SUMMARY

• 7+ years of Functional & Technical experience with 5+ years of Workday Functional experience in Core Configuration, Staffing, Security, Business Processes, Reporting and Process Improvements.
• Involved in requirements gathering and solution design meeting with the business. Analyzed Workday new and existing reporting requirements as part of the implementation of Workday.
• Partnered with cross - functional teams in the development, testing and implementation of Workday. (Benefits, Compensation, HR shared services, T&A, payroll, security, HRBPs, Employee Relations & Finance) teams.
• Design of Dashboards on Core HCM processes (Employee/Workforce details, Hires/Headcount/ Terminations, compensation/Diversity/benefit, Turnover reports & VIP dashboards).
• Experience in preparation and execution of test plans, technical and functional specifications and review of deliverables. Responsible to drive all testing including parallel testing, system testing, and UAT.
• Extensive knowledge of various HR transactions involved in Workday modules like Staffing, Compensation, Time & Absence and Payroll.
• Worked on the Data Validations,Development & Unit Testing of reports/dashboards in Workday including calculated fields required from different sources within workday.
• Involved in development and customization of interfaces and reports using Application Designer, Integration Tools, and Reporting Tools like Workday Report Writer, PS Query, and SQR’s. (e.g. OACS)
• Involved in Daily Stand-up Meeting, Sprint planning, Sprint Kick-Off, Sprint review, grooming and sprint retrospective meetings - All this is a part of Agile methodology.
• Good Knowledge in workday HCM/Payroll module EIB and Core connectors.
• Experience Working with cross-functional teams in configuring setup and designing integrations to comply with each other.
• Worked with internal and external business partners to lead new Workday development or enhancement projects, while serving as a business analyst to gather and translate necessary technical requirements for developers.
• Good knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC) and involved in all phases of a workday project.
• Conducted several Requirement Gathering Sessions (RGS) for gaining detailed requirements and finalizing Business Requirement Document (BRD).
• Organized JAD sessions to gather requirements at various stages. Good understanding of Project Process and ability to analyze business problems and identify solutions. Worked extensively with the team to meet business requirement, create prototypes and analyze workflow.
• Experience in Training the End Users on using the workday system.
• Setup business process steps, such as Action, Approval, Approval Chain and Checklist, and how they work and integrate with security groups.
• Experience in configuring and maintaining various Compensation Packages with multi allowances, benefits and bonus packages, and in setting up compensation segment security features.
• Analyzed various types of payroll related reports and troubleshooted payroll related issues.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Pleasanton, CA

Workday Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supported the implementation of new client on the workday platform by defining, documenting and testing functional business process HCM including core HR, Recruiting, Talent and Performance management and Periodic Compensation.
• Worked with Advanced Reports, defining columns, business objects, fields, columns heading overriding and sorting.
• Developed many composite reports, BIRT layout reports, Custom Dash Boards and Trend reports and worked on Data Conversion and mapping using EIB and iLoad for Assets, Conversion assets, Composite Assets, Customer Invoices, Bank Account Conversion Data from Oracle system into Workday.
• Extracted raw data fromHR tools (e.g., MFASIS) using SQL queries and reproduced data transformations, using the same specifications as the production data extract. Ran reconciliation and used various Microsoft tools to research discrepancies with the goal of resolving them.
• Resolved critical issues and defects like data issues, integration mapping issues, discovered during testing including GL to PS financial integrations, Benefit Focus, Active Directory, etc.
• Experience in performing configuration of Payroll module including Earnings codes, Deductions, Grades/Steps, Compensation, Overtime Configuration, Time Entry and Payroll Processing.
• Worked very closely with Payroll SMEs in the gathering requirements of Payroll integrations and responsible for documenting requirements for Workday connector to send payroll data to third party vendor.
• Worked on financial modules like Procurement, accounts management and assets tracking.
• Involved in Multi- state payroll processing along with Payroll accounting and Payroll journal entry posting.
• Used agile systems and strategies to provide quick and feasible solutions based on agile system to the organization. Manage Scope and change throughout the SDLC process of the product.
• Developed outbound integration 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.
• Coordinated various kinds of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) including regression testing, system testing, integration testing, functional testing, alpha & beta testing.
• Worked in Agile methodology, actively participated in all stages of the Workday project lifecycle and developed and built inbound and outbound Integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors and Document Transformations.
• Worked in Off - Cycle Payroll, to run the payroll for corrections, and also dealt with special cases like Bonus Payments which impact FLSA wages or earning, Correction Runs, Advance Payments.
• Created payroll control area defined period parameters and date modifiers, generated payroll periods and calendar for cumulating.
• Configured/Modify BP for Payment election, tax election as per client requirement.
• Configured Value comparison calculation, logical calculation, arithmetical calculation for earning and deduction as per client requirement.

