SUMMARY

• Around 7 years of experience as Workday Consultant and having strong experience in Implementation, Upgradation and Production Support of ERP Applications with Hand on experience in HCM, Compensation and Benefits and close with a focus on Workday implementation projects.
• Experienced as Workday Integration Consultant in Core HR, Benefits, Compensation, Payroll implementations and have designed and developed integrations with EIB, Core Connector, Document Transformation and Workday Studio as part of a full life cycle implementation project.
• Experience includes areas of Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Testing, Debugging, support and maintenance of Workday Applications.
• Experienced in creating simple and complex Inbound/Outbound integrations using different Workday Integration tools.
• Extensively worked on Implementation, Upgrade, Conversion, Fit - gap analysis and Testing of PeopleSoft applications.
• Created, Updated and Maintained Integrations, including Core Connectors, Core Connectors using DT, EIB's using Custom Report Transformation, EIB's using XSLT Transformation and Workday Studio.
• Good experience in Workday Security, creating Integrations security groups, custom security groups, Integration systems user.
• Experience in PeopleSoft financial management development and functional testing of customization.
• Customized Accounts Payable (A/P) pay-cycle process to create a lights out pay-cycle. Modifications required the integration of PeopleSoft Accounts Payable with Control-M scheduler.
• Strong Functional experience with HCM, Benefits, Payroll, Time Tracking, General Ledger, Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables, Asset Management, Procurement and Treasury.
• Procured fluent expertise in Implementation, Production Support, Enhancement and Upgrade projects in Workday.
• In depth knowledge of the Human Resources business processes which comprises the life cycle of an employee from recruiting, training, identifying and developing talent, employee maintenance, payroll, and benefits.
• Highly proficient in working with users and stakeholders to elicit, analyze, communicate and validate requirements using User interviews, JAD and Brainstorming workshops.
• Knowledge of System, UAT, Integration, and Regression testing throughout the life of Workday implementation.
• Expertise in Requirement gathering, Documentation, Writing Use Cases, Workday- Functional specification, Business Case analysis, Quality Assurance and Testing including Cloud Connects, Core Connectors, EIBs and Studio.
• Deep understanding in Analytical exposure of UML such as Class Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, State Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Data Flow Diagram and Entity Diagram.
• Expertise in Back-End/Front-End Testing, Functionality Testing, Regression Testing, Data Driven Testing, Integration Testing, and User Acceptance Testing.
• Specialization in PAYROLL Module, Tax Computation and PAYROLL integration with Leave Management, Time Management and Reimbursement modules.
• Designed and configured other Workday HCM & Security configuration objects including Management Hierarchies, Regions, Locations, edited Domain and Business Process Security Policies, Tenant setup and created reports to meet customer requirements.
• Expertise in advanced reports wherein I had to use different business objects and related business objects in developing awaiting steps in performance business processes.
• Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Phases such as Requirement analysis, Design, Development, Testing and Deployment with working knowledge in methodologies like Agile, Waterfall across the span of various projects, participated actively in their implementation using MS VISIO and MS Project, and Excel as Reporting Tool.
• Excellent team player with strong analytical skills, good interpersonal, communicational skills and quick learner.
• Developed inbound integrations using EIB, Web Services SOAP, WSDL, XML and XSLT Document Transformation for several integrations from Workday to downstream internal and vendor systems and provided necessary security for related functional area to launch the EIB.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Peoplesoft Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and implement Standard WMATA policies and procedures to ensure compliance with all Federal Transit Administration (FTA) regulations and such agency requirements.
• Gather business requirements and specs from end users about new enhancements to the Peoplesoft 9.2 ELM system and transform them into High-level Business Requirement Documents
• Involved in testing Data Conversion from PeopleSoft to Workday, End-to-End HR and Payroll Testing.
• Involved in compensation, which is a self-service Web application that interfaces with the PeopleSoft Human Resources system. This application enables employees to review and update their compensation information.
• Responsible for data migration from Peoplesoft legacy systems to Workday systems using EIB Core Connectors and Workday studio.
• Interface with clients to finalize the accuracy of the business requirements and ensure that it inclines thoroughly with the business needs
• Perform business analysis including preparation of project plans, collaborating team members with the business users and facilitate end-to end process.
• Work closely with various functional teams (PS Development Team, QA Team) to ensure that business requirements are translated to high level and low-level design requirements and subsequently drive the implementation of software from design through successful deployment.
• Extensively involved in migration of prior, current & new requirements and enhancements from FogBugz to Jazz in Peoplesoft ELM 9.2 system
• Scheduled team meetings with developers and testers to collaborate resource allocation and project completion.
• Perform Change Management Process for any change requests to the requirements thoroughly through the Change Control Board by deploying techniques like Change Assessment, Impact Analysis and Root cause Analysis.
• Arrange weekly team meetings to assist Peoplesoft Dev Team in testing tasks and in gathering status reports from individual team members.
• Prepare Test Plans and Test Scripts to ensure that test cases reflect user needs for the functional, performance, usability, and security requirements.
• Perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure all the business requirements have been fulfilled by the application
• Assist in preparing Job Aids for ELM 9.2 Version and conduct training sessions to inform end users about the new features within PS ELM 9.2 platform.

