Workday HCM & Integrations Analyst

SRI CHARANI BATTU

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Workday Analyst with 3+ years of experience supporting Workday HCM, Payroll, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Benefits, Recruiting, Talent & Performance Management, HRIS, and ERP operations across U.S. insurance and payroll/HR services environments. Experienced in configuring business processes, building advanced reports and Workday Prism Analytics datasets, supporting EIB, Cloud Connect, Workday Studio, and Workday Extend solutions, and coordinating UAT with HR, Payroll, Compensation, Benefits, Finance Operations, and technical teams. Improved HR data accuracy by 27%, reduced reporting effort by 35%, and lowered payroll and production exceptions through structured validation, reconciliation, integration monitoring, and issue resolution. TECHNICAL SKILLS

Workday HCM & Functional Modules: Workday HCM, Recruiting, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Talent & Performance Management, Employee Lifecycle Events, HR Operations Payroll, Compensation & Benefits Operations: Payroll Administration, Payroll Audits, Compensation Analysis, Benefits Enrollment, Eligibility Rules, HR Data Validation

Workday Business Process Configuration: Business Process Setup, Approvals, Notifications, Condition Rules, Supervisory Organizations, Security Role Support

Workday Reporting & Analytics: Advanced Reports, Custom Reports, Matrix Reports, Calculated Fields, Workday Dashboards, Workday Prism Analytics, HR Metrics, Payroll Reporting Workday Integrations & Platform: EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, Workday Studio, Workday Extend, Data Loads, Integration Monitoring, XML, XSLT, Web Services, Inbound and Outbound Files HRIS, ERP & Finance Operations: HRIS Support, ERP Support, Worker Data Management, Finance Operations, Data Audits, Reconciliation, Issue Resolution

Testing, Documentation & Stakeholder Support: UAT, Test Scripts, Defect Tracking, Requirements Gathering, SOP Documentation, Process Mapping, End-User Support

Enterprise Tools & Data Analysis: Microsoft Excel, Power Query, Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, SQL, Power BI, Jira, ServiceNow, Confluence, SharePoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Workday Analyst Jan 2025 - Present

Nationwide Columbus, OH

• Resolved recurring employee record errors across Workday HCM, Recruiting, and employee lifecycle transactions by validating job changes and supervisory organizations, improving HR data accuracy by 27%.

• Investigated payroll mismatches through Workday reports, Excel reconciliation, and earning and deduction reviews, reducing payroll exception volume by 31%.

• Configured business process approvals, notifications, and condition rules for Recruiting, Compensation, Benefits, and Talent & Performance Management workflows, cutting routing delays by 24%.

• Built advanced and matrix reports with calculated fields, prompts, and Workday Prism Analytics datasets for Payroll, HR Operations, and Compensation teams, reducing weekly reporting effort by 35%.

• Supported EIB and Cloud Connect data exchanges for worker updates, compensation changes, benefit elections, and payroll corrections, lowering post-load validation errors by 29%.

• Reviewed Advanced Compensation and Benefits eligibility issues with HR, Payroll, and Finance Operations teams, improving enrollment and pay-change accuracy by 26%.

• Tested Workday Extend applications and configuration releases through UAT scripts, regression scenarios, and defect tracking, reducing post-release production issues by 23%.

• Strengthened integration and payroll controls by monitoring Workday Studio interfaces, duplicate payments, missing deductions, and fraud exceptions using Workday, Excel, and SQL, improving accuracy by 28%. HRIS Analyst Aug 2021 - Jun 2023

Augur Talentcare Pvt Ltd India Remote

Client Domain: Payroll / HR Services

Project: Workday Employee Data Integrity & Payroll Readiness Initiative

• Cleaned worker records, job data, and organization updates in Workday, helping payroll services teams improve employee data accuracy by 30%.

• Verified payroll-impacting employee changes across hires, terminations, compensation updates, and benefits elections, reducing correction requests by 25%.

• Validated payroll inputs, deduction details, earning codes, and employee status changes in Workday, lowering payroll processing exceptions by 23%.

• Prepared Workday custom reports for Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, and HR Operations teams, reducing manual audit preparation time by 32%.

• Assisted EIB data loads for worker updates, pay changes, and benefits corrections using Excel validation and reconciliation, cutting manual rework by 28%.

• Coordinated UAT testing for Workday payroll, HRIS, and business process fixes, documenting defects and improving retest closure speed by 22%.

• Resolved employee data and payroll support tickets by tracing Workday transactions, audit logs, and process steps, improving first-pass issue resolution by 26%.

• Documented SOPs and support guides for Workday HCM, Payroll, Compensation, and Benefits processes, reducing repeated support questions by 24%.

PROJECTS

Payroll Integration Monitoring & Exception Resolution

• Designed a centralized payroll exception workflow by combining Workday Studio integration logs, Cloud Connect outputs, payroll reports, and Excel reconciliation files, reducing unresolved payroll variances by 28%.

• Developed validation checks for duplicate payments, inactive workers, deduction inconsistencies, and failed inbound or outbound payroll files, preventing 21% more processing issues before payroll close.

• Configured Workday Extend-based exception views for Payroll, HRIS, and Finance Operations teams, shortening payroll review cycles by 32% and strengthening audit readiness. Workforce Analytics & Talent Decision Support

• Created Workday Prism Analytics datasets by combining Recruiting, Compensation, Benefits, and Talent & Performance Management information, reducing manual workforce-data preparation by 30%.

• Developed advanced dashboards and matrix reports for hiring activity, performance reviews, compensation changes, and benefit participation, improving leadership reporting turnaround by 27%.

• Automated recurring workforce-data updates through Cloud Connect and calculated-field validation, reducing reporting discrepancies by 24% and improving HR planning visibility. Workday Employee Data Integrity & Payroll Readiness Initiative

• Streamlined worker data preparation by validating hires, transfers, promotions, compensation updates, and organizational changes in Workday, improving payroll-ready employee data accuracy by 31%.

• Executed EIB-based worker data updates supported by Excel validation, reconciliation, and audit checks, reducing rejected data load records by 27% while accelerating payroll processing timelines.

• Partnered with HR Services and Payroll teams to identify recurring employee data issues, documenting procedures that reduced repeat HRIS support requests by 25% and improved first-pass payroll accuracy. EDUCATION

Master of Science in Computer and Information Sciences Dec 2024 Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT

CERTIFICATIONS

• Workday Human Capital Management for Business Users - Coursera

• Workday Basics Series - Coursera

• ADP Entry-Level Payroll Specialist Professional Certificate - Coursera

• ADP Entry-Level Compensation and Benefits Analyst - Coursera

• Compensation and Benefits - Coursera

• GenAI for Compensation, Benefits and Payroll - Coursera

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