Workday Financial Application Support

Vidya K

Workday Consultant

Gmail: **********@*****.***

Ph. No: 469-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

●Over 10+ years of extensive experience in Workday implementation and PeopleSoft.

● Extensive experience in Inbound/Outbound Integrations Core Connectors, EIB, Workday Studio, Cloud Connector for Benefits, Cloud Connector for Payroll.

●Strong debugging, troubleshooting resolution, and problem-solving skills with an excellent understanding of system development methodologies, techniques and tools, and application support procedures.

●Assisted in Workday Financial system implementation focus on Banking and Settlement module configurations.

●Managed and maintained bank interfaces, payment processing, and cash reconciliation workflows with Workday.

●Supported Workday financial integrations using EIBs and Workday Studio to enhance banking operations.

●Provided financial data analysis and recommendations to improve accounting and reporting processes.

Technical skills:

ERP

Workday (HR, Benefits, Compensation, Talent Management, Absence Management, Time Tracking, NA Payroll, Financials), PeopleSoft.

Languages

XSLT, SQL, Python, COBOL.

Web Technologies

XSD, XML, EIB, HTML5, Viewport Meta.

Databases

IBM DB2, Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server, MYSQL, Facets.

Message Formats

EDI, XML, JSON, COBOL Copybook, HIPAA 834, CSV.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

First Group America – Cincinnati OH Jan 2024 – Jan 2025

Workday Financial Consultant

Responsibilities:

Developed Boomerang integrations for benefits, HR, and finance modules to correct and update data in Workday.

Configured and customized expense reporting workflows in Workday to align with Concurs functionalities.

Led end-to-end implementation and support for multiple clients' Workday Banking and Settlement Module, ensuring smooth financial operations.

Configured and managed Workday Cash Management, including bank statement imports in MT940, ISO, and BAI2 formats for seamless reconciliation.

Developed and optimized financial processes such as GL close, tax calculations, consolidations, and allocations to improve financial reporting accuracy.

Designed, developed, and implemented WECI integrations between Workday and Kronos Workforce Central (WFC), ensuring seamless data flow and integration accuracy.

Debugged and optimized custom integration scripts, improving execution efficiency and data consistency.

Developed integrations using diverse protocols, including SOAP, REST, and FTP, and ensured compatibility with XML, JSON, and CSV data formats.

Monitored and resolved WECI integration errors and data discrepancies, ensuring high Automated the approval process for expense reports by integrating Workday with Concur, ensuring efficient handling of expense claims.

Created custom Studio integrations to load Grants and Awards, assign cost allocations, and manage role-based security groups for workers in Workday.

Built a MasterCard connector to load Procurement Card and Time & Expense Card transactions into Workday.

Developed, tested, and deployed Workday integrations using Workday Studio, Core Connectors, and EIB to enhance system functionalities.

Walmart – Bentonville, Arkansas Dec 2020 – Jan 2024

Sr Workday Integration Developer

Responsibilities:

Partner with the Implementation partner/ Workday Deployment Engagement Manager, other Workday deployment team members, and customer teams to create a cohesive, consistent customer experience.

Designed and implemented custom Workday reports and dashboards for financial tracking, enabling real-time financial insights for decision-making.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot financial system issues and enhance Workday functionalities.

Delivered end-to-end WECI integrations for enterprise systems, enhancing workforce management capabilities.

Worked extensively with Kronos WFC and UKG Pro WFM architecture to design scalable and reliable integration points.

Leveraged SQL for querying databases and managing relational data models for effective data mapping.

Conducted rigorous testing of integrations, validating data integrity and ensuring optimal functionality pre-deployment.

Supported workforce management applications, resolving technical issues and improving system performance through optimization.

Led integration team in every implementation phase, responsible for integrations Build, Test, and Migration to production, Stabilize the system with workday and partner collaboration.

Worked closely with technical and functional teams to design Swift-based solutions that met business requirements and improved operational efficiency.

Worked closely with functional and technical teams to gather requirements and implement ADT solutions aligned with business needs.

Implemented robust error-handling mechanisms for resolving issues related to data discrepancies between Workday and Concur.

Implemented monitoring solutions for Swift integrations, allowing for real-time tracking of integration performance and proactive resolution of any issues.

Responsible for implementation of workday security and monitoring. Working with functional SMEs to assign user roles in HCM, Finance, and SCM areas.

Responsible for workday integration including Studio, EIB, and supporting 3rd parties to oversee the integration delivery.

Lead Discovery session for each module, gathering requirements and designing documents for co-developers.

Developed BIRT layout for worker pay slips, Customer invoice printing, and Purchase Orders.

Created reports for data warehousing. Build EIBs to generate fixed, pipe-delimited files for finance and payroll. Created Restful API to send data downstream from Workday.

Technical Environment: Workday Studio, XML, Web Services, Oxygen, Service-Now, IBM RAID, GitHub.

Spectrum Brands Aug 2017 – Dec 2020.

