Workday HCM & Integrations Expert Resume

Mahadev Parshetty

Email: *******************@*****.***

Phone: +1-614-***-****

SU M M A R Y O F E X P E R I E N C E:

Over 10+ years of experience as a Workday HCM, and Business Analyst, specializing in Workday HRIS, HRIT, Integration, Studio, Prism, Core Compensation, Time Tracking, Security, and Benefits.

- Over 10+ years of experience as a Workday HCM and Business Analyst.

- 6+ years as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Workday HCM and Integrations, partnering with

business and technical teams to deliver end-to-end solutions, optimize business processes, and

provide vendor and stakeholder guidance.

- Expertise in serving as a meta expert across Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, and Finance

systems, driving standardization, compliance, and system best practices.

- Strong leadership in mentoring teams, leading design sessions, and serving as the escalation

point for complex issues across HR, Payroll, and Finance domains.

7+ years specializing in Payroll, and Finance systems, ensuring data integrity, system functionality, and compliance.

Experience in configuring Workday HCM and Finance, with expertise in post-production support.

Worked on transitioning legacy systems to Workday HCM like PeopleSoft to Workday and SAP to Workday.

Experience in creating reports such as standard, advanced, matrix, search, transposed, and composite reports using various Data Sources.

Hands-on experience using RBOs, advanced filters, calculated fields, and prompts in reporting.

Configured alerts to automate notifications and worked on validating, scheduling, and editing Workday reports using the report writer tool.

Created advanced reports for both Workday Finance and HCM. Also, leveraged these reports as web services in integrations to send data to external systems per business needs.

Developed and customized complex BIRT reports, tailoring layouts and data structures.

Integrations and Technical Subject Matter Expert who works with HCM, Integrations, and Business Process Configurations in Workday, facilitating software upgrades, installations, and enhancements.

Extensive experience in EIB inbound/outbound, Core connectors, Data Transformations, Web Services, Custom Reports, and Workday Studio, developing and managing complex integrations across Workday modules.

Extensively managed data loads into Workday and sent data to external systems using EIBs, custom reports, and integrations.

Workday on various inbound integrations to load Hire, Job Change, Terminations, Locations, Supervisory Organizations, Positions, Job Requisitions, Compensation, Personal Information, Benefits, Payment Election, etc., data into Workday.

Designed, Developed, and Supported Workday Payroll Integrations like PECOF, PECI, Payroll Core Connector, and Studio-based integrations to facilitate seamless payroll processing with third-party providers like ADP, SAP, and Oracle.

Integrated time tracking with payroll, ensuring accurate pay calculations for hourly and salaried employees.

Demonstrated experience with SDLC to include requirement analysis, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining the Workday solutions.

Proficient in creating complicated Workday integrations, debugging, and issue resolution at different levels of testing processes.

Expertise includes Workday configuration—tenant setup, organizational hierarchy, configurable security, and custom fields.

Hands-on experience in Workday Security, User, and Role-based security groups, including assigning roles, creating security groups, and providing security to Business processes and Domain security policies.

Leveraged Workday data with advanced Excel and Congo’s skills to develop custom reports, dashboards, and analytics, supporting HR and business leaders in decision-making.

Experienced in working with XML, XTT, XSLT, XPath, and REST-based APIs for custom Workday integrations.

Experience in configuring Workday Compensation packages, including salary, bonus, allowance, commission, and merit plans, along with merit process and bonus plan execution across multiple departments.

Worked on Workday Extend, designing and deploying custom applications, security, web services (REST/SOAP), and Orchestrations.

Workday Financials Implementation and Configuration experience. Worked on configuration of Workday Financials modules of Banking, Supplier invoices, GL, AP, AR, Procurement, and Expenses as per the needs of the business.

Expert in Workday Release Management, conducting impact analysis for SOX compliance, enabling secure financial and HR processes.

Proven ability in managing and improving Workday system performance, spotting inefficiencies, and proposing continuous improvements.

Extensive knowledge of Workday Prism Analytics, data setup, table management, security configuration, and publishing datasets.

Developed pipelines using Workday Prism Analytics for data transformation and loading. Also, created and managed tables and datasets in Workday Prism.

Integrated Prism Analytics with Workday HCM and Finance modules for enhanced reporting. Tested and validated data pipelines and transformations within Prism.

Conducted unit, SIT, and UAT testing to validate Workday configurations, processes, and integrations before deployment.

Designed and created interactive Workday dashboards that visualize data in real-time to assist stakeholders.

Experience in Workday Business process configurations like Workflow, Security, Notifications, To Do’s, Validations, Conditions, and Alerts & Approvals.

