Senior Workday HCM & HRIS Analyst

SANTHOSH DACHEPALLY

Senior Workday HCM & HRIS Analyst

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Results-driven Senior Workday HRIS & Integration Analyst with 5+ years of experience implementing, configuring, supporting, and optimizing Workday HCM, Workday Help, Payroll, Time Tracking, Absence, Benefits, Compensation, Security, Reporting, and Integration solutions. Expertise includes Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Extend, REST/SOAP APIs, XML/XSLT, Workday Report Writer, Prism Analytics, UAT, Release Management, enterprise HRIS support, and Workday Help knowledge management. Proven success leading Workday implementations, improving employee self-service, maintaining HR knowledge content, optimizing HR operations, and delivering measurable business outcomes across healthcare, financial technology, and hospitality organizations. Technical skills:

Workday HCM Security, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Human Resource Management, Recruiting, Talent Management, and Learning.

Workday Integrations Core/Cloud Connector, Workday Studio, Enterprise Interface Builder

(EIB), Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST APIs), XSLT for Integrations, Vendor Integrations

Workday Reporting Workday Report Writer, WD Studio Report Designer, Calculated Fields, Advanced, Matrix, Composite, Search, nBox, Trending, Transpose Workday Modules Core HCM, Security, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Time Tracking, Absence, Recruiting, Talent and Performance Management, Learning, HRIS Operations

Software Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Access Cloud platforms Workday, PeopleSoft, ServiceNow

Database WQL, Workday Data Sources, Oracle, SQL Server, MYSQL Languages/Technology Web Services, XML, XSLT, HTML, Java, JSON, Oxygen XML Tools Oxygen XML Editor, JIRA, Notepad++

Workday Skills PICOF, IAM.

Professional Experience:

Senior Workday HRIS Reporting Analyst Dec 2024 – Till Date Penn State Health Hershey, PA

• Architected 15+ custom Workday reports and executive dashboards using BIRT and Workday Report Writer, improving HR and Payroll reporting accuracy by 25% and enabling real-time, data-driven decision-making across 8+ departments.

• Led full-cycle PeopleSoft-to-Workday data migration validating, cleansing, and mapping 50,000+ employee records achieving 99.8% data integrity and eliminating all legacy system dependencies on schedule and within budget.

• Designed and maintained Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) integrations to support mass data loads for Compensation, Benefits, and On boarding, improving processing efficiency and reducing manual effort and eliminating recurring manual batch error cycles.

• Designed and deployed Workday Studio, EIB, and API-first integrations connecting Workday HCM with SAP, Oracle, and third-party applications, ensuring seamless data flow and compliance.

• Delivered Workday Extend solutions using PMD scripting, orchestrations, and Studio components, enabling scalable app development aligned with client strategic goals.

• Configured and maintained Workday Help by creating, publishing, and updating knowledge articles, improving employee self-service adoption and ensuring HR content remained accurate, searchable, and aligned with organizational policies and business processes.

• Partnered with HR Shared Services, Payroll, Benefits, and Communications teams to review, optimize, and maintain Workday Help content, improving knowledge accessibility, reducing repetitive support requests, and enhancing the overall digital employee experience.

• Supported Workday Help enhancements during biannual Workday releases by validating knowledge content, testing new functionality, and ensuring documentation remained current following system updates.

• Partnered with client leadership in consulting engagements, translating business requirements into technical deliverables and escalating risks with alternative solutions.

• Led integration testing and UAT cycles, validating XML/XSLT transformations and middleware workflows, reducing post-go-live defects by 40%.

• Redesigned Retro Pay Calculations and Instant Pay processes, cutting manual payroll corrections by 35% while maintaining 100% compliance with federal compensation policies and regulatory requirements.

• Managed Workday security by configuring domain and business process security groups, maintaining role-based access, and supporting HIPAA compliance requirements during internal audits.

• Configured end-to-end Workday PSA modules including project hierarchies, staffing models, billing structures, cost rates, and revenue recognition workflows, reducing average project setup time by 30%.

• Built and enhanced PSA financial dashboards tracking project costs, margins, and resource utilization, delivering real-time operational and financial performance visibility to senior leadership.

• Managed two full Workday biannual release cycles evaluating PSA enhancements, executing regression testing, and deploying updates with zero production downtime across both releases.

• Developed Google Sheets KPI dashboards using VLOOKUP, ARRAYFORMULA, and nested conditional logic to automate HR metric reporting, eliminating 5+ hours of manual weekly effort for HR leadership.

