Workday Integration Lead and Functional Specialist

Goutham Reddy Mulagundla

Sr. Workday Integration Consultant

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

Contact: 616-***-****

Professional Overview:

●Enterprise Integration Leader with 9 + years of expertise in architecting and delivering large-scale Workday ecosystems, driving seamless connectivity across HCM, Payroll, Finance, and external platforms.

●Workday Pro Integration Certified, Workday Pro Studio Certified

●Involved in Data Conversion from PeopleSoft to SAP systems and Workday.

●Implemented Integrations to External Systems using Workday Integration tools like Core Connector and Payroll, EIB, and WD Studio.

●Designed and developed scalable Workday integrations using REST, SOAP, and RaaS APIs to enable secure, reliable data exchange with external enterprise systems.

●Worked with Workday Studio for Integrations.

●Strong knowledge and experience in creating complex reports, custom reports, and calculated fields.

●Expertise in creating, leading, and managing integrations, with a focus on HCM, Benefits, and Payroll solutions.

●Proven track record of building highly scalable, secure, and performance-optimized integrations using Workday Studio, APIs, and advanced data transformation frameworks.

●Deep specialization in payroll integrations (PECI, PICOF, ADP) and real-time data orchestration, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and business continuity at scale.

●Strong technical authority in designing reusable integration architectures, optimizing ETL pipelines, and leading complex migrations from legacy systems to cloud platforms.

●Strategic technology partner to business and leadership, delivering high-impact solutions, mentoring teams, and driving innovation across enterprise integration landscapes.

●Designed, developed, and evaluated numerous benefits integrations, ADP, and Studio Integrations.

●Maintained integrations through Workday Updates - Inbound and Outbound Studio Integrations, EIBs, and Core Connectors- between Workday and Third-Party Benefits, LMS, and Oracle.

●Skilled in creating complicated reports with XMLP (BI Publisher), SQR, Crystal Reports, and PS Query.

●Used sequence generators, generated templates, and validated inbound integration system results.

Education:

Bachelor of Technology from Kakatiya University, Warangal, India,

Masters in Computer Science from Chicago State University, Chicago

Certifications:

●Workday Pro Studio – Certified

●Workday Pro Integrations – Certified

●Safe Certified

Professional Experience:

Veeva Systems: Chicago, IL December 2023 – To Date

Role: Sr Workday Integration Consultant

●Developed outbound integration using EIB, web services SOAP, WSDL, XML, XSLT document transformation, and vendor systems, and provided necessary security for related functional areas to launch the EIB

●Experience in creating/maintaining and securing outbound integrations, utilizing EIB, web services (SOAP, WSDL), XML, XSLT document transformation, and vendor systems to enable EIB launch. mining advanced reports using Workday Studio/BIRT for reports,

●Built and supported inbound and outbound integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, and Core Connectors, ensuring automated and accurate HR, payroll, and benefits data flows.

●Implemented and supported Workday HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Time, and Absence integrations

●Designed and implemented complex payroll integrations using PECI (Payroll Effective Change Interface) to support real-time and batch payroll processing.

●Developed and maintained PICOF (Payroll Interface Common Output File) integrations for standardized payroll vendor data exchange.

●Built end-to-end payroll integrations between Workday and ADP Workforce Now / ADP Global Payroll systems.

●Configured and optimized Workday Payroll Interface Connectors (PIC) for seamless third-party payroll processing.

●Implemented inbound and outbound payroll integrations for employee earnings, deductions, and tax data.

●Participated in end-to-end design reviews, prototype reviews, and user acceptance testing

●Executed technical reports and analysed logs to identify and resolve integration failures.

●Managed API lifecycle activities including creation, versioning, testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance to ensure backward compatibility and minimal disruption to dependent systems.

●Conducted unit, system, and integration testing for REST, SOAP, and RaaS integrations to validate data mapping, security, and successful end-to-end processing.

●Built inbound and outbound integrations using Studio, EIBs, REST, and SOAP web services

●Create and preserve PGP and SSH keys, as well as configure them in the tenancy as needed. In charge of supporting vendor interactions and gathering all needs for cloud-to-cloud connection.

●Certified Workday consultant with Workday Studio integration skills.

Meijer Inc., Grand Rapids, MI August 2021 – June 2023

Role: Workday Integration Consultant

●Integrated Workday with ADP payroll systems to support employee lifecycle and payroll processing.

●Configured and enhanced Payroll Interface Connectors (PIC) for seamless third-party payroll integrations.

●Developed advanced XSLT transformations for payroll, benefits, and financial data processing.

●Designed REST and SOAP API integrations for secure system-to-system communication.

●Built custom Workday Studio assemblies using Java for complex orchestration and business logic.

●Managed ETL processes including data extraction, transformation, validation, and loading.

●Developed inbound integrations using EIB for bulk data uploads and employee data management.

●Configured Workday Core Connectors for Worker, Benefits, and Payroll data integration.

●Implemented event-driven integrations using Workday Business Process Framework.

●Designed payroll reconciliation processes to ensure data accuracy across systems.

