SUMMARY

• A result oriented Sr. Workday Consultant with 7+ years of experience in Business Analysis and working with ERP systems.
• Experience in implementing, guiding Workday (HCM, Talent and Recruiting, Benefits, Absence, Comp, Time, Reporting, Payroll, Financials, Integrations, Data Conversion) design and implementation initiatives according to business requirements.
• Specialization in implementation of modules including Recruiting, Hiring, Talent Management, HR, Payroll, Time Tracking and Security.
• Expertise in defining standardized testing processes, standards, tools, and metrics to ensure the successful implementation and ongoing administration of Workday and ERP platforms.
• Be an influential leader responsible for building relationships with the business as well as working to design solutions and overall resource and execution strategies.
• Experience as Workday Techno - Functional Analyst and having strong experience in Implementation, Up-gradation and Production Support of ERP Applications with Hand on experience in HCM, Compensation and Benefits.
• Experience in Business Process and configurations of the Talent Management, Recruiting, Compensation, Time and attendance, Time and Labor, Absence management, Performance Management, Payroll, Benefits for having the thorough understanding of pulling information to the report.
• Hands on Implementation of Workday and Data Migration using EIB, Core Connectors and Workday Studio in addition to creating Simple and Advanced reports.
• Knowledge in Core HR in understand of client business requirements, Organizational Hierarchy setup, configurable Security setup, Tenant setup, Custom field mapping, and system process designs.
• Skilled in creation of standard/custom quarterly, annual and ad-hoc reports as needed by business and transform existing PeopleSoft reports to Workday Reports as part of migration.
• Good Knowledge in testing of Converted Data in Workday Tenant, Test Cases, System testing, UAT, System Integration testing and Regression testing throughout the life of Workday implementation.
• Good knowledge of Taleo SMB and Taleo Enterprise software and integration with Workday.
• Served as functional analyst by analyzing PeopleSoft system functionality and partnered with the HR and Payroll teams to review system functionality to ensure accuracy.
• Expertise in Back-End/Front-End Testing, Functionality Testing, Regression Testing, Data Driven Testing, Integration Testing, and User Acceptance Testing.
• Hand on SQL Queries, Requirement traceability Matrix, Mockups and Wireframes.
• Deep understanding in Analytical exposure of UML such as Class Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, State Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Data Flow Diagram and Entity Diagram.
• Extensive experience in SQL Server database design and maintenance by developing T-SQL queries, stored procedures, functions, tables, indexes, constraints, views and triggers.
• Excellent understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Test Methodologies from project definition to post-deployment documentation.
• 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.
• Knowledge of System, UAT, Integration, and Regression testing throughout the life of Workday implementation.
• Highly proficient in working with users and stakeholders to elicit, analyze, communicate and validate requirements using User interviews, JAD and Brainstorming workshops.
• Thorough understanding of all phases of the Software Design and Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and methodologies like Agile/Scrum and Waterfall including prototype development etc.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Documentation: BRD, FSD, UIS, SRS, RSD, UML, Activity & Sequence diagrams, Business Process Flow

Requirement Elicitation: JAD, JRP, stand-up meetings, workshops, SCRUM

Analysis: As-is, To-be, GAP, Traceability and Impact

Testing: Unit, Regression, Functionality, Integration UAT

Workday: HCM, Talent and Recruiting, Benefits, Absence, Comp, Time, Reporting, Payroll, Financials, Integrations, Data Conversion

Business Modelling Tools: MS Visio, MS PowerPoint, Enterprise Architect, MS Word, MS Excel.

