Workday HRIS & Compensation Analyst Leader

MANI KAMAL

940-***-****, **************@*****.***

HRIS / Workday HCM Analyst

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Workday HCM Analyst and System Administrator with 5+ years of enterprise HRIS experience supporting 5,000–10,000+ employee populations. Expertise in Workday Core HCM configuration, Security Architecture, Business Process Framework (BPF), PECI/PICOF payroll integrations, and bi-annual release management. Proven ability to reduce payroll risk, strengthen data governance, and deliver scalable system solutions in SOX-controlled environments.

WORKDAY EXPERTISE

Functional Areas:

Core HCM Advanced Compensation Benefits Payroll Recruiting Talent Time Tracking Absence

Configuration & Security:

Business Process Framework (BPF) Domain Security Role-Based & Intersection Security Supervisory Organizations Job Architecture Tenant Management Proxy Testing

Integrations & Data Management:

PECI PICOF EIB (Inbound/Outbound) ADP Paylocity EDI 834 Data Conversions Payroll Reconciliation

Reporting & Analytics:

Advanced, Matrix & Composite Reports Calculated Fields Dashboards Workday Worksheets Excel (Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, Power Query)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Compensation Analyst

Crown Holdings – Tampa, FL

July 2024 – Present

Supported enterprise-wide merit and bonus cycles for 5,000+ employees, ensuring accurate eligibility rules, proration logic, and compensation budgeting controls.

Maintained job architecture, salary ranges, and pay grades aligned with internal equity and market benchmarks.

Conducted pay equity and compression analysis supporting data-driven compensation decisions.

Partnered with Finance to model compensation budgets and track variance against approved plans.

Produced executive-level dashboards on compensation spend and workforce trends.

HRIS Analyst & Workday Administrator

Protiviti – New York, NY

Aug 2023 – July 2024

Administered Workday tenant supporting enterprise clients with 5,000–10,000+ employees across multiple business units.

Designed and governed security architecture including role-based, intersection, and aggregation security groups to ensure least-privilege access and SOX compliance.

Configured end-to-end business processes (Hire, Job Change, Termination, Leave, Compensation) improving workflow efficiency and reducing transaction errors.

Managed Workday-to-payroll integtrations (PECI/PICOF) with ADP and Paylocity, resolving integration errors and preventing payroll variances prior to payroll close.

Led bi-annual Workday release cycles including impact assessment, sandbox validation, regression testing, and UAT coordination with HR and Payroll stakeholders.

Executed large-scale data updates via EIB for restructures, compensation cycles, and organizational changes.

Developed audit and reconciliation reports proactively identifying data integrity issues (negative net pay, missing SSNs, misaligned earnings).

Partnered with HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT to translate functional requirements into scalable Workday configurations.

HRIS & Payroll Specialist

IBM – India

Mar 2019 – July 2022

Supported HRIS and payroll operations in Lawson and Kronos environments.

Processed bi-weekly payroll transactions ensuring data accuracy and regulatory compliance.

Conducted payroll audits and reconciliation prior to submission to prevent pay errors.

Maintained employee master data integrity across HRIS systems.

Created SOP documentation improving process consistency and reducing onboarding time by 20%.

EDUCATION

Master’s Degree

University of North Texas

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