Worked on creating and maintaining Workday organizations such as Supervisory, Cost Centers, Companies, Locations, Matrix, Regions, and Hierarchies.

Conducted and participated in HR training sessions on Workday processes.

Experience in handling Workday Recruiting, Time & Absence, Benefits, and Compensation-related tasks.

Configured and managed health, dental, vision, retirement, and life insurance plans in Workday.

Good knowledge of Reports, Workday Integrations, Web Services and Workday Architecture.

Familiar with ticketing systems such as JIRA and service now — from ticket creation through development tracking and testing documentation to approval workflows.

Provided HRIS support to HR and Payroll teams, ensuring system functionality and user satisfaction.

Formidable leadership and communication skills, able to distill complex technical concepts into easily digestible business insights and drive cross-functional success and stakeholder alignment.

Skills

Category

Skills

Workday Expertise

Core HCM, Business Processes, Security, Payroll (US/Global), Absence Management, Time Tracking, Core Compensation, Workday Talent and Learning Management, Recruiting, Finance, Prism, Workday Extend

Workday Integrations

Studio, EIB(Inbound/Outbound), Core Connector, PICOF, Cloud Connect, Integration Cloud, SOAP/REST APIs, XML, XSLT, JSON, SQL for validation

Workday Reporting

Advanced Report Writer, Calculated Fields, Data Visualization, BIRT Reporting

Implementation

Agile/Scrum, Requirement Gathering, UAT, Full Lifecycle Workday Implementation, PeopleSoft HCM, SAP

Ticketing Tools

Service Now, Jira

MS Office

MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Client

Walmart California, USA

Title

Senior Workday Consultant

Duration

September 2023 to Present

Responsibilities:

• Acted as the SME for Workday HCM and Integrations, providing strategic direction and

hands-on expertise for payroll, benefits, and finance processes, ensuring seamless data exchange

with third-party vendors.

Assisted in data conversion from PeopleSoft to Workday, including NA Payroll, UK Payroll, Benefits, and other HR modules, ensuring data integrity and accuracy.

Created Supervisory Organizations, Locations, Companies, Cost Centres, and Hierarchies as a part of migration.

Worked on Business Process configurations including approvals, conditions, consolidated approvals, steps, actions, notifications, etc.

Engaged in designing and validating Workday Business Processes (BPs) for HCM, such as Hire, Change Job, Request Compensation, Job Application, and Termination, to enhance process efficiency and compliance.

Worked on real-time employee data

Responsible for designing custom reports and optimizing existing reports using Workday Report Writer to support business needs and enhance data analysis.

Developed advanced custom reports, Matrix reports, Work lets, and Dashboards across Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence Management. Designed, built, tested, and deployed Recruiting and Annual Compensation solutions to drive process enhancements.

Extensive experience in developing complex custom reports, including Business Process-based reports, Benefit reports, Compensation reports, and Employee Information reports, leveraging various data sources to create Advanced and Composite-enabled reports.

Designed and implemented calculated fields in Workday to support complex business logic and reporting requirements.

Experienced in creating and managing all types of calculated fields in Workday, including Date, Text, Lookup, Boolean, Arithmetic, etc., fields to support business logic and reporting needs.

Developed custom integrations using EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Studio, and REST/SOAP APIs to enable seamless data exchange between Workday and external systems, including payroll providers, benefits vendors, and third-party applications.

Understanding/gathering integration requirements from the Legacy System and building detailed Integration Designs.

Build multiple DT integrations for converting the XML file to text, CSV format.

Supported HRs in all kinds of Workday transactions from creating positions, on boarding, ATS, hiring, job changes, termination, reassigning tasks, organizational changes, etc.

Conducted payroll testing for NA Payroll and integrations with ADP EV5, ensuring compliance with payroll processing rules.

Worked with the PMO team to track Workday implementation milestones, update project documentation, and support system go-live activities.

Performed Gap Analysis to assess business requirements, identify system limitations, and enhance Workday HCM and Payroll functionalities for improved efficiency and compliance.

Support in reviewing and testing Workday workflows such as Hire, Termination, and Job Changes. Use Visio to assist in creating process flow diagrams for Workday Business Processes.

Provided post-implementation support, including troubleshooting, maintenance, and enhancements.

Handled Service Now HRIS tickets by resolving common Workday issues and escalating complex problems. Assist in user support, responding to Workday queries, and troubleshooting minor system errors.

Delivered training and documentation on Workday processes and analytics for smooth adoption.

Environment: PeopleSoft, Workday, Workday Studio, EIB, Web services, Excel, MS Project, Visio for Taleo, Gap analysis, PMO, ADP EV5, Payroll testing, Service Now, HCM Workday.

