Niel du Toit

Senior Project and Programme Manager

Salary / Daily rate

Thembisa, South Africa

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Skills

Project Management (PMO)

Languages

AfrikaansEnglish

About me

Intro

Senior Project Manager with 24+ years managing complex IT, CRM and BI programmes across banking, healthcare, and energy sectors. PMP certified with proven expertise in regulatory compliance projects, data warehousing, and agile methodologies. Ready to deliver your next digital transformation initiative on time and within budget.

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Work experience

Senior Project and Programme Manager

PM Connection

Nov 2017 - Present

9 years

Sandton, South Africa

Regulatory Reporting Standards Engine programme. • Forex and Investment Data Warehouse programme. • BI Portal Project. • Digital Migration platform. • Advanced Analytics Modelling Programme. • Stock broking Data Mart Revamp. • SAS Viya pilot programme. • BISAN Infrastructure programme. • Tistro project. • 4 Cubed Project. • Digital Data Model Project. • Banking Regulatory Standards Engine project. • Self Service Banking Regional Branch Reporting Pack project.

Software Factory Manager, ISMS Manager and Bid Manager

Perago Financial Integrators

Mar 2015 - Present

11 years 8 months

Centurion, South Africa

• Coordinate and integrate the various project elements during project initiation phase. • Obtain project charter approvals• Obtaining authorization for a new project and define its scope, by ensuring that: Projects are aligned with organizational objectives and customer needs. Conceptualisation of the scope of the project which reflects the stakeholder’s needs and Stakeholders identified and their needs are understood.• Ensure scope of project is understood internally and externally and that only the required work is quoted and scheduled.• Draft and Schedule the Project Management Plan on MS Project and submit for approval. • Ensuring approval of project scopes, schedules, costs, communication activities, quality management activities, Risk response plan, Integrated change control process and Procurement plan. • Compile scope of work in order to accurately Schedule project resources • Facilitation during quote process. • Analyze scope of work and assemble team for execution. • Enter project buffers and plan for contingencies. • Identify the project risks for the project. • Host and Facilitate of all project meetings. • Weekly project tracking. • Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas.• Ensure that project team and clients understand quality requirements relevant to the functional requirements of the project. • Management of all risks and issues logged on project. • Management of Change Request process.• Determine and manage client expectations. • Manage mitigation plans for projects.• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.• Renegotiate and obtain quotes for new tasks and scopes. • Weekly billing on projects.• Provide concise information to the project Steering Committee concerning all projects.Raise variation orders, etc.

Project Manager: BI Integration

Life Health Care

Mar 2014 - Present

12 years 8 months

Illovo North, 4150, South Africa

- Manage the design and devlopment of the Life Healthcare Facility Structure for all business units - Manage the General Ledger Interfaces integration with the Facility Structure, iMeds, Impilo, Kronos, SmartStream, InfoQuest, Synchramed and other healthcare data systems, as well as the financial mapping to the SmartStream financial package -Manage the development of the new Enterprise Data Warehouse for B.I. as well as existing report conversions from the old EDW, iMeds and other healthcare systems. Develop new reports for Impilo initiative

Business Intelligence Manager

PBT Group

Nov 2015 - Dec 2017

2 years 2 months

Benoni, South Africa

- Technical understanding: Ability to understand technical terminology. - Performance oriented: Highly motivated and driven to perform at the peak of his or her abilities. - Leadership: Proven leader who thrives in a team environment. - Effective communication: Good interpersonal, assertiveness and communication skills and able to communicate effectively, adapting style to audience. - Achieving results: Delivers activities to best of ability and is motivated by delivering excellence. - Customer focus: Identify and effectively respond to the diverse needs of project customers. - Team work: Able to work reliably and responsibly with internal and external colleagues, demonstrating cross-functional working and encouraging and supporting others to achieve project and organisational goals. - Planning and organising: Able to manage activities, resources and issues, with the ability to identify and manage contingencies and risks. - Negotiation: Skills to negotiate and influence all levels of the organisation. Skills Required - Experience of managing and delivering projects related to the IT Systems Development Life Cycle. - Have experience of working as a Project Manager (3-5 years’ experience). - Have completed industry recognised Project Management training courses or diplomas. - Experience and relevant knowledge in different project management methodologies, tools, techniques and environments in order to meet specific goals and objectives. - Must have good business skills and general knowledge. - Be able to work with the minimum of supervision. - Problem solving and decision making skills. - Ability to work under stressful conditions. Additional With over two decades of expert knowledge and experience as information management specialists, PBT is a recognised leader in Business Intelligence and data warehousing and has extended its competency base to cover data quality and advanced analytics.

Senior Project Manager: Advancanced Analytics & BI

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd

Jun 2017 - Oct 2017

5 months

Sunninghill, Ascot SL5, UK

• SAS Fraud Analytics Platform. • Identify, investigate and report Commercial Fraud in Eskom, across all the business units.

Manager: Performance improvement: Business advisory services

Ernst & Young

Jul 2013 - Mar 2014

9 months

Illovo, Johannesburg

• Security of Revenue Project, Client: City of Tshwane, Smart Meter prepaid deployment program (R 11 bn project) • Assist in developing business processes for implementation of smart grid prepaid system for new utility management company. • Lead and manage SAP to Smart Grid System integration • Managing, planning, strategic decision making and reporting duties within Smart Grid prepaid system for the project Programme Management Office (PMO)

Snr. Project Manager

Eskom SOC (Ltd)

May 2008 - Jul 2013

5 years 3 months

Manage projects according to PMBOK and Prince2 standards.

Eskom

Jan 2009 - Jul 2012

3 years 7 months

Project Manager

Nov 2009 - Jul 2012

2 years 9 months

Project Manager of CNL Integration project, Incline Block Tariffs for Prepaid (IBT), Online Vending System (OVS) Reporting and Archiving.

Business Analyst

Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

1 year 1 month

Identify, define and document requirements, UML design, workflow models, process modelling, re-engineering and automation, functional and technical specifications, JAD sessions and workshops, business and data modelling, interface requirements, requirements communication and management, requirements implementation verification, research abilities, Lead analyst role, business case development. Investigate Business Processes for impacts, Adopt Best Practices for Meter Reading data management, Involvement in the Mobile Computing Stack Integration. Position papers, URS, RFI/RFP & evaluation. Data Integration Mapping. Architecture Blueprints, PMP Project Documentation.

Developer, Business Analyst and Project Manager

I-Com IT

Jul 2000 - Mar 2006

5 years 9 months

-Develop internet applications -Perform business and systems analysis and specs. -Manage multiple projects


Education

C-Prime Online University

Agile Certified Practitioner

2013 - 2013

1 month

University of Texas, Dallas

Course in Project Management Institute - Programme Management Professional (PgMP)

2011 - 2013

2 years 1 month

Project Management Institute

Project Management Professional (PMP)

2007 - 2010

3 years 1 month

Microsoft Certification

MCAD

2005 - 2009

4 years 1 month

SnapTech

Prince 2 Practitioner

2006 - 2006

1 month

SnapTech

Prince 2 Foundation

2006 - 2006

1 month

Hatfield Business College

Diploma in Internet Development

2004 - 2004

1 month

University of Pretoria

LLB

1995 - 1997

2 years 1 month

University of Pretoria

Certificate in Business and Systems Analysis

1992 - 1997

5 years 1 month

University of Pretoria

B.Com

1992 - 1994

2 years 1 month

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