Tarun Kowshik Ganta
Workday Consultant
Email Id: *****************@*****.*** / Phone: +1-718-***-****
Professional Summary:
IT professional with 5 years of experience on Workday HCM, Compensation, Financials, Hr, Time Tracking,
Recruiting, Benefits, Payroll.
Experience in all phases of the Workday implementation lifecycle: Requirement gathering, Analysis, Design and Development.
Full life cycle implementation experience using HR, Recruiting, Compensation, etc. modules.
Procured fluent expertise in Implementation, Production Support, Enhancement, and Upgrade projects in Workday.
Created, Updated, and Maintained Integrations, including Core Connectors, Core Connectors using DT, EIBs using Custom Report Transformation, EIBs using XSLT Transformation, and Workday Studio Integrations.
Experience with Workday security groups like Role-based, User-based, and Job-based Security.
Good experience in Workday Security, creating Integration security groups, custom security groups, and Integration systems users.
Developed integrations using web services SOAP, WSDL, XML, and XSLT on the Workday cloud platform, such as Payroll integration, ADP inbound/outbound, and Taleo inbound/outbound.
Strong knowledge and experience in Agile and waterfall methodologies.
Strong Working Knowledge in Workday Studio Integrations, EIBs, Core Connectors, Custom Integrations, PICOF/PECI, and Packaged Integrations.
Experienced in creating simple and complex Inbound/Outbound integrations using different Workday Integration tools.
Worked collaboratively across HRIS teams to gain maximum efficiency from the various modules used by HR and Payroll.
Worked in a business location with Accounts payable, Account receivables, and treasury teams to coordinate the invoice settlement process.
Developed Workday Studio Integrations for PeopleSoft Sync from Workday to PeopleSoft.
In-depth knowledge of the Human Resources business processes, which comprises the life cycle of an employee from recruiting, training, identifying, and developing talent, employee maintenance, payroll, and benefits.
Experienced in using the Kronos application for Workday R1, R2 upgrade testing.
Workday Reporting, BIRT Reporting, Business Process Configurations, and Security Configurations.
Developed and designed custom Talent dashboards in Workday to meet organizational requirements.
Expertise in XML, REST, SOAP, JSON.
Developed and customized Fields, Records, Pages, Components and Menus and functionality as per the technical design specification documents provided.
Expertise in troubleshooting and diagnosing Workday problems.
Ability to work with various stakeholders, including end users, business analysts, and developers.
Technical Skills:
Workday
Workday Studio, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), WD conversions, WD Report Writer, Core connectors, Workday Report Writer, Workday Studio, Matrix Reports, security, Workday HR and payroll, planning and reporting, Time Reporting, Client management, Workday Prism Analytics
Workday HCM
Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Time and Absence, Human Resource Management, Recruiting, Talent Management, and Learning
Workday Functional
Core HCM, Benefits, Expenses, Calculated Fields, Reporting
Web & Application Development
JavaScript, MS Excel
Database
MySQL, MS SQL Server
Operating System
Windows XP, Windows 10, UNIX
Reporting tools
VISIO and MS Project, Excel
Scripting
JavaScript Reports, XML, HTML, XSLT
Professional Experience.
Client: LifeStance Health, Scottsdale, AZ March 2024 – Till Date
Role: Workday Technical Consultant
Responsibilities:
Worked Custom Integrations (Inbound/Outbound) via core connectors, EIB’s and Studio
Worked on custom reports, Document transformation, Document delivery and Business process.
Worked on several Workday modules, including HCM, Payroll, and Benefits reporting.
Involved in the Development, Enhancement, Upgrade, and Maintenance of HR, Benefits, and Payroll.
Worked on Core connectors, Workday studio, and Document Transformation.
Created new integration to pull the new hire’s information using Core Connector Worker and Document Transformation, which uses the connector integrations XML Output as its data source input.
