Senior Workday Consultant with 6+ Years Experience

Ashu

Senior Workday Consultant

Email: **********@*****.*** Phone: 908-***-**** LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashu-9438953b6/

Professional Summary

I am a Senior Workday Consultant with over 6 years of experience implementing, configuring, and supporting enterprise Workday environments across multiple organizations. My expertise spans core Workday modules including HCM, Time Tracking, Absence Management, Benefits, Payroll, Recruiting, and Onboarding. I specialize in designing scalable Workday solutions, developing integrations, building advanced reports, and improving HR operational efficiency through automation and process optimization. I have extensive experience working with Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Extend, and Workday Prism Analytics to build integrations and data pipelines. I collaborate closely with HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT stakeholders to gather business requirements, design solutions, perform system testing, and ensure seamless data flow between Workday and external systems. I also support Workday bi-annual releases, system upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure the platform remains optimized and aligned with business needs.

Professional Experience

Senior Workday Consultant

Apex System July 2024 – Present

Led end-to-end configuration and support for Workday HCM, managing supervisory organizations, job profiles, position management, job architecture, and worker lifecycle events while ensuring alignment with HR operational processes and organizational structure changes.

Partnered closely with HR leadership and business stakeholders to gather detailed functional requirements, translate them into technical configurations, and implement scalable solutions that improved HR service delivery and system usability.

Configured Workday Time Tracking components, including time entry codes, pay codes, work schedules, overtime rules, shift differentials, and approval workflows while ensuring accurate integration with payroll processing and compliance with company policies.

Implemented and maintained Absence Management plans, including accrual calculations, eligibility rules, carryover policies, and leave balances while supporting complex leave scenarios such as statutory leave programs and company-specific policies.

Managed configuration and administration of Benefits plans, eligibility rules, benefit groups, and enrollment events while supporting annual open enrollment cycles and coordinating data exchange with external benefits vendors.

Supported US payroll configuration and payroll processing, including earnings, deductions, payroll validations, and payroll data reconciliation to ensure accurate payroll calculations and compliance with payroll policies.

Implemented and optimized Workday Recruiting workflows, including job requisition creation, approval workflows, candidate pipelines, interview scheduling, and hiring processes to improve recruitment efficiency.

Configured Onboarding business processes and tasks, enabling automated onboarding workflows for new hires including document collection, compliance tasks, and employee orientation activities.

Designed and developed complex integrations using Workday Studio, enabling secure data exchange between Workday and external systems such as payroll vendors, benefits providers, and analytics platforms.

Built and maintained EIB integrations for bulk data loads and automated outbound data extracts supporting worker updates, compensation changes, and organizational updates.

Developed Advanced and Matrix Reports using complex calculated fields to provide HR and leadership teams with workforce insights, operational metrics, and compliance reporting.

Designed data mapping and field mapping frameworks for integrations and analytics solutions to ensure consistent and accurate data transformation between systems.

Utilized Workday Prism Analytics to ingest external workforce data and build workforce dashboards for analytics and reporting.

Developed custom applications using Workday Extend to automate HR workflows, streamline approvals, and reduce manual administrative processes.

Managed ServiceNow tickets related to Workday system issues, configuration changes, and integration failures, ensuring timely resolution and proper documentation of solutions.

Utilized Jira for tracking Workday enhancement requests, bug fixes, and development tasks, collaborating with cross-functional teams using Agile project management methodologies.

Participated in incident management and problem resolution processes, analyzing root causes and implementing permanent fixes to prevent recurring issues.

Conducted system testing, regression testing, and impact analysis during Workday bi-annual releases to ensure new features and updates did not disrupt existing functionality.

Workday HRIS Consultant

Ally November 2021 – May 2023

Configured and maintained Workday HCM organizational structures, including supervisory organizations, job profiles, position management frameworks, and worker data governance to ensure system consistency and accurate HR reporting.

Implemented Time Tracking policies and validations to ensure accurate employee time capture, approval routing, and integration with payroll systems for accurate employee compensation.

Managed Absence Management configurations, including vacation plans, sick leave programs, leave accrual calculations, and eligibility rules while ensuring policies aligned with company and regulatory requirements.