Workday HCM Functional Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Day to Day Support to Workday HCM, Talent, Testing and/or Reporting Lead, responsible for guiding clients to design, build and deploy Workday HCM, Talent and Performance and Compensation to meet their business needs.
• Worked extensively on Payroll Interfaces and have designed and developed integrations in both EIB (inbound/ outbound) REST API's and Core Connector, managing business processes, working with EIB, Report Writer, Creating Calculated Fields and Custom Reports, and experience with XML, XPATH and XSLT.
• Supported bi-weekly payroll, including troubleshooting paysheet issues, payroll calculation errors, tax record corrections, and off-cycle processing. Assisted payroll with loading data to the paysheet transactions (P-shup) table and other mass loads using Excel to CI.
• Lead of Workday ADP Tax Integration functional team.
• Responsible for data migration from Peoplesoft legacy systems to Workday systems using EIB, Core Connectors and Workday studio.
• Liaison with HRIS power users and other diversified teams to analyze the business process and integration requirements and devised strategy to implement them in workday.
• Initial responsibilities were to convert and load data from PeopleSoft's HCM to Workday's HCM system as part of the implementation
• Experience of HRMS Workforce Administration (WFA) and Candidate Gateway, ESS, MSS and basic of NA Payroll.
• Successfully run the Deduction calc process, Additional Pay process, Export Data app engine process and created the import and export files.
• Planned and lead the multi week joint application design sessions involving the existing HRMS SME and other stakeholder to identify the existing HCM architecture, organization structure, and Integration interface.
• Developed several Ad-hoc reports using PS Query for department salaries, salary plans, and deduction, participants in Benefit Programs, salary change Report, salary Mass Updates.
• Loaded client data in the areas of HCM, Compensation and Talent and Performance via iLoads/Enterprise Integration Builder and providing the necessary end user training.
• Update in analysis and effective diagnosis of client issues and manage day-to-day client relationships. Consult clients to improve efficiency and reduce costs of operations ranging from HR Strategy to process design.
• Prepared monthly reports of summarized earnings, taxes and deductions for auditing.
• Implemented conversion of data from legacy System to PeopleSoft Application database by using SQL*Loader, Import Manager and by writing SQR programs.
• Responsible for quarterly and annual open enrolment communications as well as updating HRIS system with open enrollment changes.
• Developed test scripts for the Payroll Functionality like setting up Taxes, General Deductions, Additional Pay, and Direct Deposit etc.
• Worked on EIB to load compensation growth, work shifts phone numbers etc. for large number of employees. Worked on EIB's to load the new data and alter the existing data.
• Created several custom reports and calculated fields to extract data according to specifications in production.
• Participated in several business analysis meetings to gather requirements from administrators about different plan types, benefit plans, benefit programs and plan rules, earning codes, deduction codes, garnishments, Pay Groups, union and compensation rules to incorporate into the system.
• Review paycheck summary (Earnings, Deductions, Arrears, calculate gross pay, net pay, multi- Organizational).
• Coordinated in performing Unit testing and Integration testing. Participate in Workday Communities to remain connected with Workday and customers Designed, configured and automate business processes to enhance the current application systems for Confidential including Hire, Change Job, Termination, Propose Compensation etc.

