Workday Integration Specialist with 4+ Years Experience

Name: Preethi Gadipalli

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

Ph no: +1-937-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Workday Integration Consultant with 4+ years of experience specializing in Workday HCM, Integrations, and cross-functional system implementations. Proven expertise in designing and developing integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, and Workday Orchestrate to enable seamless data exchange across HR and Financial systems.

Strong experience collaborating with business stakeholders to gather requirements, perform fit-gap analysis, and deliver scalable solutions aligned with organizational goals. Exposure to Workday Financials including Accounts Payable, Procurement, and Financial Reporting with integration touchpoints.

Experienced in leveraging Workday Prism Analytics to ingest, transform, and unify data from multiple sources, enabling advanced workforce and financial analytics.

Proficient in building data pipelines, creating datasets, and designing dashboards within Workday Prism Analytics to deliver actionable insights and support data-driven decision-making.

Skilled in integrating Workday Prism Analytics with Workday HCM and Financials to enhance reporting capabilities, improve data accuracy, and streamline business intelligence processes.

Skilled in end-to-end implementation including design, development, testing (UAT), deployment, and post-go-live support. Adept at building reports, dashboards, and automation workflows to improve operational efficiency and decision-making.

Supported configuration and integration of Workday Financials modules including Accounts Payable, Procurement, and Financial Reporting

Developed inbound and outbound integrations including Payroll integrations using Workday Studio and Core Connectors

Built and exposed Reports-as-a-Service (RaaS) for external system integrations

Used API testing tools such as SOAP UI and Postman for validating web service integrations

Experience with Workday Extend and Orchestrate for advanced integration solutions

Followed integration deployment best practices and release management processes

Worked with inbound integrations from payroll vendors and external systems

Worked on supplier integrations and invoice processing workflows to streamline financial operations

Collaborated with finance teams to support General Ledger (GL) and financial reporting requirements

Acted as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams to translate functional requirements into technical solutions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Skill Category

Skills

Workday Modules

Workday HCM, Core HCM, Workday Benefits, Workday Time Tracking

Workday Integrations

Workday Studio, Workday Orchestrate, EIBs, Core Connectors, Cloud Connectors, BIRT, Web Services (SOAP/REST), XML, XSLT

Reporting & Analytics

Workday Advanced Reporting, Calculated Fields,

Data Management

Workday Data Conversion, Data Loading, Data Validation

HRIS Tools

Workday

Workday Financials

Accounts Payable (AP), Procurement, Financial Reporting, Supplier Integrations

Languages

SQL, Python, R

Cloud Platforms

AWS, Workday Cloud

Methodologies

Agile, Scrum, Waterfall

Tools

Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow,

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Role: Workday Consultant

Client: Alight, IL Feb, 2025 – Present

Responsibilities:

Configured and optimized Workday HCM modules including Core HCM, Benefits, Time Tracking, Absence Management, Recruiting, Talent Management, Learning, and Compensation, aligning them with organizational policies and ensuring smooth implementation.

Spearheaded Workday integration projects, resulting in a 50% reduction in data errors and improved inter-system data exchange.

Implemented customized reporting solutions using Workday Prism and Advanced Reporting, providing real-time insights into HR metrics and strategic decision-making.

Led the development of automated workflows, accelerating HR processes like onboarding, offboarding, and talent acquisition.

Utilized Workday Orchestrate to automate multi-step business processes and improve operational efficiency across HR and Finance systems.

Developed user guides and training documentation for Workday modules and integrations

Led end-user training sessions and knowledge transfer workshops to improve system adoption

Spearheaded the design and implementation of complex business processes within Workday, collaborating with stakeholders to meet both current and future business requirements.

Led the development and management of Workday integrations using EIBs, and Core Connectors, enhancing data flow between Workday and benefits, and financial systems.

Delivered real-time insights and strategic workforce analytics by building custom reports and dashboards using Workday Advanced Reporting, Calculated Fields, and Workday Prism.

Automated workflows using Workday Orchestrate, reducing manual effort by 30%.

Built integrations for AP, Procurement, Supplier invoices, GL data flow.

Reduced integration failures by 25% through error handling and validations.

Managed the full data conversion lifecycle, ensuring 100% data accuracy and compliance with regulatory standards.

Provided comprehensive post-go-live support, resolving integration and configuration issues, monitoring system performance, and optimizing security roles.

Collaborated with HR, IT, and external vendors to continuously refine Workday functionality, driving automation and efficiency across HR processes.