Sr Workday Consultant

Responsibilities:

Experience in building inbound/outbound integrations like Core Connector, Cloud Connector, Document Transformation, Workday Studio, managing business processes, and EIBs.

Designed and implemented integrations between Workday and SailPoint using APIs and connectors to streamline identity data management.

Led the implementation of SailPoint Identity Governance solutions integrated with Workday for enhanced user provisioning and access management.

Implemented and configured Workday HCM modules such as Core HR, Absence Management, Benefits, Compensation, and Talent Management.

Designed and customized Workday business processes (hire, termination, transfers) to align with organizational requirements.

Developed advanced custom reports using Workday Report Writer and BIRT for in-depth HR analytics and business insights.

Configured and customized expense reporting workflows in Workday to align with Concur's functionalities.

Experience in finance modules like Account payables, Account receivable, and procurement, worked on various workday-delivered templates.

Created Financial Custom reports like Expense Report Accounting, Supplier Invoices, Ledger Audits, and Trial balances.

Proficient in defining data mapping rules and transforming data across various formats (e.g., XML, CSV, JSON) using ADT in Workday.

Configured import credit card transaction workday delivered templates and created custom integration to create worker credit cards in the workday. Credit integration files are received and delivered via the PCI gateway.

Deep understanding of workday financial accounting domains like ledger accounts, Allocations, Cost Allocations, Project Accounting, and Journals.

Experience in building finance connectors like Punchout, Ad-hoc bank transactions, and EDI supplier integrations.

Utilized Swift templates to streamline the development of Workday integrations, reducing custom development time and enhancing deployment efficiency.

Created a custom integration to create worker Credit cards in the workday along with a custom integration to import credit card transactions into the workday for workers to submit expense reports.

Created an integration system using a connector (Payment Outbound) to send the remittance files to banks for all different companies in the US.

Worked on a complex Workday Studio integration that delivers 1000+ suppliers a payment advice email notification through an SMTP server at once.

Create settlement runs for the Expense reports based on the Company for Credit card transactions.

Created a Sent Back Report to the payroll team this report notifies the user if the expense has been rejected by a concerned manager.

Developed Workday-Sail point connector using public web service soap APIs tested in Soap UI tool.

Developed the Workday Recruiting Inbound Integration for Taleo.

Developed ADP garnishment integrations.

Developed Workday-Success factor integration.

Involved in creating the new business processes and notifications in deployment and sandbox tenants based on the designed business flow.

Created Complex calculated fields for various reports.

Experience in Writing XSLT for EIBs and studio integration. Creating security for integration and Using ISU for accessing public web service APIs.

Participated in Break-Fix session for integration.

Experience in E2E testing.

Technical Environment: Workday Studio, XML, Web Services, XSLT 2.0, Report Writer, Oxygen, Soap UI, Postman, Service-Now, Cherwell Service-management, PeopleSoft HRPRD tool.

Verizon – Irving, TX Aug 2014 – May 2017

Workday Consultant

Responsibilities:

Built inbound/ outbound integrations Using Core Connector, and Workday Studio, managing business processes, working with EIB.

Developed multi-dimensional reports and analytics with the ability to drill down to transaction-level details.

Developed and maintained API-based integrations, FTP processes, and data mapping tools, enabling seamless system connectivity.

Provided system support for Kronos and Workday integrations, troubleshooting errors and resolving performance issues efficiently.

Built strong relationships with stakeholders across HR, IT, Payroll, and Operations, translating business needs into technical requirements.

Documented integration processes and ensured compliance with company policies and industry regulations.

Developed and implemented role-based access control models, ensuring that user access in Workday aligns with defined roles within SailPoint.

Created new business processes and notifications in integrations.

Worked on packaged and custom connector integrations.

Built custom HCM reports & Payroll Reports - Data Disk reports, Benefit Census, Headcount reports, Turnover summary reports, Garnishment reports, Legal Reports, Accounting reports, Payroll results YTD, and Payroll deduction reports.

Created Run books for integrations which include - Integration Design documents, Document sign-off, Business requirements, Data mapping, file specification, Launch parameters, and Integration attributes.

Created Advanced Custom report groups for EIBs and Studio Integrations. Extensive experience in Reporting for Compensation, Recruiting, Benefits, Payrolls, and Absence management. Created Audit Custom reports for UAT and helped the client to determine errors before going live.

Prepared moderate to complex reporting problems, with a broad understanding of Workday’s entire reporting toolset, and a deep understanding of Advanced report types.

Created complex calculated fields based on the report criteria and built class report field mapping to maintain pay results in deriving YTD, QTD, and MTD calculations.

Configured outbound Benefit Interfaces using workday cloud Connector for Benefits.

Technical Environment: Workday Studio, XML, Web Services, XSLT 2.0, Report Writer, Oxygen, Atlassian Confluence, Jira.

EDUCATION:

Masters in computer science

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Strong understanding of financial regulations and compliance standards.

Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in fast-paced Agile environments.

Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.

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