Workday Solutions Architect and Integrations Expert

Gopinath Muravani

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

Phone: 979-***-****

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gopinath-m-27b07929a/

Certifications:

Workday Integration Certified

Workday Extend Certified

Workday Studio Certified

Professional Summary:

•Workday consultant with over 7+ years of experience in Workday Technology.

•Experienced in identifying and solving business problems and implementing appropriate technology solutions.

•Proficient in Workday report writer tools, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Calculated Fields, and XSLT.

•Expertise in designing and implementing Workday Extend applications for custom business requirements.

•Expertise in Workday Orchestrations to automate data movement and process flows between Workday modules.

•Skilled in creating custom Workday reports and modifying/troubleshooting existing custom & Advanced reports.

•Proficient in Building Complex Integrations with the help of Workday Studio from scratch.

•Hands-on experience with SOAP, WSDL, XML, and XSLT for building integrations.

•Experienced in writing test cases and building test scenarios for integrations and reports.

•Good awareness of object migrations between implementation, sandbox, and production tenants.

•Proficient in gathering requirements, and analyzing requests for proposal progress reports, project charters, and business cases.

•Analytical exposure to UML, including class diagrams, data flow diagrams, and entity diagrams.

•Proficient in various phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and methodologies like Agile, and Scrum.

•Proficient in supporting the team with product backlog grooming activities.

Technical Skills:

Workday Skills

Workday Extend, Workday Orchestration, PECI, PICOF, Finance, Workday Studio, Workday-Core Connector, EIB, Workday Integrations, Workday BIRT, Report Writer, Business Process, HCM, Inbound, Outbound, Web Services, Calculated fields, Workday Security.

Databases

Oracle, MS SQL, MY SQL, MS-Access

Web Technologies

HTML, CSS, REST, SOAP, WSDL, XML, XSLT, XSLT 3.0, Java, Java Script, JSON

Tools:

Workday Studio, Workday Report Writer, Smart Sheets, ATOM, MS Word, MS Excel, JIRA, Oxygen XML Editor.

Professional Experience:

Workday Integration Developer

University of Southern California Los Angeles, California Jan 2023 – Present.

Description:

As an Integration Developer (Cloud), I will be responsible for gathering requirements from business users, designing, developing, testing, and deploying Workday integrations for the Workday modules.

Responsibilities:

• Worked in all phases of the Workday implementation lifecycle namely – Requirement gathering, Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, deploying, and scheduling.

• Designed/Developed Journal Line Integration using Workday Studio.

• Designed/Developed Job Profile, and Emp Demographic Data using EIB/DT.

• Designed/Developed Echo Track Supplier Invoice Integration using WD-Studio.

• Designed/Developed BCBS, Fidelity Delta Dental, and VSP using Workday Benefit Templates.

• Designed/Developed Workday Extend-based employee self-service portal, allowing users to update personal information, request time off, and view pay slips.

•Created custom Workday Extend dashboards for real-time insights on headcount, and payroll reconciliation.

•Developed custom reports and dashboards using XSLT 3.0 for strategic decision-making, enhancing data visualization and insights.

• Collaborated effectively within a Scrum team, utilizing JIRA for project management tasks such as backlog grooming, sprint planning, and daily stand-ups.

• Worked on EIB, Core Connector, Document Transformation, and Workday Studio.

• Hands-on experience with Web Services: APIs, XML, & XSLT.

• Conversion of XML data from the custom report to text format using XSLT transformation.

• Worked on several calculated fields like extracting single instance, extracting multi-instance, look-up related value, Evaluate Expression, True or false conditions, Arithmetic Calculation, formatting date fields, etc.

• Worked on testing the data and security issues with the data from the reporting perspective.

• Diagnose issues with data transformations, field mappings, and communication between Workday and external systems.

• Utilized Agile methodologies to manage the integration development lifecycle, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, and sprint reviews for high-quality solutions.

• Mentored junior developers, guiding Workday Extend best practices and code reviews, resulting in a 20% improvement in team productivity.

• Set up security groups, domain security policies, and business process security policies.

• Conducted technical research to identify and implement Workday updates, fixes, and new capabilities, ensuring systems remained up-to-date and secure.

Environment: Workday Extend, Workday Core HCM, CCW, EIB, report writer, Workday Studio and security, XML publisher, & XSLT 3.0

Workday HCM/ Integration Consultant

The Planet Group Chicago, Illinois Jan 2022 – Dec 2022

Description:

Responsible for designing, and developing Integration Configurations, Workday implementations, and configuring Core HCM, Workday Studio, Report Writer, and Core Connectors and enhancing the Human Capital Management process.

Responsibilities:

Designed and developed integrations for the following vendors:

•Costing Allocation – Workday Studio

•Fidelity Outbound – CCW /Studio

•Service Now Integration. – API Integration using Studio

•Oracle Demographics – CCW, WD Studio

•Lincoln Financial - Benefit Template

•Principal 401k Loan - Inbound

Designed, Developed, and configured several EIBs, Core-Connectors, Doc Transformations, BP Integration systems, and E- verify.

