Manager Sap

R O BE RT J. YEL DE LL, J R.

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F I N AN C I AL O PER AT I O N S EXE C UT IVE

Accomplished Operations Executive with experience identifying, defining and delivering enterprise-wide financial solutions for Fortune 100 companies. Cross-functional manager, adept at understanding the interrelationships between people, technology, process and resources that underlie strategic and tactical decisions and drive productivity and profitability. Proven strengths in Project Management, Information Systems implementation and management of high volume finance transaction systems. Areas of Expertise:

• Budgets

• Metric Development

• Work Plan Preparation

• Outsourcing / Off-shoring

• Project Team Management

• LBMS PM Methods

• Shared Services Models

• Customer Service / Billing

• Business Process Improvements

• Balanced Scorecard Development

• SAP FI/CO, MM, SRM, HCM

• Statistical Quality Improvement

• Change Management

• Team Building

• Green Belt

“Robert played a key role in taking control of situations and solving problems. He has tremendous integrity and accuracy – with incredible leadership and team building skills. Those that work with him are fiercely loyal.” Christine Henry, Vice President Corporate Finance, NBCUniversal SE LE C TED C AR EE R HI GH LIG H TS

Successfully lead critical to success development of new enterprise wide payroll solution, in the formation of new $14B entertainment enterprise.

Reduced State Unemployment Insurance costs by $2M, and operating expense by another $1M, through the consolidation of payroll legal entities.

Lead successful conversion of domestic outsourced purchase to pay process to off-shore service provider. Managed and completed project on time and $160K under budget - reducing costs $512K annually by making AP and Travel & Expense receipts retrievable through intranet. P RO FESS IO N AL EX PE RIE NC E

President, Industrial Marketing and Graphics Corp, DBA Alphagraphics NE Atlanta 2018 – Present

• AlphaGraphics is a full-service printing and visual communications company, dedicated to serving the needs of our customers.

• Leveraging technology with a pioneering spirit you'd expect from someone with a former career in the entertainment industry.

VP Global Payroll Services, TURNER, INC 2015 – 2018

• Senior leadership role, responsible Domestic & International and Time Warner Corporate Payroll operations and Personnel Accounting operations. Responsible for defining and building a global payroll strategy covering four regions (US, LATAM, APAC & EMEA), utilizing various payroll delivery service providers, processes and two ERP systems.

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Sr. Director Finance & Payroll Operations, NBC UNIVERSAL 2008 – 2015

• Lead application selection, design, implementation and deployment of SAP’ Human Capital Management solution (SAP HCM) for company’s union HR and payroll processes.

• Managed conversion from PeS to SAP HCM.

• Lead selection effort of SAP HCM to be used as single employee master for GE and Comcast, NBCU joint venture.

• Responsible for system identification, build, functional design, policies, processes and procedures, for all functions relating to US Domestic/Puerto Rico and Canadian payroll including, functional execution, taxes, accounting and Union dues, Pension Health and Welfare. Operational solution utilizes; SAP HCM for HR/Comp/Ben, and Union Payroll, Union PH&W, Participation and Residuals Payments. ADP Comprehensive Outsource Solutions (ADP-EV5) for Benefited employees, ADP for Tax and Garnishment services.

• Directly manage and provide strategic, tactical, and operational leadership to develop and sustain systems, processes, and resources, supporting payroll operations with $4.2B annual gross payroll, covering 30,000 Exempt Staff, Union, Non-Union Non-Exempt, and 200,000 residual employees; issue 132K 2014 W2’s.

• Responsible for the setup, deductions, reporting, remittance and audit of all union dues for 18+ unions, comprising 120 different locals, health and welfare, annuity, pension and multi-employer 401(k) program; approximately $70M in annual disbursements.

Assistant Controller, Accounting Operations, GUESS? 2007 – 2008

• Managed Shared Service Operation, which included Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Central Purchasing, Travel and Employee Accounting.

• Implemented and managed key process improvement initiatives, including supply chain management application, Self Service Travel Reservation and Approval system, and document management solution. NBC UNIVERSAL 2000 – 2007

Director Centralized Services (2005 - 2007)

• Lead application selection, design, implementation and deployment of SAP’s Supplier Relations Management (SAR SRM) portal. SAP SRM automated, simplified, and accelerated our procure-to-pay processes for goods and services.