●Led development of complex Workday Studio integrations using assembly-based architecture, handling orchestration, mediation, and transformation layers.

●Designed high-level integration frameworks using web services (SOAP/REST) for secure, scalable system connectivity.

●Built reusable Studio assemblies incorporating XML pipelines, validation, and transformation logic.

●Developed advanced ETV (Enterprise Transformation Variables) mappings for dynamic data transformation and field-level processing.

●Implemented ATV (Advanced Transformation Variables) for complex conditional logic and hierarchical data structures.

●Architected end-to-end Studio solutions integrating multiple upstream and downstream systems in a single orchestration flow.

●Designed and consumed Workday and external SOAP services using WSDL and XSD schemas.

●Developed XML-based integrations with schema validation, namespace handling, and structured parsing techniques.

Johnson & Johnson, New Jersey, NJ Jan 2019 - May 2021

Workday Developer

●Conducted unit, system, and integration testing to ensure reliability and accuracy.

●Managed deployments across Workday tenants, including Sandbox, QA, and Production.

●Maintained version control and CI/CD pipelines for integration lifecycle management.

●Ensured data security and compliance through encryption and secure authentication protocols.

●Configured and managed Workday security groups and integration system users (ISUs).

●Collaborated with HR, Finance, and Payroll stakeholders to gather and refine requirements.

●Provided technical leadership, mentored junior developers, and conducted code reviews.

●Acted as SME for troubleshooting complex integration and payroll-related issues.

●Documentation of Workday processes/configurations/customizations.

●Designed and configured HCM and Benefits integrations

●Created Ad-Hoc custom reports for useful Clients and Validated Information.

●Provided support to other team developers on integration issues, complex handling issues, and overall plan contemplations

●Implemented robust error handling, fault propagation, and retry mechanisms within Studio assemblies.

●Created high-performance integrations using streaming and memory-efficient XML processing techniques.

●Integrated Studio solutions with secure endpoints (OAuth, WS-Security, certificates) for enterprise-grade security.

●Developed custom Java components within Studio for enhanced processing and external system interactions.

●Designed modular and reusable Studio components to standardize integration development across projects.

●Led large-scale integration implementations showcasing deep expertise in Workday Studio architecture and enterprise integration patterns.

US Foods Inc., Tampa, FL Aug 2017 – Dec 2018

Workday consultant

●Understand technical data conversion challenges, address them skilfully, and convey solutions.

●Help customers with data extraction by describing the conversion process and defining data needs.

●Aiding them in correcting data in older systems and preparing for the data conversion cycle.

●Participated in data conversions from older systems to the PeopleSoft environment (payroll, benefits).

●Designed and developed integrations with time and attendance, recruiting, and benefits systems.

●Gathering and documenting customer needs, creating, tracking, reporting, and evaluating critical organizational and operational reports are all responsibilities.

●Mapping and integrating local and global business processes for all stages of the worker life cycle.

●Worked as a Workday report developer for new implementations, as well as creating calculated fields for Custom Reports to guarantee proper customization.

●Worked as a Workday report developer for new installations and created calculated fields for Custom Reports to guarantee the needed custom report was produced.

●Written reports that take Workday data and alter it in different forms for a variety of purposes.

●Contributed to the development of EIBs for Compensation.

●Develop Functional and Technical Design papers for new interfaces.

●Using EIB settings, convert the Workday report format to the desired file format using XSLT or the built-in transformation. (CSV and EXCEL).

●Designed and implemented data conversion processes from several legacy systems to the Workday production environment

●In charge of business process configuration and building tasks. Coordinated the execution of unit and integration testing.

●Maintained Workday templates during the upgrade.

Gmax IT Solutions, India June 2016 – July 2017

PeopleSoft Techno-Functional Consultant.

●Adapted a variety of current SQRs/PS Queries/Crystal Reports, etc. to meet the needs of the business.

●Creating, changing, compiling, and running payroll batch processes.

●Created Technical Design documentation for existing reports, detailing the changes needed to execute them in 9.2.

●Amended the View Pay check feature.

●Retrofitted Enhancements create new and retrofitted existing interfaces to allow the extraction and loading of HR/Payroll data for internal and external interfaces, as well as the loading of data into PeopleSoft HR/Payroll tables.

●Contributed to the fit/gap study of an Integrated Payroll, Benefits, and Absence Management System.

●Tuned Time and Labor's Time Administration processing and fixed Time and Labor production difficulties.

●During the update from version 9.0 to 9.2, numerous interface programs in Core HR, Time & Labor, Payroll Modules, and Absence Management were retrofitted.

●Create the Compare report analysis after determining which items should be carried forward to 9.2 and which should be discarded.

●Retrofitted several custom template-built rules.

●Retrofitted unique Time and Labor Auto enrolment application engine programs for numerous agencies.

●Adapted a variety of current SQRs/PS Queries/Crystal Reports, etc. to meet the needs of the business. SQRs were heavily worked on to bring them in line with the new features introduced in PS 9.2.

●Creating, changing, compiling, and running payroll batch processes.

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