Configured and maintained Workday Benefits plans and eligibility rules, ensuring accurate employee enrollment, benefits event processing, and integration with third-party benefits providers.

Assisted payroll teams with US and Canada payroll configuration, including payroll validation, payroll reconciliation activities, and support for payroll testing cycles.

Configured Workday Recruiting functionality, including requisition creation, interview scheduling workflows, candidate tracking pipelines, and offer management processes.

Developed and optimized Onboarding processes, automating new hire onboarding tasks, document collection, and compliance activities to improve employee onboarding experience.

Built inbound and outbound EIB integrations for data loads and data extraction, supporting large-scale worker updates and HR data synchronization between systems.

Implemented Core Connector integrations for payroll and benefits vendors to automate vendor file generation and integration workflows.

Designed and delivered Advanced Reports and Matrix Reports to support HR leadership with workforce analytics and operational reporting requirements.

Developed complex calculated fields to support advanced reporting logic and HR metrics analysis.

Performed data mapping and field mapping exercises to support integration development and external system connectivity.

Resolved Workday incidents and service requests using ServiceNow, ensuring tickets were tracked, documented, and resolved within defined SLAs.

Used Jira to manage project tasks, user stories, sprint activities, and defect tracking while working with development and integration teams.

Collaborated with functional and technical teams to prioritize backlog items and implement Workday system enhancements.

Workday Implementation Analyst

Cisco February 2020 – October 2021

Supported configuration and administration of Workday HCM modules, including worker profiles, job structures, organizational hierarchy, and HR business processes supporting HR operational workflows.

Assisted in configuring Time Tracking rules, time entry codes, pay codes, and approval workflows, ensuring accurate time capture and proper routing of employee time approvals.

Maintained Absence Management plans, including accrual rules, leave eligibility criteria, leave balance calculations, and policy updates based on HR requirements.

Assisted with Benefits configuration and employee enrollment processes, ensuring employees had accurate access to benefit options and eligibility rules.

Supported Payroll operations, including payroll validation, payroll reconciliation, and assisting with payroll testing cycles to ensure payroll accuracy.

Provided support for Recruiting processes, including candidate tracking, requisition workflows, and hiring process coordination within Workday Recruiting.

Supported Onboarding process configuration, ensuring new hires received onboarding tasks and compliance documentation through automated workflows.

Developed custom Workday reports and calculated fields to support HR operations, workforce analytics, and leadership reporting needs.

Built EIB integrations to support bulk worker data updates, data migration activities, and automated data extraction for reporting.

Performed data mapping and field mapping documentation to support integrations between Workday and external systems.

Managed ServiceNow tickets for Workday production support issues, providing troubleshooting and resolution for HR system incidents.

Participated in Agile sprint planning using Jira, tracking development tasks and supporting Workday enhancement projects.

Conducted data validation, testing, and HRIS audits to maintain system data quality and compliance with organizational standards.

Workday Analyst

Hexaware July 2018 – December 2019

Provided day-to-day operational support for Workday HCM, including worker data maintenance, job changes, organizational updates, and HR business process troubleshooting.

Assisted with Time Tracking configuration and employee support, resolving issues related to time entry, approvals, and pay code usage.

Supported Absence Management administration, updating leave plans, monitoring leave balances, and assisting HR teams with leave policy configuration.

Assisted with Benefits administration, including employee enrollment support, benefits eligibility updates, and benefits reporting activities.

Supported payroll teams with payroll data preparation, payroll validation, and payroll reporting activities prior to payroll processing cycles.

Assisted HR teams with Recruiting workflows, ensuring candidate data accuracy and supporting recruitment reporting requirements.

Supported Onboarding setup and new hire data configuration, ensuring smooth employee onboarding processes and proper documentation collection.

Built and maintained basic Workday reports for HR operations, enabling HR teams to track employee data and workforce metrics.

Utilized Microsoft Excel for HR data analysis, reporting, and reconciliation, assisting HR teams with audits and data reviews.

Assisted with EIB data loads and HRIS data migration projects, supporting bulk worker data updates and data corrections.

Logged and tracked Workday incidents and support requests using ServiceNow, ensuring issues were documented and resolved efficiently.

Supported Jira ticket tracking for Workday enhancement tasks and defect resolution while working with development teams.

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