IT Portfolio, Program, & Applications Professional
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Contact
Del Mar, CA
+1-281-***-**** (Mobile) **********@***.***
https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-van-der-byl-b35b797/ (LinkedIn)
Top Skills
PMP-certified 2011 - 2023
ERP Implementations, M&A’s, Change Management,
Strategy & Global Management
Languages
English & Afrikaans
Publications
Daily News of Open Water
Swimming
Patents
i-Control: All-In-One-Remote
Education
University of Pretoria ’92 – ’96
BA Political Science
University of Phoenix ’03 – ‘04
MBA, Global Management
Summa Cum Laude
Neil van der Byl
IT Portfolio, Program, & Applications Professional
Professional Profile
IT/Finance professional with a history of successfully driving large-scale global initiatives that realize business value. Expert multimillion-dollar portfolio governance, and passionate about enabling value-added PMO's and PM's. Known for consistently applying innovative approaches to complex business problems.
Team Building
Decisive leader with demonstrated ability to develop talent and promote teamwork. Track-record of cultivating strategic partnerships through networking and mentoring. Strong proponent of focused training and development and change management champion.
Management
Hands-on leader with highly developed negotiation proficiency and used to a multi-tasking environment across time zones. Comfortable with cross-functional initiatives, delivering projects on-time and within budget. Ability to quickly rationalize risks across competing initiatives. Skilled at aligning initiatives with strategic business objectives to drive perpetual value.
Communication
Persuasive communicator with excellent, writing, and presentation skills. Able to synthesize goals and milestones from mere ideas and ensure wide-spread buy-in using various communication channels and mediums. Expert relationship builder at all levels (both colleagues and customers). Patient listener and confident negotiator in multi-party scenarios with high stakes (e.g. Works-Councils). At ease driving portfolio alignment with organizational objectives.
Specialties
PMP-Certified, MBA-Global Management, well-traveled, multilingual / cultural, multi-portfolio control, Oracle ERP, R12, Oracle Cloud, FP&A, Financials, business process engineering and rationalization business case guru, change management, accounting, multi-million-dollar programs, interfaces, security, global team management, contract negotiations, SAP, ADP Global-View, & getting it done!
Experience
Neilson’s IT Consulting
CEO Oct ‘19 – Present
Relationship management:
●Successful C-suite negotiations with Zevtron and UCSD secured technology consulting opportunities
Accomplishments:
●Foundational support for a turn key EVSE back office management start-up (plug-in vehicle stations)
●Lead UCSD’s Mainframe to ERP transition and post-stabilization deprecation roadmap
QUALCOMM
Staff IT Manager, Applications / PM Dec ‘11 – Oct ‘19
Responsible for the IT Accounting and Finance Portfolios, directed enterprise-level programs, and cross-over support on adjacent portfolios such as HR. Supported establishment of a new EPMO and pioneered a new governance and project prioritization methodology with key business stakeholders.