Methodologies: RUP, Agile, Waterfall, SDLC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. Workday Consultant

Confidential - Morrisville, NC

Responsibilities:

• Provided production support to global HCM and Recruiting modules, configured business processes for all staffing/job changes, Onboarding, reporting, language translations, security, alerts and notifications.
• Worked as single point of contact for all activities related to Workday and HR systems - configuration planning, requirement analysis, data privacy, data validation, testing of business processes and integrations, post production plan and maintenance.
• Lead and responsible for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) globally and conduct testing of critical integrations, leveraging new functionality, and working with end-users to map out the requirements for new integrations.
• Managed the Workday functional team activities and Workday integrations technical team activities.
• Conducted Testing Kick- offs for all phases of testing - Integrations testing, System Testing, End to End testing, Parallel Acceptance Testing and UAT.
• Responsible for developing test cases for Workday Integration testing of inbound and outbound interfaces to and from Workday modules and other third-party system.
• Developed Test plans to list out all activities based on the scope of business processes, integrations and Payroll.
• Estimated testing effort for each phase of testing and prioritized tasks for concurrent testing phases for HR team members.
• Developed Test Strategy, detailed Test Plans for all testing phases (Systems testing, End to End testing, Regression, Payroll Acceptance and UAT) and reviewed with PMO, Implementers and project stakeholders.
• Prepared test scenarios for testing all HCM Business functions delivered by Workday, inbound and outbound integrations from Workday and Payroll testing.
• Involved in development of design documentation for in scope integrations to and from Workday to 3rd party downstream systems
• Served as primary lead for existing enhancement / change requests before and during testing.
• Responsible for configuration changes in Workday for business processes or for any integration.
• Lead and responsible for defect Management process and maintain the test scenarios, requirement traceability matrix in SharePoint and logged and tracked defects in SharePoint.
• Responsible for resolving defects logged during each phase of testing and ensuring closure before moving onto the next phase of testing.

Sr. Workday Analyst

Confidential - Orlando, FL

Responsibilities:

• Worked as part of the Kick-off team in the project Implementation and closely worked with implementation partner help in configuring, testing different modules in Workday HCM.
• Streamlined the recruiting process by enabling transparency and collaboration across the entire hiring team with Workday Recruiting.
• Managed the entire recruiting lifecycle in legacy system, including workforce planning, sourcing, and advanced talent analytics using Workday Recruiting module.
• Responsible for configuration planning for Workday functionality, requirement analysis, data privacy, data validation, testing of business processes and integrations, payroll as part of full life cycle implementation.
• Developed a roadmap for HR and Payroll applications including Recruiting, Talent and Performance Management, Compensation, and Learning Management
• Gathered and designed global and local requirements for Workday BPs for Core HR functionality including Hire, Change Job, Termination, Propose Compensation, Termination, Reorganization, International Assignment, Time Tracking, etc based on the blueprint documentation.
• Organized and led the SDLC analysis (and implementation) of business processes managed by HR Shared Services.
• Engaged stakeholders at various levels of the organization and business units to collect information on current state and desired state - across the full Workday HCM platform.
• Documenting HR related documents such as blueprint documentation, project charter, statement of purpose (SOPs), etc.
• Configured changes to business processes in Workday based on change requests.
• Involved with QA team on regular basis Developed and owned overall Test Plan. Reviewed test plans and test documents (Test Scenarios / Test Strategy / Test Cases) to ensure all requirements are covered in test scenarios.
• Created test scenarios for testing all in scope Business Processes like Hire, Job Change, Promote, Transfer, Terminate, Compensation, global processes, Access Testing, Talent and Performance, Employee Self Service process, Manager Self-service processes, etc.
• Used specific test scenarios and conducted testing in Lawson and Workday for Payroll testing due to Payroll engines being replaced by Workday Payroll.
• Responsible for end to end testing for all in scope Business processes (hire, job change, terminate, etc.), Recruiting, Talent & Performance, Onboarding, Compensation, Payroll, Expenses and Timekeeping modules along with testing of Payroll module.
• Configure and run calculated fields, custom reports, advanced reports, EIBs and Core connectors as required.
• Responsible for test data setup and developing test cases for all Workday Integration testing of inbound and outbound interfaces to and from Workday modules and other third-party systems like SAP, AON Hewitt, Benefit Focus, etc.
• Developed specific test cases for Global and Local Compensation Governance testing, Access Testing, SSO testing.
• Manage the Workday functional team activities and Workday integrations technical team activities.
• Lead Workday Testing which includes System, Integration and End to End Testing, Parallel Acceptance Testing, Access Testing, UAT.
• Lead and responsible for defect Management process and maintain the test scenarios, requirement traceability matrix in SharePoint and logged and tracked defects in SharePoint.
• Done Workday compensation packages including salary, bonus, allowance, commission, and merit plans for multiple countries including merit and bonus plan processing.