• Designed, oversaw and maintenance policies and procedures for centralized functions, specifically payroll, accounts payable, p-card, and inter-company billing system and travel.

• Managed direct and indirect employees and numerous relationships with partners, including GE Payroll, GENPACT-Accounts Payroll BPO, ACS-Document Management, Travelex and Carlson-Wagonlit.

• Designed and managed operating mechanisms in these areas to ensure compliance and enforcement, including oversight of associated systems and applications. Director Disbursements (2004 - 2005)

• Held controllership and management of Purchase to Pay process for SAP and PeopleSoft, Universal and legacy NBC, including Accounts Payable, Travel and Living (T&L) and P-Card operations.

• Directed and established policy, process and procedures for operation with over 100 Purchase order creators; 45 Accounts Payable processors in India and 13 in Mexico; with cash disbursements in OR and document management in Florida; weekly throughput averaged over 500 PO’s created, 2,000 invoices processed, and 3,800 payments with a value of over $8B.

• Sponsored development, enhancements and / or break / fix projects for SAP Application Support relating to SAP Purchasing, Accounts Payable, as well as, T&L and P-Card interfaces; developed functional requirements, use case analysis, and user acceptance testing of project deliverables.

• Directed closure and migration of all Vendor Invoice, Processing, Payments, Maintenance and T&L functions to one location based in India; developed and delivered SAP training for new operation. ROBERT J. YELDELL, JR. – PAGE THREE

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Project Manager, SAP Business Readiness (2002 - 2004)

• Designed, developed, and managed SAP Training, for FI/CO, FI/AP, MM, and PS for 2000+ users; identified need, developed and deployed Online Quick Reference, primary training tool for SAP users. Developed and executed SAP FI project’s Business Readiness Plan that documented strategy and tasks for Organizational Change Management, business impact identification, role establishment, project communications, and end user training methods and material development.

• Project team Knowledge Specialist for Accounts Payable and Purchasing; facilitated Scope and Detail Established and led Business Unit user Operating Committee, comprised of reps from BU operations and Finance Leads, tasked with facilitating and communicating changes resulting from implementation of SAP.

• Gathered team of 60 weekly to review / validate and establish processes and procedures; receive project information and provide subject matter expert knowledge, and assist with deployment of the new process. Manager, Business Analysis (2000 – 2002)

• Developed and implemented Work Process Improvement initiatives and detailed implementation plans, schedules, budgets, training materials and coordination with multiple internal organizations.

• Developed process metrics and performed ongoing benchmarking and analysis of process improvements. Sr. Manager, Finance Systems, FLUOR DANIEL CORPORATION 1997 – 2000

• Developed and managed operation of Global Automated Billing System which utilized mainframe, client server and Web technology to capture, store, and report FSS’s 250 service offerings in 60 offices worldwide.

• Served on Task Force developing and implementing FSS in order to provide company and subsidiaries with Financial, HR, Information Technology and other traditional “overhead” support, using the Shared Services model; specifically tasked with Projects Global Tactical Plans and Work Process Improvement Initiatives.

• Developed implementation plans, schedules, budgets and training materials while developing process metrics and performing ongoing benchmarking and analysis of process improvements.

• Responsible for Business and User Process Procedures, testing and implementation of SAP "Z" process developed to replace existing system; Finance Team Lead part of companywide SAP implementation.

• Oversaw functional implementation, consolidation, and standardization of distributed functions of A/P and Travel & Expense Accounting; developed metrics to measure and manage operational effectiveness.

• Designed and implemented National Image repository of all A/P and Travel & Expense receipts with images retrievable via Company Intranet; software platform became document management backbone of company.

• Responsible for scope and functional implementation and rollout of National Database of all Employees Authorized to procure, requisition or otherwise “Approve” corporate governance documents. E D UC AT IO N

MA, Management, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA BA, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, California State University, Northridge, CA P RO FESS IO N AL AS S OCI AT IO NS

Member, Whitehead Leadership Society; encouraging leadership and academic excellence within the University of Redlands School of Business.

Adjunct Professor, University of R edlands, School of Business Course(s); Managing and Leading Organizations

Conference Speaker, The Conference Board, focusing on Corporate Leadership, Economy & Business Environment, and Human Capital that creates the enterprise-wide perspective underlying strategic decisions. Conference Speaker, Shared Services and Outsourcing Network, largest and most established community for 60,000+ shared services and outsourcing professionals to provide training, tools, and networking opportunities.

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