Workday HCM / HRIS Consultant Dec 2023 – Nov 2024

Jack Henry & Associates Springfield, MO

• Configured and automated FMLA-compliant time-off policies and leave management workflows in Workday, processing 2,000+ annual leave requests with zero compliance violations or audit exceptions.

• Configured and optimized Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking modules, ensuring accurate payroll processing for 5,000+ employees with zero SOX compliance violations.

• Implemented retro pay, garnishments, and tax deduction rules in Workday Payroll, reducing manual corrections by 35% and ensuring full regulatory compliance.

• Configured end-to-end Workday PSA modules including project hierarchies, staffing models, billing structures, cost rates, and revenue recognition workflows, reducing project setup time by 30%.

• Managed two full Workday biannual release cycles, evaluating PSA enhancements, executing regression testing, and deploying updates with zero production downtime.

• Developed Google Sheets KPI dashboards using VLOOKUP, ARRAYFORMULA, and nested conditional logic to automate HR metric reporting, eliminating 5+ hours of manual weekly effort.

• Led unit testing, integration testing, and UAT for payroll enhancements and upgrades, ensuring smooth adoption with zero production downtime.

• Developed training materials and documentation for payroll teams, increasing adoption and reducing support tickets by 20%.

• Supported Workday integrations (EIBs, Core Connectors, Studio) with third-party payroll vendors, streamlining payroll operations and eliminating recurring reconciliation issues.

• Led system enhancements, UAT testing, and Workday release management, ensuring smooth adoption of new payroll features across HR and Finance teams.

• Designed and deployed Workday workforce analytics dashboards delivering real-time staffing insights, improving resource allocation efficiency by 30% and directly reducing overstaffing-related overhead costs.

• Partnered with 10+ cross-functional business stakeholders to gather, document, and translate functional HR requirements into Workday PSA configuration and process improvements, reducing rework cycles by 20%.

• Built custom Workday reports on employee performance and scheduling trends, empowering leadership to make data-backed workforce planning decisions and measurably reduce operational overhead.

• Delivered comprehensive Workday HCM training programs for 200+ HR managers and team leads, significantly increasing platform adoption rates and reducing support ticket volume by 25%.

• Provided post-go-live Workday AMS support triaging and resolving 100+ system issues and implemented proactive maintenance protocols that reduced unplanned system downtime by 20%.

• Automated 12 recurring operational reports in Google Sheets using Pivot Tables and advanced formula logic, reducing manual processing time by 90% and cutting reporting turnaround from days to hours.

Workday HCM Integration Consultant Jan 2021 – July 2023 Toast Tamil Nadu, India

• Directed full-lifecycle integration of Workday HCM with third-party payroll, benefits, and timekeeping systems using Workday Studio and EIB, enabling seamless automated data flow across 5+ vendor platforms.

• Managed end-to-end payroll cycle processing (daily, weekly, bi-weekly) including garnishments, deductions, and compliance audits across multi-state operations.

• Built and maintained custom Workday Payroll reports providing insights into tax deductions, retro pay, and compliance issues, supporting financial audits and leadership reviews.

• Partnered with Accounting/Finance and HR teams to optimize payroll workflows, reducing reconciliation errors by 30% and improving payroll accuracy.

• Delivered Workday Payroll subject matter expertise in system implementations, upgrades, and testing, ensuring seamless payroll operations across 2,800+ locations.

• Configured Workday Payroll earnings, deductions, calculation rules, and costing allocations, ensuring accurate payroll processing across multiple states.

• Designed and deployed Workday reports and dashboards for payroll audits, compliance validation, and leadership insights, improving payroll data accuracy by 25%.

• Optimized payroll workflows and approvals using Workday business process configuration, reducing cycle times and improving efficiency.

• Engineered and deployed 20+ integration solutions using Workday Studio and EIB, improving system synchronization accuracy and reducing integration error rates by 25% across all connected platforms.

• Optimized data mapping and transformation processes between Workday and external vendors, raising cross-system data accuracy to 98%+ and eliminating recurring data reconciliation issues.

• Executed comprehensive end-to-end integration testing protocols verifying accurate data transfer between Workday and third-party systems, reducing post-implementation production issues by 40%.

• Partnered with business and technical teams to define, document, and validate integration requirements, aligning all technical deliverables to business objectives and reducing project rework by 30%.

• Implemented systematic PSA data audit frameworks and real-time monitoring processes, sustaining full data accuracy and regulatory compliance across all PSA modules throughout the engagement. Education:

Master of Science, Computer Science University of North Texas - Denton, TX

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