Client

Wells Fargo San Francisco, CA

Title

Senior Workday Consultant

Duration

April 2022 to August 2023

Responsibilities:

Served as a Workday Meta Expert for payroll, security, and integrations, collaborating with

cross-functional teams to align system design with business objectives and regulatory compliance.

Supported business users by addressing technical inquiries, implementation strategies, and issue resolution, while driving short- and long-term solutions through cross-functional collaboration.

Worked with end users to address concerns, interpret business requirements, and implement appropriate Workday configurations.

Ensured seamless system operation, troubleshooting, and process improvements by offering end-to-end support for Core HCM, Integrations, Payroll (US/Global), Time Tracking, Compensation, and Finance.

Created and maintained advanced, matrix, complex, trended, and search custom reports using different data sources across various modules using Workday Report Writer.

Extensively worked on filter, prompts, calculated fields and scheduling reports.

Developed reports and dashboards to track employee attendance, time off information, contribution details, and benefits enrolments.

Worked extensively on Workday integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, and Core Connectors.

Managed EIB mass loads including hiring, job changes, terminations, locations, position creation, supervisory organizations, pay adjustments, compensation changes, and performance management.

Worked on integration testing and provided postproduction support to integrations and reports issues.

Developed Workday Studio integrations to sync payroll with ADP and Ceridian, time tracking with Kronos, Benefits with A light and expenses with Concur. Worked with Core Connectors such as CCW, CCB, and PICOF.

Worked on XSLT, JSON, and XML data transformation to transfer data between Workday and payroll providers, finance platforms, HCM systems, benefits administrators, and recruiting tools.

Designed and maintained Congo’s report structures, including multi-dimensional reporting, drill-through analysis, and trend-based analytics.

Configured time off eligibility rules, time off plans, validation rules and integration with payroll.

Mapped and set up Time Off plans and leave types onto output files according to client-specific needs.

Created and managed security groups using security policies at domain and business process levels.

Worked on Time Tracking and Workday Security configuration changes based on Ad-hoc requirements.

Worked on Workday security models, ensuring compliance with SOX, GDPR, HIPAA, role-based access control (RBAC), and data privacy regulations.

Hands-on experience on multiple Workday modules such as Organizations, Business Processes, Alerts, Security, Compensation, Reporting, Integrations, Absence Management, Time Tracking, Talent & Performance, and Payroll.

Configured business process for Hire, Create Requisition, proposed compensation, Assign Organizations, and created web service in the integrations to replicate the BP automatically.

Developed Workday REST/SOAP web services to ensure secure, efficient enterprise integration, reducing financial reconciliation time by 35% and improving data consistency.

Provided postproduction support to Financial Accounting, Expense, AP, AR, FDM, Banking and Settlement.

Monitored and maintained integrations between Workday Financials and third-party banking and payment systems.

Troubleshot and resolved issues in financial transactions, reconciliations, and reporting in Workday.

Built custom Cognos dashboards for HR and Finance teams, improving data-driven decision-making.

Extensively worked on Prism Analytics, including developing base datasets and derived datasets, Prism pipelines, dashboards, ingesting and transforming external data into Workday.

Configured Prism security policies and automated data refresh schedules, ensuring governance, accuracy, and real-time reporting.

Mentored junior Workday Consultants in configurations, reporting, integrations, and troubleshooting. Also, conducted Workday training sessions for HR teams.

Created and configured compensation plans including salary, bonus and equity plans.

Designed merit and bonus cycles to support annual compensation reviews and adjustments.

Integration testing cycles management with HRIS and IT teams, status meetings, tracking issues, and documentation (JIRA/ITIL)

Directed data migration initiatives, overseeing the precise extraction, transformation, and loading of legacy financial data into Workday.

Implemented WAC data ingestion from third-party payroll and financial systems.

Created and maintained testing documentation, including test cases, test scripts, and scenarios.

Managed test data using Kino’s Automation, coordinated the creation of test scenarios, execution of test cases, and test planning.

Environment: Workday, CSS, Jenkins, Web Driver 3.0, Web Services, Workday EIB, Workday Studio, Payroll, Transformation using XSLT, XML, Jira, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Kronos

Client

Cigna Healthcare, Plano, TX

Title

Workday Integration Consultant

Duration

Feb 2019 to Mar 2022

Responsibilities:

Developed EIB inbound and outbound integrations across multiple Workday modules.

Worked with functional and technical teams to manage system updates, configurations, and feature implementation.

Set up and managed Workday Core Connector to keep employee updates in sync with third-party vendors.