Proficient in conducting working sessions with clients to gather, understand, and analyze procurement-specific business requirements.
Developed integrations using XSLT & Studio to generate vendor specified output format.
Worked on PICOF and PECI and WECI integrations.
Coordinated with onshore on requirements gathering, Development, testing and enhancement of integration.
Involved in creating base data set, derived data sets and publishing the data sets.
Implemented functionalities through ISU (Inbound Service Utility) and ISSG (Inbound Secure Service Gateway).
Scheduled integrations with the frequency of daily, monthly, weekly based on client requirement.
Prepared design documents, Mapping documents and Unit test documents for various integrations.
Day to day support of Workday HCM, Security, Integrations and Reporting issues
Built new integrations using Workday Studio, Cloud Connecters and Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) for one of the famous payroll systems like ADP and sent data to SAP.
Participated in the discovery sessions with client and vendors, create the design and mapping documents, and submitted the same for sign off.
Daily monitoring the Production jobs and responsible to fix the issues in case of any failure happens.
Monitoring the production issues daily basis. Experience with XML, XPATH and XSLT.
Worked on Object transporter 1.0 and 2.0 to migrate objects from one instance to another instances.
Created new integration to pull the new hires, terms, benefits, recruitment data information.
Used sequence generators, generating templates, and validating inbound integration system results.
Created and used calculated fields in reporting, business processes, integrations, and other areas within Workday.
Knowledge of Domain, Role, and User based security.
Built new integrations for IBM Watson Recruitment (Talent Suite application), third party (Payroll system) and worked on Truck Right API integration and custom BIRT reports.
Configured integrations for monitoring integration status and sending the email notification when the integration fails or has warnings, or errors.
Worked on migrations/ deployments of a new built integration using Object Transporter 2.0
Post Implementation support, Integration Enhancements.
Helping the team on blocked issues, communicating with the SAP team to send data from Workday to SAP Net Payroll.
Analyze feasibility and complexity of new requirements.
Conduct Meetings with Users and Business Analysts to finalize the Design Approach for Workday Integrations and resolve any understanding gaps.
Environment: EIB, Workday Studio, Web services, Workday Report Writing, custom reports, calculated fields, Transformation using XSLT, compensation, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel.
Client: Milestone Technologies, India Jan 2022 - Sep 2023
Role: Workday Integration Consultant
Responsibility:
Took the primary integration developer responsibilities for the Enterprise Application Team.
Creating simple and complex Inbound/Outbound integrations using different Workday Integration tools.
Gathering and understanding client business requirements and configuring the Workday solution.
Requirements Analysis and translation to technical specifications.
Proficiency to test the interaction between Workday and other systems, ensuring seamless data flow and process execution.
Performed regression testing for R1 and R2 releases.
Involved in all workday phases (Dev/UAT/Prod).
Responsible for the development and management of Mass Update EIBs.
Worked on various Workday Integration tools such as EIB (Enterprise Interface Builder), Core Connectors and Workday Studio.
Developed inbound and outbound integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, XML and XSLT Document.
Experienced in creating all kinds of custom reports like Simple and Advanced.
Strong Experience with EIB Inbound/Outbound integrations, Core connector, Workday Studio, Report Writer, and Calculated Fields.
Day-to-day support of Workday HCM, Benefits and Reporting issues.
Proficiency in XSLT understanding and troubleshooting, testing XPATH and XSLT SOAP and REST Based Services.
Partner with HR and other functional teams to analyze business needs and enable the reporting and processes required to meet those needs.
Handling day-to-day Activities like SR’s status call, 1TS Support Tickets Status, New Enhancement tickets, etc.
Created custom filtered Reports options to download as PDF and excel sheet format.
APIs has been integrated update the live score and final score noted on mobile app during the events, that will be accessed in the company’s dashboards for future references.
Worked on Core connectors, EIBs, PICOF/PECI, Workday studio, and Document Transformation integrations.
