization laid the foundation for expanding my role into presales activities within the broader finance sector, focusing on GRC (Governance Risk Compliance) solutions. In particular, I delved into Access Control, Process Control, and eventually Cloud Identity Access Governance. Working alongside multiple deal captains, I aided in delivering Enterprise Architect exercises for major conglomerates like Sinarmas and Indofood. Additionally, I provided support to customers in the Treasury area, addressing aspects such as Cash Management, Liquidity Forecasting, and Debt Investment.

    2018-2019

  • I became the Financial Planning Analysis Expertise Leader within the office of CFO team. I crafted in average of 7 Proof of Concepts every single year to deliver Financial Planning, Operational Planning, Revenue Planning, Project Planning and also High Level Strategic Planning. Through adept utilization of SAP Analytic Cloud Planning tools, I translated these plans into dynamic worksheets and dashboard prototypes. I also helped the account team lead discussions on financial consolidation using the SAP Group Reporting Solution.This initiative aimed to ensure that customer group closing activities were seamlessly automated within the S/4HANA business process

    2020-2021

  • I acted as a deal captain in various key accounts across the SEA region, with a standout achievement being the Ministry of Finance (MOF) in Singapore. This collaboration resulted in MOF acquiring 455 users of SAC Planning License, a significant step towards modernizing their budgeting and planning processes. This endeavor involved close cooperation with BiExcellence and navigating complex tender processes with multiple SAP Partners. With MOF's focus on new budgeting requirements centered around API export, I facilitated discussions between product owners, customers, and partners to ensure a smooth transition, avoiding unnecessary complexities while maximizing the product's fit for their needs

    2022-2023

  • In between of moving role into new Solution area under Business Technology Platform (BTP) I coached two early talent to have more hands on of Financial Planning Analysis skill with the actual customer use cases. In the new role, I plan various adoption plan to increase customer satisfaction and also product utilization. Helping SAP Partner enabled to deliver various project milestones under BTP portfolios. I also helping commercial recommendation for renewals and upselling which grows more predictable revenue for SAP in the long run.

    2023-2024

  • I lead Indonesia Adoption Numbers by building trusted references and success stories, strengthening key relationships in high touch accounts by offering tailored architecture revisit program and business value outcome studies. In Malaysia market unit I convincing a major oil and gas company in SEA to scale up BTP portfolios adoption across their international operations by having a mixture of product roadmap negotiations and tactical workaround resolution recommendation

    2024-Now

Emil’s Formal Educations

  • Dibimbing.id Bootcamp - 2021
    The final project was an exploratory analysis of my Spotify streaming history. It turns out that I am listening to more International & Chill Music during my payday week while more into Indonesian artists when I run out of cash. I noticed genre adjustment preference in every 5-7 days from full year observation

  • Apriary Academy - 2022
    Helping Meat Culinary business build Indonesian livestock ecosystem solutions from upstream to downstream with Onboard, Stock, Order, and Delivery Features into rigid quarterly roadmap plan and prototype

  • University of Aberdeen
    2015 to 2016
    United Kingdom
    CGPA: 3.55

    Major: Downstream Process and Risk Management
    Final Project: Developed a cumulative risk score dashboard for oil-gas equipment systems to enhance maintenance and operation strategies.

  • Institut Teknologi Bandung
    2009 to 2013
    Indonesia
    CGPA: 3.32

    Major: Production System and Econometric

    Final Project: Conducted forecasting assessments to optimize producer price index, resulting in up to 3% cost savings in the aerospace industry over a five-year contract period

Financial Industry Business Architect at SAP

“Emil was pretty new at that financial tech client. He will not prepare/do something only to get it done, He delivers exceptional things”

HR Advisor at Workday

“I knew Emil when I was working in SAP. I am always amazed by how creative Emil to presenting solutions and how he solve the problem.”

  • Business Skills

    Descriptive Analytics

    Explorative Design Practices

    Energy-Mining Business Acumen

    Financial Reporting Literacy

    Financial Planning Analysis

    Solution Storytelling

    Presentation Framework

  • SAP Skills

    S/4HANA

    SAP Analytics Cloud

    SAP Business Planning Consolidation

    SAP Datasphere

  • Tech Skills

    Python

    R Scripts

    Looker Studio

  • Organizations

    Kelas Inspirasi
    Teaching Volunteer

    Wonderful Indonesia
    Head of Digital Creative

    Laboratorium Sistem Produksi ITB
    Technical Lab Assistant

    Liga Film Mahasiswa ITB
    Main Video Editor