Workday Reporting & External Reporting Accountant

Pavana Sudha

**************@*****.*** +1-267-***-**** UNITED STATES

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

External Reporting Accountant with 4 years of experience delivering enterprise reporting, data integrity, and audit-ready analytics in regulated environments for clients Lendex Technology and Trinity Health. Hands-on experience building and maintaining Workday Reporting (advanced, matrix, composite), dashboards, and scheduled distributions to explain results to stakeholders while keeping data credible and reconciled for operational decision-making. Adept at requirements analysis—reviewing data, translating functional needs into reporting specifications, and partnering with HR/Payroll/Benefits teams to maintain consistent definitions and understanding of underlying systems and processes. Regularly evaluates issues and errors in reports, calculated fields, and datasets, driving root-cause troubleshooting and durable fixes through data corrections (EIB) and validation controls. Experienced in access governance and compliance validation (security role reviews, segregation of duties) to protect sensitive data and maintain integrity across reporting outputs. Frequently participates in test case validation, regression testing, and bi-annual Workday release readiness to ensure reporting continuity, process stability, and accurate stakeholder communications post-deployment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Workday Functional Modules: Workday Reporting, Workday HCM, Workday Payroll (functional support), Workday Security, Workday Benefits, Workday Absence

Configuration & Process Controls: Calculated Fields, Condition Rules, Eligibility Rules, Business Process Framework Support, Business Process Monitoring, Tenant Configuration Support

Reporting & Analysis: Advanced Reports, Matrix Reports, Composite Reports, Workday Dashboards, Scheduled Reporting, Report Reconciliation & Variance Review, Data Integrity Validation, Operational Reporting Delivery

Data Management & Integrations: Enterprise Interface Builder EIB (Inbound & Outbound), Mass Data Updates, Data Corrections, Data Quality Checks, Issue Triage for Upstream/Downstream Data Impacts

Security, Risk & Data Governance: Role Based Security Configuration Support, Domain Security Policies, Security Role Assignments, Access Reviews, Segregation of Duties Validation

Testing, Releases & Operational Support: Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Test Case Validation Inputs, Workday Bi Annual Release Validation, Production Support, Incident Troubleshooting, AMS Support

Tools & Platforms: Workday Tenant Access Management, Workforce Data Analysis, Reporting Operations, Issue Investigation and Resolution

Wilmington University – New Catsle, DE, USA M.S. in Information Systems Technology Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 GPA 3.8

WORK EXPERIENCE

Lendex Technology, External Reporting Accountant Jul 2025 - Present

Owned day-to-day Workday reporting operations for the enterprise HCM tenant, ensuring reporting accuracy, data credibility, and stakeholder confidence for HR, Payroll, and Benefits customers.

Configured and maintained advanced, matrix, and composite reports plus dashboards and scheduled deliveries, translating business questions into clear reporting requirements and repeatable outputs.

Executed detailed data validation across worker/job, compensation, benefits enrollment, and absence datasets; reconciled exceptions to reduce downstream reporting errors impacting payroll and benefits administration.

Collaborated with cross-functional partners to clarify system/process understanding, align report definitions, and communicate findings and impacts from reporting results to operational leaders.

Resolved reporting data issues by performing EIB-based mass updates and corrections, restoring data integrity for eligibility, payroll-related fields, and compliance monitoring outputs.

Conducted role-based security validation for report access and sensitive data domains, supporting access reviews and segregation of duties controls tied to payroll-sensitive information.

Generated audit-ready report packages and ad hoc analyses for compliance stakeholders, ensuring requested extracts were consistent, traceable, and aligned to approved reporting logic.

Monitored and resolved production incidents impacting reports, calculated fields, and scheduled distributions; performed root-cause investigation to prevent recurring reporting and data-quality defects.

Led regression validation for key reports and security-dependent outputs during Workday biannual releases, confirming post-update accuracy and documenting issues for remediation.

Evaluated policy and compliance-driven change requests, updating report logic, validation checks, and calculated fields to keep business reporting aligned with evolving requirements.

Delivered post-release stabilization by re-validating critical dashboards and scheduled reports, confirming data integrity and restoring expected performance after configuration changes.

Trinity Health, Workday HRIS Analyst Aug 2020 – Jun 2023

Administered Workday reporting and data-quality controls within a large healthcare system, ensuring reliable operational reporting and strong data integrity for audit and regulatory readiness.

Designed and maintained Workday reports and dashboards for HR Operations, Payroll, and Benefits customers, enabling recurring analytics, reconciliations, and workforce reporting deliverables.

Performed ongoing validation of eligibility, benefits, and absence transactions and analyzed variances to explain outcomes and reduce reporting discrepancies tied to payroll processing.

Partnered with internal customers to gather and simplify reporting requirements, align on scope/acceptance criteria, and ensure consistent interpretation of source fields and business rules.

Corrected high-impact data inconsistencies using EIB inbound/outbound processes, protecting the integrity of workforce datasets used for operational reporting and audit support.

Maintained reporting access governance by validating security role assignments and domain policies, ensuring appropriate access to sensitive payroll and benefits-related reporting.

Coordinated audit and compliance reporting requests by delivering reconciled Workday extracts, answering data questions, and documenting assumptions to preserve dataset credibility.

Managed production support for reporting and data issues, triaging incidents, troubleshooting calculated field/report logic errors, and restoring stable reporting operations with minimal disruption.

Executed Workday release testing for reporting and security impacts, validating test cases for high-usage reports and confirming expected behavior after configuration updates.

Reviewed regulatory/policy updates and implemented reporting logic refinements and data validation controls to keep recurring reporting accurate and aligned to changing requirements.

Stabilized reporting after releases by re-running scheduled reports, validating dashboards and key datasets, and resolving defects to ensure timely, accurate stakeholder reporting.

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