Workday AI Consultant with Leadership & Integration Expertise

Lokesh Alapati

Workday AI Consultant

+1-407-***-**** ***************@*****.***

SUMMARY

Over 5 years of IT experience as a Workday Consultant in configuration and developing Integrations using APIs and Workday Studio. Implementation of Workday HCM for various HRIS modules which includes Benefits, Payroll, Recruiting, Talent Management and Time tracking.

Proficient in fostering a positive work environment that promotes employee morale by developing interpersonal relationships within all levels of organization utilizing attentiveness, trust and respect. Good understanding of Workday architecture and business process framework, including Workday Extend. Have functional understanding of the process flow for various concepts like Organizations, Staffing Models and Business Process Definitions of HRIS.

Experienced in core HR, Compensation, Benefits, Absence Management, On-Boarding and Recruitment modules. Technical experience in Human Resource including Workday Finance, Workday Payroll, Health Care, Business Analysis, Business Process Flows, Reporting and Integration, leveraging Enterprise SaaS solutions. Thorough knowledge and experience about the Workday eco-system. Configured Workday business process framework and configured conditional rules to guide.

Good experience on Workday implementations, Workday business process configurations, Workday security, Workday Time Reporting, PeopleSoft implementations, Workday HR and payroll technology domain expertise, Client management and Vendor management. Experience in all phases of the Workday implementation lifecycle like - requirements gathering, Analysis, Design, Development and Testing.

Proficient in design of process flows in Workday and the fit-gap analysis of the existing HR Business processes in the On-Premises Workday.

Experienced in creating Standard Reports, Custom Reports like Advanced Reports, Matrix Reports, Complex Calculated Fields, Conditions and Eligibility Rules for specific purposes. Hands on experience in configuring Workday Integrations using EIB's, Core /Cloud Connectors, Document Transformation process, building XSLT, XML and Rest based in APIs in Workday. Good knowledge in Workday HCM, Report Writing, Core HR, Benefits, Compensation, Performance Management, Recruiting, Talent Management, Time Tracking.

Expertise in HCM functionality to configure, integrate and maintain Business Processes, Supervisory Organizations, Staffing models, Job Profiles, Positions, Locations, Compensation, Cost Centres, Reports, and Security. Created, Updated and Maintained Integrations, including Core Connectors, Core Connectors using DT, EIB's using Custom Report Transformation and EIB's using XSLT Transformation. Proficient use of HR processes such as Recruiting, Hiring, Payroll, Benefits, Employee Record maintenance, Training, Pay Planning, Performance and Talent Management, Applicant Tracking, On-boarding. Well versed with functional knowledge of Workday HCM modules from configuration/setup to ongoing data maintenance. Extensively worked on discovery sessions in Workday including requirement gathering as a Technical Workday Consultant. Validated data after loading into Workday and responsible for issue tracking and resolution. A quick learner with strong Analytical & Communication skills. Excel in building Customer relationships. Efficient in working cross functionally with several teams SKILLS

Operating Systems Windows: Windows and Mac.

ERP: ERP, Workday

Workday Integrating Tools: Core HCM, Core Connectors, EIB, Enterprise SaaS, Workday Extend, Workday Studio Workday Reporting Tools: Matrix, nBox, Search), Trended, Workday Illuminate, Workday Report Writer (Advanced IDE: Oxygen

Languages: Python, R, XML, XSLT

Office Suite: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Ms Office AI/ML AI/ML integrations, Machine learning algorithms, Workday AI EDUCATION

Masters of science in Computer science

Oklahoma Christian University, 2023

EXPERIENCE

Workday HCM Consultant

Credit One

January 2024 – Present

Collaborated on the creation of Supervisory Organizations, Reorganizations, Subordinate Supervisory Orgs, and Organizational Hierarchies, including Locations, Positions, Cost Centers, and Cost Center Hierarchies using Workday HCM. Engaged extensively with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to configure Workday environments and set up application configurations aligned with business needs.

Served as the lead HRIS support for the Workday team, addressing ad hoc HR system requests within current HRIS solutions. Troubleshot and resolved issues across development, system testing, and post-production stages for various HRIS modules, leveraging Workday Studio for complex configurations.

Combined heterogeneous data sources to meet specific requirements in Workday Reporting, utilizing advanced data transformation techniques.

Developed comprehensive reports for Headcount, Compensation, Talent Management, Recruiting, Benefits, Payroll, and Business Reports, enhancing data visibility.

Performed arithmetic calculations in Matrix reports for various operations on data, ensuring accurate reporting outputs. Worked on complex calculated fields, including extract Single and Multi-Instances, Lookup Related Values, evaluate expression, True or False Conditions, and Arithmetic Calculations to transform data into desirable outputs using Workday Reporting tools. Created detailed Functional and Technical design documents based on business requirements, ensuring clear documentation for Workday implementations.

