Philip Van Den Berg

Experience

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  Centre for Psychological Services and Career Development - University of Johannesburg

  Jan 2008 - Dec 2009

  Establish, manage and coordinate the PsyCaD Career Resource Centre.Provide career counselling to clients.Develop and present workshops.Develop and manage the UJ Graduate Recruitment Programme.Develop marketing material and grow service offering.Develop and maintain the Career Services website.Participate in relevant projects. Manage assessment process from start to end.Report writing.Client feedback sessions.Record keeping.Research new solutions and methodologies.

  • Career Consultant

    Jan 2009 - Dec 2009

  • Psychometrist

    Jan 2008 - Dec 2008
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  LA Occupational Psychologist

  Jan 2010 - Jun 2011

  Psychometrist / Office Manager

  Manage and coordinate local and international assessment projects from start to end.Manage and supervise psychometrists and test administrators.Manage financial processes, cost proposals and recoveries.Record keeping and accurate statistical reporting.Design and develop documentation used in practice.Manage job analysis system and process.Creation of norms and databases.Assessment audits.Full management of the office / practice.

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  Centre for Psychological Services and Career Development

  Aug 2011 - Nov 2011

  Psychometry & Resource Manager

  Manage, coordinate and train intern psychologists and intern psychometrists.Manage and supervise the psychometric function and ensure that all processes run efficiently.Establish and maintain databases.Create and maintain monthly statistical records.Procurement for all sites of service delivery.Ensure compliance with relevant acts and policies in South Africa.Liaison with the relevant departments and other stakeholders.Psychometric assessments, report writing and feedback sessions for individual clients and groups. Show less

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  Nedbank

  Dec 2011 - now

  Transform the organisation into a business that truly differentiates and competes on data and analytics by managing the design, delivery and maintenance of data that provides business with the relevant insights that enable improved business decision making across all key parts of the value chain.Managing a team of BI Developers and planning data projects. Oversee developers’ progress on applications and applied principles of agile methodologies to keep project on track.Coach team in optimal time utilization through concepts of scrum and agile management methodologies.Lead sprint reviews and daily scrum meetings to touch base with whole team and ensure that all members are performing satisfactorily. Train team members in employing agile and scrum practices to improve workflow.Oversee the delivery of data solutions and insights.Oversee data sourcing, data models and data mining activities to support data strategy and governance initiatives.Contribute to data integrity and cleansing activities required to increase the quality of data within the organisation.Elicit business requirements to uncover data opportunities, functionality, and processes required to recommend the appropriate solution.Provide frameworks to best identify, understand, and interpret data structures across various databases within the business to facilitate data analysis and continuous monitoring activities.Work with line management to develop quick win strategy and longer-term operational requirements.Make and validate recommendations based on cost and feasibility.Deliver work products according to the agreed timelines and within agreed budget.Deliver proof of concepts to customers and obtain the necessary sign-off.Communicate new features to stakeholders through forums. Show less Manage production environment through building, maintaining and monitoring of load processes according to operational level agreements.Produce business information and management information by collaborating with architecture and requirements creator and business users.Demonstrate understanding of business needs through collaboration with business analysts to deliver onrequirements.Align to DataMart model, data standards, metadata and operational level agreements by collaborating with relevant internal stakeholders.Consult with vendors by identifying technical requirements for implementation.Execute on milestones through application of technical knowledge to planning delivery.Contribute to document creation by attending technical design sessions.Utilize resources by adhering to standards, policies and procedures.Align and continuously improve set processes by identifying innovation opportunities.Identify and mitigate risk by executing within governance.Resolve incidents by logging and tracking through correct channels. Show less Identify business intelligence, reporting, and data analysis needs.Provide effective guidance, efficient delivery and quality analysis to clients.Conduct research by undertaking and documenting feasibility and impact studies. Create a proposed solution based on the Business Requirements Definition. Produce a High Level Design using the requirements. Deliver final solution by obtaining customer acceptance and sign off.Work closely with clients and IT teams to turn data into critical information and knowledge that can be used to make sound business decisions.Produce report/ dashboard specification documents by engaging with clients and developers.Ensure quality of output and alignment to requirements by conducting / coordinating unit, integration and user acceptance testing.Ensure compliance by adherence to standards, policies and procedures throughout the development lifecycle.Provide data that is accurate, congruent and reliable, and ensure the information is easily available to users for direct consumption or integration with other systems.Educate and train clients to use the data as an analytical tool, displaying the information in new forms and content for the purpose of analysis and option exploration.Conduct analyses of functional business processes and functional business requirements and participate in the development of business cases in the support of process changes and/or IT projects.Turn data into information and knowledge and show how that knowledge supports and enables key business processes.Manage Data and Reporting delivery processes to best suit client needs via sustainable cost-effective processesImplementation of Self Service reporting approach by understanding business need, providing clear guidance to stakeholders for delivery. Show less Engage with stakeholders to identify and analyse their requirements and identify project objectives.Actively participate and interact with stakeholders to understand business needs, identify the best solution, and architect the processes to meet the needs.Ensure proper scoping of requirements in terms of cost, resources and timelines up front to deliver effectively on project requirements. Conduct detailed cost analyses and comparisons to prepare and present accurate cost proposals for requested projects.Agree on outcomes with stakeholders requesting project and obtain sign off to ensure shared understanding.Manage implementation and allocated resources according to agreed scope in order to meet project objectives.Assist in analysis and design of new or enhanced business processes around requirements definition, information gathering, and consistent documentation methodologies.Communicate and feedback to business leaders and senior management on a continuous basis.Review all scope changes and obtain sign off from stakeholders before implementation.Using information gathering techniques, conduct facilitated sessions with stakeholders to define detailed new or enhanced business requirements for solution development and implementation.Ensure that project objectives are delivered and communicated to relevant stakeholders within agreed timelines.Follow agreed customer engagement model to ensure the flow of work and customer requirements are met.Collaborate with stakeholders to create synergies and alignment across various projects.Manage assessment process from start to end to ensure compliance to legislative requirements, scope of practice, best practice guidelines and Nedbank process.Identify opportunities to influence the improvement or enhancement of business processes and methodologies by researching and recommending improvement initiatives and effective ways to operate and add value to Nedbank. 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  • Senior Manager: Credit Support and Enablement

    Dec 2022 - now

  • Data Team Lead

    May 2021 - Dec 2022

  • Business Intelligence Developer

    Nov 2019 - Apr 2021

  • Business Intelligence Analyst

    Nov 2016 - Oct 2019

  • Assessment Consultant

    Dec 2011 - Oct 2016