Senior Workday Consultant with 10+ Years Experience

Manmohan T

Senior Workday Consultant

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Highly experienced Workday Consultant with 10+ years in the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), including analysis, design, development, customization, and testing.

Expertise across all stages of the SDLC, from requirements gathering and design to data conversions, programming, and testing (SIT/UAT), with exclusive experience in Workday.

Experience in implementation of core HR, benefits, compensation, recruiting, talent, payroll, SCM and finance functional areas.

Hands-on experience with Workday integration technologies, including EIBs (Enterprise Interface Builder), Core Connectors, and Workday Studio.

Expertly leveraged Workday Report Writer to build and maintain custom reports (Advanced, Matrix, Composite), utilizing Calculated Fields for advanced analytics.

Proficient with core Workday technologies, including the Business Process Framework and Configurable Security.

Practical experience with data capabilities related to Prism Analytics.

Experience in end to end implementation of Workday Adapative planning from requirement gathering to system deployment and post go-live support.

Pioneered implementation of Workday Orchestrate to design and automate complex, event-driven processes across Workday modules and external enterprise systems.

Developed low-code Orchestrations using the visual builder to seamlessly connect Workday with external APIs for real-time data exchange, eliminating traditional batch processing dependencies.

Leveraged Orchestrate to manage both high-frequency, real-time API integrations and high-volume, batched file processing scenarios for maximum system efficiency.

Extensive technical delivery background in Middleware (ESB/IIB) and SOA architectures, with hands-on experience interfacing Workday with Cloud Computing Platforms (AWS) and RDBMS systems.

Experience in configuring workday authentication policies.

Partnered with business leaders and external vendors to define requirements and ensure quality assurance through rigorous testing cycles.

Served as the liaison between the client and workday partner teams, efforts to guarantee solution fidelity.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Workday: Integrations (EIB, Core Connector, PECI), Workday Studio, Workday Orchestrate, Reports Writer (Advanced, Matrix, Composite), Calculated Fields, Prism Analytics, Web Services (WWS), Security Groups, Extend.

Tools: Workday Studio, Extend, UI Eclipse, Oxygen, DB Visualizer, SOAP UI, Postman

Languages: XML, XSLT, XPath, Java, JSON, WSDL, SQL

Reporting & Analytics: Advanced Reports, Matrix Reports, Workday Calculated Fields, Custom Dashboards, BIRT Reporting, Trending & Audit Reports

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

First Acceptance Insurance – Nashville, TN

Role: Senior Workday Integration Consultant Duration: July 2024 - Present

Responsibilities:

Managed and maintained the Workday platform, including system configuration, reporting, security administration, data loads, and audits, ensuring operational stability and compliance.

Served as lead analyst for HCM and Finance modules, translating business requirements into Workday integrations and providing ongoing module support.

Documented, and analyzed functional business requirements, ensuring Workday system designs aligned with user needs.

Designed and deployed integrations like EIBs, Workday Studio, Cloud Connectors, and REST/SOAP APIs.

Designed and secured Workday outbound file transfers (EIB/Studio) that delivered high-volume, encrypted HR and Financial data to AWS S3 buckets for ingestion by downstream analytics platforms.

Optimized integration performance using XSLT 3.0 and monitored data, scheduling, and file transmission issues, coordinating resolutions with IT and business teams.

Developed and maintained Workday reports, dashboards, and Prism datasets for HR and Finance metrics, providing actionable insights to stakeholders.

Designed and managed Workday Prism data ingestion, tables, and datasets, validating loads, enabling security, and resolving issues with root cause analysis.

Streamlined the entire hiring lifecycle by deploying Workday Orchestrate to connect the Recruiting module with external ATS platform and background check vendors, guaranteeing fast, compliant, and bidirectional data exchange.

Led UAT triage calls, collaborated with project leads and offshore teams, and resolved defects to ensure smooth system upgrades and implementations.

