Senior Workday Integration & Extend Consultant

RAHUL RAIELLA

Senior Workday Technical Consultant Integration HRIS Extend Orchestrate Financials

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• 6+ years of Workday technical and HRIS experience across Workday HCM, Financials, Payroll, Compensation and Advanced

Compensation, Benefits, Recruiting, Talent & Performance, Time Tracking, Absence, and Learning.

• Strong hands-on experience designing, developing, debugging, deploying, and supporting Workday integrations using Workday

Studio, EIB, Core/Cloud Connectors, Workday Web Services, REST/SOAP APIs, RaaS, Document Transformation, SFTP, and

PGP.

• Experienced with complex Studio integration patterns including inbound/outbound processing, multiple web-service calls,

XML/XSLT transformations, error handling, logging, reusable components, performance optimization, and production

troubleshooting.

• Hands-on Workday Extend experience designing and deploying custom applications for HR, Payroll, Finance, Accounting,

Treasury, and healthcare workflows using Workday-native security, business rules, validations, APIs, and responsive user

experiences.

• Experienced with Workday Orchestrate for API-based and event-driven workflows across Workday and external systems,

including data mapping, transformations, business-process/integration triggers, notifications, error handling, and automated

multi-step processing.

• Strong Workday reporting background using Advanced, Matrix, Composite and BIRT reports, Calculated Fields, RaaS, business

objects, data sources, prompts, filters, dashboards, and report security.

• Experienced with Workday Prism Analytics for external data ingestion, datasets, transformations, pipelines, validation, publishing,

reconciliation, payroll/finance analytics, and downstream reporting use cases.

• Hands-on HRIS and Workday configuration/support experience with Supervisory Organizations, Staffing Models, Business

Processes, security groups, domain security policies, role/user-based security, compensation structures, and functional

testing/UAT.

• Workday Financials experience supporting Accounting Center, Chart of Accounts, Worktags, General Ledger, financial reporting,

Income Statements, Trial Balances, budgeting/forecasting, expense tracking, supplier/vendor and invoice processes,

journal-related workflows, banking/payment integrations, audit controls, and reconciliation.

• Experienced supporting payroll and benefits integrations, including PICOF/PECI, third-party payroll and benefit vendors,

eligibility/dependent data, payroll audit/reconciliation, and global payroll implementation support.

• Supported end-to-end delivery across requirements gathering, solution design, technical/functional documentation, development,

unit/integration testing, UAT, deployment, release validation, production support, root-cause analysis, and stakeholder

communication.

• Strong collaborator across HR, Finance, Payroll, Benefits, Accounting, Treasury, Risk, Audit, IT, vendors, and business

stakeholders in Agile/Scrum delivery environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

HCM, Payroll, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Benefits, Recruiting, Talent & Performance, Time

Workday Modules

Tracking, Absence, Learning, Financials

Accounting Center, Chart of Accounts, Worktags, General Ledger, Journals, Supplier Accounts, Customer

Workday Financials

Accounts, Expenses, Banking/Payments, Financial Reporting, Reconciliation

Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connectors, Workday Web Services, REST APIs, SOAP

Integration Tools

Web Services, RaaS, PICOF, PECI, Document Transformation, iLoads, SFTP, PGP

Workday Extend, Workday Orchestrate, API-based and event-driven workflows, business rules,

Extend & Orchestrate

validations, Workday/external service integration

Advanced, Matrix & Composite Reports, BIRT, Calculated Fields, Business Objects, Data Sources, RaaS,

Reporting & Analytics

Dashboards, Prism Analytics

Workday Security, Domain Security Policies, Role-Based/User-Based Security, Business Process

Security & HRIS

Framework, Supervisory Organizations, Staffing Models, Security Testing, Data Validation

XML, XSLT, JSON, WD XML, SQL, Java, SOAP UI, Postman, data mapping, transformation, validation,

Data & Development

reconciliation, error handling

Agile, Scrum, SDLC, Requirements Gathering, Solution Design, UAT, Production Support, RCA, Release

Delivery

Testing, Technical Documentation

EDUCATION

Master's in Information Technology Management - Concordia University, St. Paul 2023 - 2024

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science, JNTUH (2015 - 2019)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr Workday Integration Developer Jul 2023 - Present

Prudential Financial, St Louis Park, MN

• Designed, developed, debugged, and supported complex Workday Studio integrations for real-time and batch data exchange

across HR, Payroll, Benefits, and Finance, using Workday Web Services, REST/SOAP APIs, XML/XSLT, RaaS, and secure

delivery patterns.

• Designed and developed Workday Extend applications for HR, Finance, and Payroll business processes, integrating Workday

data, security, business rules, validations, reports, and external services.

• Built Workday Orchestrate workflows for API-based and event-driven processing, coordinating Workday and external services,

transformations, notifications, integration steps, exception handling, and automated downstream actions.

• Built and maintained inbound/outbound integrations for benefit providers including Liberty Mutual, WageWorks, Humana, and

Morneau Shepell, automating enrollment, dependent, eligibility, and employee data exchange.