Sr. Workday Business Analyst

Confidential - Harrisonburg, VA

Responsibilities:

• Create data flow diagrams for HCM Workday Business Processes like Request compensation change, Job change - Transfers, Promote, Termination, etc.
• Review and perform gap analysis technical and non-technical business solutions required for the successful development and implementation of new HR and payroll functionality and applications.
• Develop requirement documentation for all in scope business process, Talent and Performance module, Onboarding module, Compensation and Payroll by working closely with the HRIS team and global HR Partners.
• Evolved end to end work flow testing of all in-scope Business processes. Business requirement gathering on Time and Labor & Absence Management.
• Development of design documentation for in scope interfaces to and from Workday.
• Work on creating and maintaining security groups through domain security policy and business process security policy.
• Used Workday Studio for inbound and outbound integrations. Responsible for creating and reviewing Test strategy, Test plans, documentation for Business Process testing, Integration testing and Payroll testing.
• Lead and responsible for Functional testing, Integration testing including Unit testing, End to End testing, User Acceptance testing, Regression testing.
• Worked very closely with Payroll SMEs in the gathering requirements of Payroll integrations.
• Responsible for documenting requirements for Workday connector to send payroll data to third party vendor.
• Organized, coordinated and performed Taleo - ATS (Applicant Tracking System) integration and testing with all the other critical upstream and downstream integrations such as Taleo Requisitions, Cost Center, Hiring Manager, Process level and Work Location (Outbound), Taleo EIN (Inbound).
• Responsible for testing Timekeeping extensively with Workday for employee records. Lead the Defect Management process and maintain the test scenarios, requirement traceability matrix in HP Quality Center and logged and tracked defects in HP Quality Center.
• Provided round the clock support post Go-live for in running and monitoring the critical integrations until it was scheduled to run automatically.
• Implement, gather, and report team dashboard and project metrics from HP Quality Center which demonstrates business value and showing continuous improvement.

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements and segregated them into high level and low-level Use Cases and Activity Diagrams using Rational Rose according to UML methodology.
• Data mapping, logical data modeling, created class diagrams and ER diagrams and used SQL queries to filter data within the Oracle database.
• Interviewed stake holders and users to discover and document their business processes and performed domain analysis.
• Worked in Agile Environments, through all phases of SDLC: Analysis, Requirements, Design, SIT, UAT and Implementation
• Elicited requirements for Agile projects by documenting User stories, Product Backlog's and Acceptance Criteria.
• Conducted in Scheduling, organizing Number of business Requirements & Process mapping Sessions.
• Conducted Business Review meting and IT SME review meeting. Created Customer Requirements and Functional Requirement Documents.
• Creating weekly JIRA status reports and tracking status of enhancements, defects and tasks weekly.
• Use Quality Center as the test repository and used it for executing the test cases and scripts and logging & generating various reports and graphs for further analysis.
• Collaborated with development architect and the business to develop both high-level and detailed application architecture to meet the business needs.
• Write SQL queries to test Data Integrity, Referential Integrity and performed Database Testing for the Application.
• Coordinated meetings between the developers and the QA team in creating the Test Plan and Test Cases. Conducted testing using Cucumber technique.
• Used MS Visio to develop wireframes and user flows for business processes.
• Created Traceability Matrix, attributes for the requirements utilizing RequisitePro
• Played crucial role in all the stages of the Rational Unified Process including testing and system integration.
• Assisted the testing team in User Acceptance Testing and heavily involved during business validation and user sign-off.