Built Integrations for Benefit data for benefit partner’s utilizing 834, 5010 templates.

Configured Payroll Interface (PICOF) and developed Workday Studio to send Changes made within the Workday HCM system to the ADP Streamline systems.

Configured ADP for reporting tax data.

Configured Raas reports for ADP smart Connecters.

Integrated BIRT Compensation statement on Executive Incentive plan and Variable incentive Plan’s.

Managed and configured benefit integrations with both Fidelity and Vanguard, directly enabling seamless and secure transfer of employee 401(k) contribution data.

Collaborated with clients and internal teams to define technical requirements, deliver sustainable solutions, and adhere to Workday Standards.

Identified and analyzed trends in large datasets, providing insights, workarounds, and recommendations for complex analytics use cases.

Becton Dickenson – Franklin Lakes, NJ

Role: Senior Workday Consultant Duration: October 2022 – July 2024

Responsibilities:

Migrated over 70K employee records from PeopleSoft to Workday, leveraging Application Engine, SQR, and SQL scripts to extract and transform legacy data structures.

Partnered with the technical delivery team to align 45+ integrations (Payroll, Tax, FSA) with existing SOA governance and middleware standards, demonstrating knowledge of the ESB architecture utilized for external communication.

Configured real-time and batch integrations to sync job changes, terminations, FSA enrollments, and W-2s across systems, reducing manual touchpoints by 70%.

Collaborated with payroll operations to automate retro pay and off-cycle corrections, resulting in faster issue resolution and improved payroll accuracy.

Configured Workday calculated fields for benefit eligibility logic, payroll earning overrides, and custom validation controls used in reporting and integrations.

Leveraged deep technical expertise in Java and XSLT within Workday Studio to develop custom processing components, ensuring high performance for critical, high-volume batch integrations.

Developed robust XSLT and XML logic for translating complex Workday outputs to vendor-specific formats, including JSON to XML transformation pipelines.

Built BIRT reports for payroll audit logs, post-payroll reconciliation summaries, and employee benefit summaries customized per business unit.

Led the development of validation frameworks to detect mismatches in benefit coverage and compensation elements during conversion cycles.

Configured and monitored job chains with dependencies and retries in Workday Integration System, improving integration success rate by 60%.

Developed the core integration between Workday to Adapative planning, ensuring timely user provisioning and setting up SSO to enable finance teams to access planning tools.

Served as point of contact for payroll integration failures during cutover, leading RCA sessions and implementing real-time monitoring enhancements.

Coordinated with SMEs and HRIS leads to map PeopleSoft fields to Workday objects with full version control and sign-off workflows.

Provided technical oversight for integration security, including ISU role assignments, custom security groups, and domain security policies.

Created SQL-based reconciliation scripts to match legacy PeopleSoft data against Workday post-load extracts for each conversion cycle.

Conducted interface testing in lower environments with test data and performed risk-based validation on high-priority files.

Trained a team of 5 junior developers on Workday Studio components, XSLT logic structuring, and exception handling.

Partnered with third-party vendors to finalize interface control documents (ICDs) and resolve data mapping discrepancies Post-live.

Delivered technical documentation including field mappings, data dictionaries, and functional test scripts for integrations.

Participated in agile ceremonies, provided story-level estimates, tracked progress in Jira, and demoed working integrations to stakeholders.

Motorola – Chicago, IL

Role: Sr. Workday Technical Consultant Duration: December 2021 – October 2022

Responsibilities:

Designed and developed 30+ Workday integrations using Studio, Core Connectors, and EIB to enable secure and seamless connectivity with ADP, Kronos, and SAP.

Led the effort to transition legacy employee data from PeopleSoft to Workday, processing 1M+ records with full validation coverage.

Configured complex calculated fields for taxability, bonus eligibility, and payroll costing across different business units and locations.

Built secure REST/SOAP web service interfaces to facilitate real-time data synchronization with identity and recruiting systems.