Environment: Workday HCM (Compensation, Locations, Talent Management, Recruitment), XML/XSLT, Workday Report Writer/Designer, EIB and Cloud Connectors, Web services, Calculated fields, MS PowerPoint (Excel)

Workday HCM Functional Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrated knowledge and hands-on experience in managing project scope, developing project schedules and budgets, managing risks, ensuring project quality, developing and implementing communication plans, managing third party vendors and system integrators.
• Drive data integrity within Workday and between systems; develop audit, research and resolution processes. Ensure that data follows compliance needs and govern data mapping.
• Develop and implement systems integrations, mass data uploads and interfaces
• Hands on experience on solving moderate to complex reporting problems, with a broad understanding of Workday's entire reporting toolset, and a deep understanding of Advanced and Matrix report types.
• Maintains and delivers reports within specified functional group portfolios
• Collaborate with functional and technical system stakeholders to streamline and enhance reporting processes, and promote user adoption
• Learn and understand clients' business requirements and work with the Lead Functional Architect to design, build, configure and test the Absence Management for 8 Asian countries.
• Understanding client business requirements, demonstrate the configurations through the development of prototype systems, and directing the client in testing approach.
• Providing the Project Manager with status reports and keep them apprised of overall project status
• Providing strong day-to-day functional and technical activities of Confidential Workday environment.
• Worked directly with customers to research, troubleshoot and resolve Absence Management, and related HCM process and configuration issues in a timely manner.
• Testing customer problems and resolve issues, often times functioning as the analyst/configurator to determine a solution.
• Worked with cross-functional teams through the configuration, development and implementation of new features while representing the needs of Workday's People Service team.

Environment: Workday HCM (Compensation, Locations, Talent Management, Recruitment), XML/XSLT, Workday Report Writer/Designer, EIB and Cloud Connectors, Web services, Calculated fields, MS PowerPoint (Excel)

Peoplesoft Business Analyst

Confidential - Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for support of PeopleSoft modules- Asset Management, Accounts Payable, General Ledger modules, Cash management, Accounts receivable, travel and expense.
• Set up Pay groups, Pay Run ids, Pay calendars, Garnishments, Deductions and Tax tables.
• Worked on PeopleSoft security architecture including creating and managing user roles, permission lists, user profile management.
• Responsible for administering internal HRIS Systems and providing inputs to the development team on new requirements.
• Redesigned application engine code to accommodate unique pay group processing needs.
• Worked on the corresponding PeopleSoft Benefits account payable and prepared test cases for the interfaces.
• Configured State tax reciprocity table to set up withholding tax relationships between an employee's residence state and employment work state, to cover any situation where an employee's lives in one state and works in another state.
• Created the following Payroll, Benefit and Administration Test Cases: Earnings, Deductions, Arrears, calculate gross pay, net pay, multi- organizational processing, maintain payroll calendars, hires, pay increases and direct deposit items.
• Completed the analysis and testing of multiple tax updates.
• Run the Payroll Interface process which include Deduction calculation, Additional Pay, Import and export application engine process and send the file to ADP.
• Prepared payroll tax returns for federal, as well as eight states.
• Developed new SQR reports like Employee earnings history report by from/thru dates range.
• Planned and lead the multi week joint application design sessions involving the existing HRMS SME and other stakeholder to identify the existing HCM architecture, organization structure, and Integration interface.
• Setup new Companies, Supervisory Orgs, Locations, Location Hierarchies. Setup Domain Security policies, User-Based Security, Role-Based Security, Business Process Security. Configured Recruiting BPs, notifications, Dispositions, Resume Parsing.
• Understanding the functional impact of PeopleSoft Tax Update releases by coordinating with the Business Analysts. Technically analyzing the code changes required for the Tax Update and modifying the client customized programs accordingly.
• Helped in configuring Deduction Codes, Earning Codes, Garnishments and GL Locations using Excel to Component Interface.
• Created Calculated Fields. Developed Advanced Reporting. Created EIBs for loading data.
• Created CCB integrations to Wageworks for Cobra processing. Created CCB integrations to Vanguard for 401K and IRA processing.
• Debugged employee payroll issues and corrected tax rate calculations.