• Engineered and supported PICOF payroll integrations using Workday Studio and advanced XSLT transformation logic, ensuring

accurate formatting and delivery across global payroll platforms.

• Developed Prism Analytics payroll audit and reconciliation dashboards to validate mappings, identify discrepancies, and improve

alignment with third-party payroll vendors.

• Provided end-to-end support for global payroll implementation across 15+ countries, including unit, system, integration, and UAT

testing and resolution of data and logic issues.

• Created and optimized Workday Financials reports including Income Statements and Trial Balances and supported integrations

with CITIBANK, ALFRESCO, GENTAX, and QUESTICA.

• Developed Extend solutions for expense processing, vendor invoice management, journal-related workflows, audit tracking, and

finance operations with embedded validations and audit controls.

• Performed production troubleshooting and root-cause analysis using integration events, Studio logs, XML payloads, API

responses, report outputs, security validation, and downstream error details; optimized integrations for reliability and

performance.

Workday HRIS Consultant Nov 2021 - Jun 2023

Fulton Bank - Lancaster, PA

• Designed and deployed EIB and Core Connector integrations across HCM and Financials for employee lifecycle, payroll, benefits,

compensation, and financial operations; supported inbound/outbound data mapping, transformation, validation, and delivery.

• Configured and maintained compensation structures including salary, allowance, bonus, and merit plans and supported

compensation cycles and Advanced Compensation-related testing and reporting.

• Supported Workday Financials reporting for budgeting, forecasting, expense tracking, finance analytics, and downstream data

needs using custom reports, calculated fields, and business objects.

• Supported and enhanced Business Processes for Core HCM, Benefits, Compensation, Time Off, and Absence through

requirements gathering, functional documentation, testing, UAT, and post-production support.

• Created and managed domain security policies, role-based and user-based security groups, security testing, and audits to ensure

appropriate access and data integrity.

• Created Workday Extend user interfaces and application components using Workday platform capabilities, with responsive UX,

validations, security, and integration to Workday/external services.

• Integrated external data sources with Extend applications through Workday REST and SOAP APIs, streamlining workflows and

automating data synchronization across platforms.

• Built Workday Orchestrate multi-step automation for API/service interactions, data transformation, workflow coordination, and

exception handling across Workday and external systems.

• Designed Extend solutions for payroll adjustments, bonus allocations, compensation reviews, and secure HR/Finance payout

workflows.

• Collaborated with HR, Finance, Payroll, and IT teams to validate calculated fields, reports, integration outputs, security,

business-process behavior, and production readiness.

• Supported Workday Financials data validation and reconciliation across General Ledger, journals, Worktags, supplier/invoice

activity, and financial reporting outputs, partnering with Finance teams to investigate discrepancies and confirm accurate

downstream results.

• Supported Workday release and production-readiness activities by reviewing impacted integrations, reports, security, and

business processes, coordinating regression testing, documenting defects, and validating fixes before deployment.

Workday Consultant Oct 2019 - Oct 2021

OSF Health Care - Offshore

• Supported Workday Core HCM and HRIS processes across employee lifecycle events, Supervisory Organizations, Staffing

Models, Job Profiles, Organizations, worker data, and business-process transactions.

• Developed and supported Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connector, REST/SOAP, and RaaS integrations for inbound and outbound

HR, payroll, benefits, compensation, and worker data using XML/XSLT transformations, validations, logging, and error handling.

• Supported Workday Business Processes for hires, job changes, transfers, terminations, compensation, benefits, and

time/absence transactions, including workflow validation, approvals, notifications, and functional testing.

• Configured and maintained Workday security including Role-Based, User-Based, and Job-Based security groups, domain security

policies, business-process security, and access validation across HCM modules.

• Supported Compensation and Advanced Compensation processes including salary, merit, allowance, bonus plans, eligibility,

compensation reviews, and integration with performance and goal management.

• Supported Payroll and Benefits processes, third-party integrations, eligibility and dependent data, payroll validation, General

Ledger reconciliation, statutory reporting, and issue resolution with functional and vendor teams.

• Developed and optimized Advanced, Matrix, and Composite reports, Calculated Fields, RaaS outputs, dashboards, prompts,

filters, business objects, and data sources to support HR and operational reporting.

• Supported Recruiting, Talent & Performance, Time Tracking, Absence, and Learning-related HRIS requirements through data

validation, reporting, integration support, testing, and production troubleshooting.

• Performed unit, integration, regression, and UAT testing; investigated production issues using integration events, report outputs,

security analysis, source data, and downstream results; documented root cause and validated fixes.

• Partnered with HR, Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, Finance, IT, and business stakeholders on requirements gathering,

documentation, data validation, release testing, production support, and continuous process improvements.

• Performed HR data quality and reconciliation activities across worker, organization, payroll, benefits, compensation, and

integration data, identifying exceptions and coordinating corrections with HRIS and functional teams.

• Supported Workday release, enhancement, and production-support activities by reviewing functional and technical impacts,

executing regression testing, validating integrations and reports, documenting issues, and confirming successful post-deployment

results.

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