Implemented EIBs for demographic updates, benefit enrollments, and payroll corrections, handling both bulk and delta logic.

Delivered BIRT-based custom reports for compensation planning, variable pay distribution, and workforce census tracking.

Supported data cleansing and load cycles using SQL, App Engine, and SQR scripts to bridge data from legacy PeopleSoft.

Implemented unit testing and deployment preparation scripts within an agile methodology, supporting continuous integration efforts for Workday integrations via Jenkins build automation.

Developed XSLT transformations for custom vendor output files, handling nested loops, conditional logic, and schema adaptations.

Partnered with HRIS, payroll, and security teams to define functional specs and apply security policies to integration endpoints.

Created regression test plans and mock data scenarios for validating pre- and post-integration states across UAT tenants.

Designed automated reconciliation logic to compare Workday and legacy output, reducing manual validation effort by 70%.

Implemented custom error notifications, failover mechanisms, and job dependency chaining in Workday Integration System.

Supported multi-phase implementation across USA, Canada, and India, resolving localization and compliance-based integration issues.

Authored detailed design documentation, flowcharts, and training materials for future support handoff and audits.

Integrated Workday Recruiting with Greenhouse and LinkedIn via API and scheduled data exports.

Led technical design workshops with Intuit’s enterprise architects to align integrations with broader digital transformation roadmap.

Conducted peer reviews and walkthroughs to enforce code quality and maintain consistent design patterns.

Built dashboards for HRBPs to visualize attrition trends, bonus payout forecasts, and plan utilization.

Supported quarterly Workday releases with impact analysis on integrations, calculated fields, and security configurations.

Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland, Ohio

Role: Workday Consultant Duration: March 2017 – August 2021

Responsibilities:

Created Workday to General Ledger (GL) Integration, extracting and formatting expense-related journal entries.

Developed complex custom financial reports using BIRT Design in Workday using report designer.

Ensure the seamless operation and integration of supply chain processes within the Workday environment.

Utilized calculated fields and Business Objects in Workday to create dynamic financial reports and dashboards.

Implement and enhance Workday’s supply chain management modules, including procurement, inventory management, and supplier management.

Supported risk management by configuring Workday to track and report financial risks, compliance, and mitigation strategies.

Integrated Workday with banking systems to facilitate seamless transactions, reconciliation, and data transfer.

Leveraged SQL and PL/SQL for data analysis, query optimization, and database management to support financial data reporting.

Modeled and designed financial data structures and databases to ensure data accuracy for reporting and analysis.

Developed and managed Workday security configurations to protect sensitive financial data, ensuring secure access and role-based permissions.

Employed Crystal Info for advanced financial reporting and data visualization to enhance the quality of financial reports.

Utilized advanced Excel techniques for financial data analysis, including pivot tables, charts, and graphs, to provide valuable financial insights.

ITC InfoTech India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore - INDIA

Role: Workday Consultant Duration: April 2015 – Feb 2017

Responsibility:

Involved in implementation of Workday HCM for various HR modules such as Time Tracking, Absence Management, Payroll and Compensation Supporting Integrations, Reporting, and Production Issues in Workday.

Developed several Custom reports using Workday Report Writer and Workday Studio BIRT and Modified Workday Standard reports according to client requirements.

Configured reports to display any earning, deduction, or balance value

Created audit reports on Pay groups and Benefit Elections.

Configured specific earnings or deductions views for select security groups.

Worked Extensively on Benefit Elections.

Created EIB inbound integrations to migrate data into Workday from the vendors.

Created several custom reports and exposed as web services for several vendor files.

Created XSLT scripts for Integrations to transform XML data.

Created Custom Security Groups and Custom security Roles, User based Security Groups Assigning security domains to the Security Groups.

Worked on testing the data and security issues with the data from the reporting perspective.

Education:

Master’s in computer science- UCM, Warrensburg, MO.

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science Engineering- SJMIT, IND.

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