Configured and tested Business Process definitions in core HR, including Hire, Job Change, Termination, Create Positions, Requisitions, and Contract Contingent, ensuring seamless workflow execution. Developed Outbound and Inbound integrations using EIB, Web Services, and Document Transformation for numerous integrations from Workday to downstream internal and vendor systems, leveraging APIs for data exchange. Ensured functional and technical requirements were met through rigorous system testing, regression testing, performance testing, and security testing activities.

Gained foundational knowledge in Workday Design, Development, and Production support processes, along with other core functionalities.

Received training in vendor qualification, contracting, budgeting & invoicing, compliance monitoring, and audit planning, broadening expertise in HR operations.

Created Report Writer reports, utilizing standard and custom reports, managing report security, and developing Security Segment Groups for Benefits and Payroll Integrations.

Worked with Simple and Advanced Reports, defining columns, business objects, fields, overriding column headings, implementing multiple sorting techniques, and sorting by secondary objects. Developed Methodology/Documentation for Business Processes and gathered and prepared functional/technical documents, ensuring standardized processes.

Functioned as a Functional Analyst to gather requirements and provide business support to organizational groups, including business users and sales teams.

Coordinated with the QA team to prepare Test Strategy, Test Plans, and Test Scripts for testing various business processes in Workday HCM.

Responsible for writing detailed test cases for testing various business scenarios and validating results; extensively worked on creating calculated fields and managed day-to-day issues of Workday analytics. Workday HCM Functional Consultant

Cardinal Health Care

August 2022 – December 2023

Kansas City, MI

Involved with Workday Report Writer and creating custom integrations with third-party applications using Workday Cloud Connect and Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Document Transformations, and REST APIs. Provided daily support and maintenance for Workday HCM Business processes, including Compensation, Hiring, Performance, Security, and Talent Management.

Developed integrations using EIB (inbound/outbound), REST APIs, and Core Connectors, managing business processes, and leveraging Report Writer and Calculated Fields for custom reports. Converted Simple reports to Advanced Reports by utilizing Calculated Fields, Sorting, Filtering Report Fields, providing Advanced Filtering Options, Creating Sub Filters, and using related Business Objects for enhanced data analysis. Built industry-standard reports such as List Reports, Matrix Reports, Calculated Fields, Conditions, and Eligibility Rules that apply to report parameters, improving data accessibility.

Designed and configured Workday Business Processes (BPs) for HCM, including Hire, Change Job, Termination, Propose Compensation, and Termination, ensuring efficient workflow management. Created Supervisory organizations, Matrix organizations, Cost Centers, Locations, and their hierarchies, along with Job profiles and Job family groups, and maintained them within the Workday system. Developed a new integration to pull new hire information using Core Connector Worker and Document Transformation, utilizing XML Output as its data source input for seamless data flow. Created and maintained all business process setup data, including business process definitions, steps, checklists, condition rules, and notifications, ensuring process integrity.

Collaborated with clients to implement, support, and integrate Workday HCM technology solutions into their business environments, driving successful adoption.

Configured processes such as change job, compensation grades, mass hire, and mass productions; performed data migration from legacy systems to the Workday system using EIB.

Created test scenarios for testing all in-scope Business Processes, including Hire, Job Change, Promote, Transfer, Terminate, Compensation changes, and Employee Self-Service processes, ensuring system reliability. Provided post-rollout production support, serving as the primary point of contact for Workday Support tickets and monitoring and resolving incoming tickets efficiently.

Calsoft

Workday Analyst

May 2019 – November 2021

Bangalore, India

Created Job Profiles, Job Families and Job Family Groups, Compensation grades and profiles for North America and global countries in foreign currencies.

Created Supervisory Organizations, Subordinate Orgs, Compensation grades, Compensation profiles and Cost center. Worked on several complex calculated fields like Substring text, Concatenate text, Format Text, Text Length, Formatting date fields, Convert Currency.

Built Custom Integration (EIB), Custom report, and Calculated Fields and writing XSLT to generate customer specified output format. Sourced data through multiple data sources like Workers, Supervisory Organization, Cost Centers, Location and its Hierarchies, Position Management, Indexed Workers.

Built industry standard reports like Advanced Reports, Matrix Reports, Conditions and Eligibility rules. Responsible for Create and Maintain the Studio Integrations, EIB, and Custom Reports. Responsible for High Priority Tickets issues in Workday, Identify the Problem and Fix the issue on time Maintained Studio Integrations within the organization, Responsible for break fixing, debugging of the integration Maintained EIB outbound and inbound Integrations with sin the organization and 3rd party Vendors. Performed unit test on the developed integrations. Created test cases consolidating developer’s test cases, business use cases. Performed three rounds of system testing which involves connectivity test, file formatting and Business cases. Developed data analytics and dashboards to satisfy requirements. Maintain log of issues for existing reports & document new report needs. Managed integration deliverables associated with Workday Implementation projects. Responsible for developing the reporting strategy for the HCM Domain. Advised the business on the use of leveraging Workday Standard Delivered reports.

Daily Implementation of company data into Workday and migration of system information. Responsible for Build and Delivery of Workday Integrations that were built using EIB’s, Cloud Connect and Workday Studio.

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