Configured PECI and PICOF integrations for the implementation of the Global Payroll Project.

Build PECI + Workday Studio (Outbound) for Brazil ADP - Developed custom studio integrations to send 10 different files for each worker based on different transactions, namely New Hires, Personal Data changes, Compensation Changes, and Position/Job change transactions. Etc.

Administered and optimized Workday Financials modules, including configuration, data loads, custom validations, and system performance monitoring during the implementation phase.

Designed/Developed Workday Orchestration to automate end-to-end processes like new hire onboarding, payroll processing, and benefits enrollment.

Worked on Complex Workday Studio Integration and built a complete Assembly from Scratch.

Worked on Understanding & documenting workday business processes, workflows, and their relationships to current and future states of processes and solutions.

collaborating using JIRA for project management tasks such as backlog refinement, sprint planning, and daily stand-ups within a Scrum team.

Develop and maintain comprehensive integration documentation, including design specifications and test plans.

Lead the design and development of Workday integrations, ensuring alignment with business requirements and best practices.

Worked with Advanced Reports, Matrix Reports, and created numerous Calculated Fields, Conditions, and Eligibility Rules that apply to the report's parameters.

Implemented Agile methodologies to effectively manage the integration development lifecycle, which involved key tasks such as backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, and sprint reviews.

Worked on several complex calculated fields like ESI (Extract Single Instances), Extract Multi Instances, LRVs (Lookup Related Values), Evals (Evaluate expressions), True/False Conditions, Arithmetic Calculation, etc.

Environment: Workday Orchestration, Workday Studio, PECI and PICOF, Workday Financials, Core Connectors, XML, XSLT, Oxygen XML, Implementation Tenant, Financial Compliance, Reporting and Analysis.

Workday Consultant

Tech Mahindra Hyderabad, Telangana Jun 2020 – Jul 2021

Description: Handling support tickets, setting up core HR processes, and overseeing data transformations. Creating custom reports and building integrations using tools like Workday Studio, EIB, and Core Connector.

Responsibilities:

• Provided Global HRIS production support and assisted in Global Implementation.

• Handled support tickets and configuration for core HR, Benefits, Compensation, and Absence Management.

• Created custom reports and automated business events in Workday.

• Developed integrations using the Workday Studio, EIB (Enterprise Interface Builder), and Core Connector.

• Extracted data from legacy systems and performed data transformations to Workday-compatible format.

• Built integrations for job requisitions, Core HR data, and inbound integrations for post-payroll results.

• Configured integration system security segments and groups.

• Tested integrations and provided post-production support for reports.

• Loaded data into Workday using the EIB Template Model.

• Created calculated fields for reports and integrations.

• Developed and executed test cases for Workday Integration testing.

• Worked on Business Process, Compensation, and Custom Reports.

• Played a key role in implementation and post-production support activities.

Environment: Workday Report Writer, Calculated Fields, HPQC, Dovetail Connectors, Workday EIB, Workday Studio, Core Connector, Document Transformation, XSLT, XML, XPath, RAAS, and WSDL.

Workday Techno Functional Consultant

Caprus It Private Limited Hyderabad, India Aug 2017 – May 2020

Description: Translating business needs into effective technical solutions. Workday Studio, Report Writer, and Core Connectors, seamless integrations and data accuracy. Working effectively within cross-functional teams, ensuring the successful implementation of Workday solutions that meet organizational objectives.

Responsibilities:

•Created Outbound EIBs for SGP, Core Connector Worker for China and Japan, and the Studio integration.

•Communicate with downstream system POCs to rectify integration issues.

•Modified the Integration design document if any CRs.

•Loading EIBs (Bonus Plan, Allowance Plan, Move Workers, Change Job, Edit Position, Request Compensation Change, etc.) based on requirements.

•Designed and developed outbound interfaces for pension data.

•Developed interfaces and reports to integrate with Success Factors, contractor management systems, and other applications.

•Worked extensively on creating calculated fields and setting up validation rules to accomplish the Client needs for BP Setup and Reporting needs.

•Expertise in developing Standard, Advanced, and Matrix custom reports and a thorough understanding of Workday data sources and business objects.

•Day-to-day support of Workday HCM, security, compensation, and reporting issues.

•Created Supervisory Organizations, Cost Centers, Cost Center Hierarchies, and location hierarchies and modification of Workday Business Processes and Definitions.

•Configuration and management of user-based security policies.

•Performing bulk inbound transactions using Workday Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB).

Environment: Workday core connector, EIB, report writer, Workday Studio, XML Editor, XSLT.

Education:

•Southern Arkansas University Master of Science in Computer and Information Science (MCIS) program.

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