Accomplishments:
●Orchestrated Finance & Accounting integration for the largest semi-conductor M&A (NXP: ~$47B)
oLead 10 IT / Finance tracks to ensure integration of disparate systems and a smooth transition of Day1 initiatives including: SAP Calendar Change, Consolidated Financial Reporting, Re-designed Allocation methodology, and Chart of Accounts alignment
●Implemented ADP GlobalView (SAP) Payroll platform in US, Taiwan, India, China, UK, & Germany
oGermany featured a complex tariff-based manufacturing Joint Venture with RF360
oComplexities included standing up a temporary HR system & business process standardization
●Facilitated Workday implementation workshops in Germany and Singapore for the RF360 acquisition
oIdentified synergies and opportunities for business process standardization and improvements
●Led a multi-year compliance implementation for ASC606 revenue recognition accounting standards
oERP & FP&A initiative went live on-time as of Oct '18
●Stood up a new ERP and domain for the Omnitracs divestiture program, including new BI solution, network/infra firewalls, & ERP bolt-on applications in only 6 months (Financials & Manufacturing)
oCreated a team of ~150 IT and business professionals & saved > $3M of the allocated $12M
●Responsible for global roll-out of Oracle Financial implementations in UK, Germany, Finland, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Greece & Brazil
oReduced global application footprint, avoided unnecessary audit risks, and enabled centralized systems control (MDM), faster month-end closes, and global business process standardization
Positions & skills:
IT Portfolio Manager; IT-Finance Change Management Liaison; Enterprise Program Management; Complex multi-lingual contract negotiations at C-level, Big-4 Consulting, global team management; executive reporting; Service Portfolio Management; Featured “Thinkabit” Lab engagement & promoter
Relationship management:
Frequent executive interaction; team building & mentoring; regular interaction with external business partners such as Accenture, EY, PWC, TCS, IT Convergence, PROC-IT, & ADP; accustomed with a diplomatic approach to multi-cultural, multi-dimensional engagements
Tech:
Office Suite – including MS Visio / MS Project, Workday, ADP GlobalView (SAP), Oracle 11i, R12, & Cloud, 3rd Party ERP bolt-on solutions, AWS, TM1, Salesforce, Think-cell, Office Timeline
SONY ELECTRONICS INC
Financial Applications Manager Dec ‘05 - Nov ‘11
Contributions:
●Facilitated various business acquisition initiatives, consolidations and divestiture projects
oDothan chemical plant; Mexico TV manufacturing operations; SNEI, SF1, and Convergent
●Subject matter expert for various Oracle Financials implementation projects
oProject Manager for McCann Banking automation process and Oracle Archive & Purge initiative
●Project lead for successful data-center relocation project (both ERP and peripheral application impact)
●Application support manager for Oracle Financial modules incl. GL, AP, AR, PO, PA, FA, Self-service
●Kronos Administrator (V5 & 6) and Vista Plus application owner (1 direct report)
●Network affiliations: IFRS liaison, MBA Inc, Product testing group & Project Management Core Team
Accomplishments:
●Saved the company $5M in asset tax liability through ERP system restructuring activities
●Implemented an efficient Oracle-based custom manual payment process with complex policy-based workflows and seamless ERP integration to ensure wire transfer execution compliance
●Patent: Breakthrough technology for modern control device – US ref#: 12/628,013 (USPTO)
AMERICAN BEREAU OF SHIPPING
Accounting Analyst / Finance Manager (MX Ops) April ‘97 - Dec ‘05
Contributions:
●Championed unique client identification system – Oracle A/R process
●Spearheaded a Cash Windows implementation for electronic A/P control for Mexico operations
●Introduced an intercompany reconciliation Matrix process, web-based intercompany services, & FAQ’s
●Utilized Oracle 11i, ADI, Discoverer, & Hyperion to support financial reporting requirements
Accomplishments:
●Stabilized & managed Mexican operations finances (team of five accountants: $20M PEMEX contract)
●Meetings with KPMG & Chevez resulted in $500K tax liability reduction
●Controlled corporate Fixed Asset & Intercompany business process and systems
STER-KINEKOR
Manager of a “Super Theater Complex” Jan ‘93 - Jan ‘96
Multinational entertainment giant featuring cinemas and multiple restaurant chain establishments
Contributions:
●Leader and facilitator: Directed ~60 staff (including three managers & two supervisors)
●Regular inventory audits, cost margin/product analysis, annual forecasting, reporting, and budgeting
●Successfully negotiated events associated with national strikes, unions, fraud-related terminations
●Maintained mainframe POS ticketing systems, food & beverage, ice-rink sales, and financial reporting
Accomplishments:
●Best nation-wide annual and monthly revenues and income accolade (2 years consecutively)
●Stabilizing accelerated staff turnover through weekly counseling sessions & individual motivation
●Implemented various financial policies and procedures - eliminating re-work and fraud prevention
●Introduced cross training, CCTV monitoring, and new pricing strategies - major sales success!
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