Designed custom integration solutions for third-party vendors, enhancing system interoperability and reducing manual data entry by 50%.

Trained and mentored HR and IT teams on Workday features and best practices, leading to improved adoption and effective usage of the platform.

Optimized Workday configurations for compensation and benefits modules, aligning them with regulatory requirements and streamlining compensation cycles.

Facilitated cross-functional workshops to gather business requirements for Workday projects, ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals.

Monitored system performance and user feedback, implementing enhancements to improve overall user experience and streamline HR operations.

Role: Workday HCM Consultant

Client: IBM, India Jan 2024 – Jan 2025

Responsibilities:

Responsible for identifying all client upstream/downstream systems and facilitating the gathering of the most recent vendor and internal system requirement documents for each studio integrations as the base line to begin the technical design.

Involved in different stages of project Data conversion from legacy system to workday, Data gathering workbooks (DGW), Unit testing, E2E testing and Reporting and Dashboards as major.

Created report writer reports, worked with standard and Custom Reports, using the security in the reports, and created Security Segment Groups for Benefits Integrations and Payroll Integrations.

Matrix reports to support compensation, benefits, HRIS's, Payroll, Finance, and many other teams.

Created reports on HCM- Headcount, salary range, operational hours, wage tax deductions, benefit plans and more.

Involved in designing integration solutions using Workday Studio based on client requirements and system architecture.

Designed integration solutions using Workday Studio and supported orchestration workflows.

Collaborated with HR and Finance teams to implement integration solutions for business processes.

Supported orchestration of business processes using Workday Orchestrate to streamline HR operations.

Collaborated with functional teams to understand HR and Finance data flows and implemented integration solutions accordingly.

Experience in how to distribute to and collect feedback from your employees through the combination of feedback tools and performance processes.

In depth knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Phases such as Requirement analysis, Design, Development, Testing and Deployment.

Tested Workday HCM, Time Tracking and Absence business processes including validation rules, calculated fields and other components.

Having a good knowledge of the strategic nature of talent and how it provides data to other Workday applications through information collected via talent and performance processes.

Worked on Performance and Talent Calibration - to ensure ratings are being given fairly and consistently across the organization as well as to help identify your Top Talent.

Involved in BIRT and with packaged integration models like Core connectors, Cloud connectors.

Worked on BIRT layouts by creating pay slip designs, customer invoices, adding deductions and earnings.

Worked on numerous attributes to track employees that can be tracked and how to build talent pools and succession pools that will provide the information the organization needs to retain talent and build a healthy talent pipeline.

Implemented Workday and data migration using EIB and experience in building inbound and outbound integrations in Workday using web services like XML, XSLT.

Connect Workday to hundreds of popular on-premises and SaaS applications.

Responsible for development, support, maintenance, and implementation of a complex project module.

Responsible for implementation of workday security and monitoring. Working with functional SME to assign roles for users in HCM, Finance, SCM areas.

Role: Workday HCM Consultant

Client: DXC, India Sep 2020 – May 2022

Responsibilities:

Analyzed and optimized HR workflows in Workday, enhancing efficiency and ensuring compliance with organizational policies.

Configured Workday Time Tracking and Absence Management modules, streamlining employee attendance tracking.

Developed and deployed over 20 custom reports and dashboards to monitor workforce metrics in real time.

Automated approval workflows, reducing administrative workload and enhancing employee satisfaction.

Conducted data quality checks and audits to maintain system integrity and minimize discrepancies.

Integrated Workday with third-party systems, improving data synchronization and operational efficiency.

Developed calculated fields to support advanced reporting requirements for HR leaders.

Improved employee onboarding processes by configuring business processes tailored to organizational needs.

Developed integrations with third-party systems, improving data synchronization and reducing manual effort.

Collaborated with IT teams to address system performance issues, ensuring minimal downtime.

Configured security roles and permissions, ensuring adherence to data privacy regulations and compliance standards.

Provided support for system upgrades, testing new features, and ensuring seamless implementation.

Conducted training sessions for HR staff to improve their understanding and utilization of Workday tools.

Enhanced employee engagement through the implementation of self-service tools, reducing support tickets by 30%.

Participated in cross-departmental meetings to align Workday configurations with evolving business needs.

Monitored system performance metrics, providing recommendations for improvements to senior leadership.

Documented all configurations and processes, enabling efficient knowledge transfer and onboarding for new team members.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Computer Science – University of Dayton, OH GPA: 3.70

Bachelor of Technology in Electronics & Communication Engineering – CMR Institute of Technology, India

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