Workday Financials QA Test Engineer
Resume:
Akshay Reddy Vadde
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
Overall, 7 years of experience working across testing cycles, handling business workflows, validating transactions, and ensuring data accuracy through structured execution and analysis.
Background in Workday Financials testing with strong involvement in End-to-End, Parallel, SIT, UAT, and regression validation cycles.
Hands-on expertise in validating Workday FIN business flows across FDM, Financial Accounting, Budgets, and cross-module transaction scenarios.
Proven capability in testing Banking & Settlement processes by reviewing payment outcomes, reconciliation behavior, and finance posting accuracy.
Strong experience in validating Expenses workflows including submission rules, approvals, reimbursements, accounting impacts, and exception handling paths.
Practical knowledge of Customer Accounts and Supplier Accounts testing with focus on invoice behavior, settlements, adjustments, and matching outcomes.
Working expertise in Procurement testing covering requisitions, purchase orders, supplier interactions, receipts, and downstream finance impact validation.
Functional strength in validating Grants, Projects, and Business Assets transactions using business-driven scenarios and expected financial outcomes.
Solid understanding of Financial Data Model (FDM) structures, work tags, ledger behavior, and finance dimensional mappings during test execution.
Demonstrated ability in designing independent test scenarios, test cases, and test data based on business rules and finance workflows.
Experienced in conducting Parallel Testing by comparing legacy outputs against Workday results using Excel, SQL, and reconciliation logic.
Capability in identifying data mismatches, posting failures, workflow breaks, and configuration gaps through structured analytical and troubleshooting methods.
Exposure to defect management processes using Jira and similar tools for logging, retesting, prioritization, and closure coordination.
Familiarity with HP ALM, Confluence, and test documentation practices to maintain requirement traceability, evidence capture, and execution history.
Experience in validating Workday Reports, audit outputs, and finance result sets to support stakeholder review and compliance expectations.
Knowledge of integration testing concepts for upstream and downstream systems using interface validation, file checks, and API response reviews.
Comfort in supporting data migration, conversion validation, and post-load reconciliation activities to confirm record completeness and field accuracy.
Ability to collaborate with Finance leaders, business users, and functional teams to refine scenarios and confirm expected transaction behavior.
Understanding of mandatory QA practices including test planning, smoke testing, regression strategy, and defect triage for stable release cycles.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Workday Financials: Workday Financials Tenant, Workday FDM (Financial Data Model), Workday Business Process Framework
Testing & QA Tools: Jira, HP ALM, Azure DevOps, Quality Center
Test Management & Documentation: Confluence, Test Plans, Test Cases, RTM (Requirement Traceability Matrix), Test Scenarios
Data Validation & Reconciliation: SQL, Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, Data Comparison Techniques)
Workday Modules Exposure: Financial Accounting, Budgets, Banking & Settlement, Expenses, Customer Accounts, Supplier Accounts, Procurement, Grants, Projects, Business Assets
Reporting & Analytics: Workday Reports, Custom Reports, Calculated Fields, Report Validation Techniques
Integration Testing: Postman, REST APIs, File-Based Integration Validation, Interface Testing
Defect Management: Jira Workflow, Defect Lifecycle Management, Root Cause Analysis
Test Data Management: Excel, CSV Data Preparation, Data Seeding Techniques
Migration & Parallel Testing: Legacy System Data Validation, Workday Migration Testing, Parallel Run Comparison
UAT & Business Validation: User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Business Scenario Validation, Stakeholder Sign-off Coordination
Analytical & Troubleshooting Skills: SQL Querying, Log Analysis, Data Debugging Techniques
Version Control & Collaboration: Git, Confluence Collaboration, Documentation Management
General QA & SDLC: Agile (Scrum), SDLC, STLC, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, End-to-End Testing
EDUCATION:
Bachelors in Electronics and communication engineering from JNTUH, India- 2019
Masters of Science in management and data analytics from University of North America, USA- 2025
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Fairfax County- Fairfax, VA March 2024- Present
Workday Financial QA Analyst
Responsibilities:
Worked on end-to-end testing for financial and procurement processes validating transactions from initiation to final system updates.
Designed test scenarios and test cases using finance business rules ensuring proper coverage across accounting and budgeting workflows.
Performed Parallel Testing comparing legacy outputs with Workday results using Excel reconciliation and structured validation techniques.
Validated FDM configurations by reviewing work tags and ledger mappings ensuring accurate financial classification across modules.
Tested Financial Accounting processes including journals, adjustments, and close cycles ensuring proper ledger balancing behavior.
Conducted Expenses module testing validating submission, approvals, reimbursements, and accounting impact across financial workflows.
Validated Procurement lifecycle including requisitions, purchase orders, supplier invoices, and settlement ensuring financial accuracy.
Tested Customer and Supplier Accounts ensuring correct invoice processing, settlements, and financial postings across transactions.
Executed Banking & Settlement testing validating payment processing, reconciliation outputs, and settlement accuracy across finance flows.