Extensively worked on EIB, Core Connector, Document Transformation, and Workday Studio. Developed simple integration by using EIB and complex integration using Workday Studio.

Set up Payroll, Benefits, and Compensation integrations in Workday to ensure seamless transactions with third-party vendors.

Loaded high volume of data into Workday using EIB (Inbound) mass data loads.

Designed compensation business process for exempt and non-exempt employees.

Hands-on experience with Web Services APIs, XML, XSLT.

Developed and executed Simple, Advanced, Matrix, Search, and Composite reports using various Data Sources. Examples of some complex reports built are Headcount trends, Payroll Auditing, Compliance, Hiring efficiency, etc.

Extensive experience in using filter conditions and prompts in Workday. Worked on various calculated fields, including single and multi-instance extraction, related value lookups, expression evaluations, conditional logic, arithmetic calculations, and date formatting.

Developed various alert notifications from the reports in different modules.

Hands-on experience in building custom Workday Extend applications.

Worked on the functional configuration of the Compensation Module for rewards focal plan implementation.

Configured business processes for bonus plans, merit plans, salary plans, and hourly plans.

Built functional specs for Headcount, Compensation, Talent Management, Recruiting, Benefits, and US/Global Payroll in Workday for business alignment.

Customized Workday with ERP's (SAP, Oracle) and third-party applications (GHX, Vertex, On Base Hyland, EPIC, Strata) with an emphasis on Procurement and Financial Operations.

Familiarity with BIRT reporting. Designed BIRT reports for Offer Letters, Performance Appraisal letters, and Payslips.

Generated Test Plans and executed the test cases as part of the management of the testing process, ensuring Workday Solutions and Integrations were fully validated before going live.

Implemented enhancements for EIB Integrations, Core Connectors, CCB, Studio Integrations, and Custom Reports.

Developed custom Workday Extend applications using React-based UI components, enhancing HR, Finance, and Payroll functionalities with an intuitive user experience.

Integrated Workday Extend applications with Workday APIs, configuring security models, ensuring real-time data updates, role-based access controls, and event-driven workflows.

Configured Workday Time Tracking policies, including overtime rules, shift differentials, and break periods.

Automated candidate data transfer between Workday Talent & Recruiting and Taleo using Workday Studio and API integrations to sync job requisitions, offers, and on boarding details.

Created Prism Datasets and Tables to store structured data for advanced reporting.

Conducted impact analysis and implemented necessary adjustments for Workday updates and releases to ensure seamless business continuity.

Provided post-implementation support, troubleshoot financial processes, and ensure compliance with GAAP and SOX regulations.

Configured and managed Workday security settings, including user roles, permissions, and data access controls, ensuring compliance with organizational policies and regulatory standards.

Integrated Workday Time Tracking with Kronos for real-time timesheet and absence data synchronization using REST APIs and Workday Extend.

Designed and optimized Workday Payroll Business Processes (BP) for payroll processing, retro pay, off-cycle payments, and adjustments.

Environment: Workday Integrations, BIRT Reporting, Payroll, Benefits, SOAP, EIB, Core connectors, CCB, HR, WSDL, XML, XSLT, Taleo, Workday studio

Client

Micro Info (India)

Title

Workday Business Analyst

Duration

May 2014 to Oct 2017

Responsibilities:

Recognized as the SME for Core Connectors, EIBs, and Workday Studio integrations,

mentoring junior consultants and guiding vendors on technical and functional best practices.

Created use case diagrams, flowcharts and process models, by documenting business work flows both by text and by activity diagrams.

Excellent Analytical skills to understand the business process, functional requirements and to translate them into system requirement specifications.

Interacting with Business team on daily basis to understand the Client business needs and basic requirements of customer, and henceforth put the use cases in to Business Functional Document.

Developing functional specifications for business process refinement, data modeling, system Architecture and

conducting feasibility study. Creating Business process diagrams of existing systems, the underlying data and use cases associated with those systems, the problems and limitations associated with both, and the available methods of resolving the identified business issuesCo-ordinated with development and business team for successful rollout of the project.

Have good understanding of Testing SDLC concepts and have very good testing experience with knowledge of various steps involved in end-to-end testing of applications.

Developed questionnaires and organized meetings, emphasizing the scope of the project, in order to provide key initiatives in working with users in defining project and system requirements.

Environment: Windows 2007, Microsoft Visio, UML, XML, SQL Server, SQL Developer.

EDUCATION

Bachelors

Bachelors of pharmacy – Osmania University – Mar 2014

Masters

Master’s in business analytics University: Trine University – Aug 2019

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