Configured Security Groups like Role-Based Security, Segment Based Security, and Integration based security groups.
Configured Domain Security Policies, Created Integration System Security Groups and Segment-based security groups, and assigned them to users.
Developed benefits integrations for vendors like CBC, VSP, and Delta Dental.
Created Inbound Workday Studio to populate the Employee Certificates data into Workday.
Worked on Core connectors, Workday studio, and Document Transformation.
Created custom reports like Benefit census, Open enrollment reports, HR Audit, and Payroll changes using a workday report writer.
Developed inbound/outbound integrations for payroll, benefits, and financial data using EIB, Studio, and Core Connectors.
Experienced in demonstrating design options through prototypes that showcase how Workday can improve efficiency and effectiveness in procurement activities.
Certified in Workday Financials and WSS, with hands-on experience in implementing and configuring Workday solutions for procurement and strategic sourcing.
Configured Integrations in Business Processes and added step rules and Notifications to BPs.
Configuring Business Processes according to the Business Requirements.
Developed several reports using Workday Report Writer like Salary Changes, Payroll Earnings, Medical Enrollments, Med, Dent, Vision, Salary plan, etc. reports as part of Implementation.
Environment: EIB, Workday Studio, Web services, Workday Report Writing, custom reports, calculated fields, Transformation using XSLT, compensation, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel.
Client: Carrier, India Oct 2019 - Jan 2022
Role: Workday Integration Consultant
Responsibility:
Developing various Custom Reports, Advanced Reports, Few Matrix reports and calculating fields on different modules Core HCM, Talent.
Create detailed integration specifications, field mappings, and designs to support the entire integration deployment lifecycle.
Research integration failures, perform root cause analyses, and report back to management and business leaders.
Designed and built complex Integrations using Workday connectors, EIBs (built with XSLT), and APIs (e.g., Postman).
Created Data Mappings (XML & XSLT) for seamless data transfer.
Participating in Workday Communities to remain connected with Workday & customers.
Building Reports and Integrations for multiple requirements using EIB.
Design, configure, test, and implement Workday improvements and business process changes.
Managing enhancement related Integrations and Reports.
Setting up schedules of reports-daily, quarterly, data analysis and recommendations as needed.
Providing day to day support for Workday HCM, Compensation and Reporting issues.
Providing technical support and responding to all assigned tickets.
Building CCW Integrations for extracting the worker attribute changes and generating a change file.
Monitoring filtration conditions which need to be added in specific Workday Reports as per the.
Creating simple and complex Inbound/Outbound integrations using different Workday Integration tools.
Groups like Role-Based Security, Segment Based Security, and Integration based security groups.
Configured Domain Security Policies, Created Integration System Security Groups and Segment-based security groups, and assigned them to users.
Partnered with the analytics COE to design enterprise data models, security roles, and governance processes for Prism.
Worked on Core connectors, Workday studio, and Document Transformation.
Created calculated Fields using various functions and used them in custom reports and Integrations.
Configured Integrations in Business Processes and added step rules and Notifications to BPs.
Configuring Business Processes according to the Business Requirements.
Developed and designed custom Talent dashboards in Workday to meet organizational requirements.
Expertise in troubleshooting and diagnosing Workday problems.
Ability to work with various stakeholders, including end users, business analysts, and developers.
Implemented a new security policy that improved the security of Workday's data.
Environment: EIB, Workday Studio, Web services, Workday Report Writing, custom reports, calculated fields, Transformation using XSLT, Compensation, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Workday Studio, XML, XSLT 2.0, Report Writer, Oxygen.
Education:
Pace University, Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, New York, NY
Master’s in Information Systems
COURSE WORK: Information Systems Design and Development, DBMS, Introduction to Coding, Cognitive Science and Technology, Information Systems Principles, Information Security Planning and Policy, Data Science: Intro to DS, Business Data
Communications, Ethical AI.
Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, India
Bachelor of Agriculture Science.