Supported Grants, Projects, and Business Assets testing ensuring cost allocation, depreciation, and financial impact validation.
Created and executed test cases in Jira, maintaining traceability between requirements, execution results, and defect tracking activities.
Identified data issues using SQL queries, enabling quick troubleshooting of transaction failures and reconciliation mismatches.
Logged and tracked defects in Jira, coordinating with teams to resolve issues based on finance business priorities.
Validated Workday reports ensuring output accuracy and alignment with expected financial data for stakeholder review.
Performed integration testing validating data exchange between Workday and external systems using structured validation approaches.
Supported UAT cycles by assisting finance users in validating scenarios and confirming expected financial outcomes.
Prepared test data using Excel to simulate real finance scenarios ensuring accurate validation during testing cycles.
Environment: Workday Financials Tenant, Workday FDM, Jira, Confluence, SQL, Excel, Postman, Agile Scrum Methodology
OneMain Financial- St. Louis Park, MN Sep 2021- Nov 2023
Workday QA Tester
Responsibilities:
Performed functional testing of Workday Financials modules focusing on accounting, expenses, and procurement workflows using defined business scenarios.
Executed test cases in Jira ensuring proper mapping with requirements and capturing execution results for finance validation cycles.
Assisted in Parallel Testing activities by comparing legacy outputs with Workday data using structured Excel validation techniques.
Validated Financial Accounting transactions including journal entries and adjustments ensuring expected posting behavior within finance workflows.
Tested Expenses workflows covering submission, approval routing, and reimbursement processing ensuring alignment with defined business rules.
Supported Procurement testing validating requisitions, purchase orders, and supplier invoice processing for correct financial outcomes.
Conducted Customer and Supplier Accounts validation ensuring correct invoice handling, settlements, and financial transaction accuracy.
Assisted in Banking processes testing validating payment outputs and reconciliation results across financial transaction scenarios.
Participated in test scenario preparation by working with business analysts to understand finance requirements and expected outputs.
Identified data mismatches and transaction issues using basic SQL queries supporting troubleshooting and defect identification activities.
Logged defects in Jira, documenting issue details, reproduction steps, and impact to support efficient resolution by development teams.
Supported Workday report validation ensuring generated reports matched expected financial data and business expectations.
Assisted in integration testing validating inbound and outbound data flows between Workday and external systems.
Participated in UAT support activities helping business users validate finance scenarios and confirming issue resolutions.
Prepared test data using Excel sheets ensuring proper coverage of finance scenarios during execution cycles.
Collaborated with team members during Agile ceremonies including sprint planning and defect triage discussions.
Learned FDM concepts and Workday financial structures while supporting validation activities across multiple finance modules.
Environment: Workday Financials Tenant, Jira, Confluence, SQL, Excel, Postman, Agile Scrum Methodology
The Trade Desk- Remote Nov 2019- Aug 2021
Workday Functional Tester
Responsibilities:
Performed functional testing on Workday finance modules using basic business scenarios and test cases.
Executed test cases in Jira and recorded results for tracking execution progress.
Assisted in validating Financial Accounting transactions like journals and basic adjustments.
Tested Expenses workflows including submissions, approvals, and reimbursements for expected results.
Supported Procurement testing by validating requisitions and purchase order processing steps.
Verified Customer and Supplier Accounts transactions ensuring invoice processing and settlements were correct.
Assisted in Banking and Settlement testing by checking payment outputs and reconciliation data.
Used Excel sheets to prepare test data for different finance testing scenarios.
Identified simple data issues using basic SQL queries during validation activities.
Logged defects in Jira with clear steps and screenshots for issue tracking.
Supported Workday report validation by comparing outputs with expected sample data.
Participated in integration testing by verifying data flow between systems using simple checks.
Assisted business users during UAT testing and helped validate finance scenarios.
Learned Workday FDM concepts and basic financial structures during testing activities.
Environment: Workday Financials Tenant, Jira, SQL, Excel, Agile Scrum
Lorven Group, India July 2018- March 2019
Junior QA Tester
Responsibilities:
Assisted in functional testing by executing basic test cases for finance-related application features.
Followed predefined test scripts and recorded results for tracking test execution progress.
Supported senior testers in validating finance data outputs against expected sample results.
Used Excel sheets to enter test data and maintain simple validation records.
Reported issues in Jira with clear steps and basic screenshots for tracking defects.
Participated in smoke and regression testing to verify application stability after code changes.
Verified basic transaction flows ensuring data was processed correctly across application screens.
Assisted in checking reports and outputs for accuracy based on provided test scenarios.
Observed and learned Workday finance concepts while supporting ongoing testing activities.
Attended team meetings and updated status on assigned testing tasks regularly.
Supported UAT activities by helping users execute test cases and note observations.
Learned basic SQL queries to check simple data validations during testing tasks.
Environment: Jira, Excel, SQL, Agile Scrum
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