Confidential, Merrimack NH

Workday Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created various custom reports as per the client requirements and schedule for different frequencies for Absence management and time Tracking.
• Maintain HRIS & Talent Management systems to support people management processes and reporting needs.
• Worked on design, configuration and testing of fully integrated Workday HR Shared Services and Payroll solutions. Setup Compensation Eligibility Rules based on compensation grades and job profiles.
• Worked on the implementation of Workday HCM, and the migration from PeopleSoft to Workday.
• Performed configuration planning, requirement analysis, data privacy, data validation, testing of business processes and integrations, postproduction plan and maintenance.
• As a BA, I was responsible for leading team in analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation of customized SAP HCM solutions for new implementations and upgrades.
• Designed and Implemented over EIB Inbound/Outbound, Connector, and Studio Integrations.
• Involved in post-production support in HCM, payroll and benefits and fixed many tickets and involved in the enhancements of reports and Integrations. Setup Compensation eligibility rules based on compensation grades and job profiles.
• Worked very closely with Payroll SMEs in the gathering requirements of Payroll integrations and responsible for documenting requirements for Workday connector to send payroll data to third party vendor.
• Develop, maintain & troubleshoot data integrations with other systems including third party systems. Managed system security worked and updated on user roles.
• Involved in data gathering, system configuration, unit testing, UAT and other components of the Finance(Payroll) Workday implementation project for all functional areas within Workday.
• Involved in testing of payroll systems and Involved in data analysis and conversion process.
• Design Configuration documents for the end users as well for the technical team.

Confidential, MN

Workday Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed Workday Recruiting issues like Job Requisitions, Candidates, Merging, Offer Letters, Positions and Hire/ Pre-Hire Records, Job Postings.
• Completed the Business Process and Security configuration, Configured Workday Compensation Packages including salary, bonus, allowance, commission, and merit plans for multiple countries including merit and bonus plan processing.
• Configured, Tested and Validated all in scope many Business Processes like Hire, Job Change, Promote, Transfer, Terminate, Compensation changes, Time and Leave processes, etc.
• Maintained Compensation Packages to group together the compensation guidelines and compensation plans that could be assigned to an employee all at once.
• Designed Compensation Grades to create a standard compensation range for a given job level or a job profile.
• Worked on requests for mass data uploads thru EIBs.
• Coordinated with Recruiting Team on Job Requisition Business Process tweaks.
• Generated Reports on HCM Data, Compensation data, Recruiting and Absence Reports.
• Configured and tested Mid-Year and Year End Reviews successfully in Workday Performance and Development in Sandbox and then moved to Production.
• Drive data integrity within Workday and between systems. Develop audit, research and resolution processes. Ensure that data follows compliance needs and govern data mapping
• Understand and document business processes and workflows and their relationships to current and future software solutions.
• Ensure successful system test execution of objective Setting, Development Planning, Succession Planning, Midyear and year end modules along as well as leading the UAT phase through to implementation.
• Create and maintain configuration and requirement workbooks for all security requirements.

Confidential, Sandiego CA

Workday Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Maintenance and creation of Workday Supervisory Organizations, Locations, Positions, Cost centers, and Cost Centre hierarchies.
• Worked in setting up AME Rules for approvals and notifications for employee transfers, terminations and absences approvals.
• Involved in designing Workday integration implementation plan, conducting requirement gathering sessions.
• Involved in Compensation for New Hire, Edit Government Ids, edit workday Account, Assigning Organization Roles, and Assigning User based Security Groups.
• Worked extensively on Payroll Interfaces and have designed and developed integrations in both Workday Studio and EIB.
• Good understanding of Integrations including Web Services, Workday Architecture, Business Process Framework and iLoad's.
• Worked with a team who were developing Custom Reports, Advanced Reports and Calculated fields.
• Workday on HR Configuration knowledge and experience in modules like Personnel Administration, Organization Management, Time, Benefits, Payroll, and Security.
• Performed implementation, development, customization, upgrading, integration and production support.
• Involved in Testing Workday HCM post version upgrade, Preparation of workday related support document.
• Proficient in developing test strategy by creating test plans and executing them through various testing cycles.