SUMMARY

• Excellent understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and QA Methodologies
• Experience in both Waterfall and Agile/Scrum Methodology
• Expertise in developing Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Scenarios, Test Case Design, Test Reports using business/functional requirements for both manual and automated tests
• Experience in Segregation of Duties (SoD) controls and Compliance (GRC) program.
• Extensive working knowledge in UNIX/Linux operating systems.
• Expertise in defining QA Strategy, Estimates and future roadmaps with onsite & offshore working model
• Involved in all phases of the Workday implementation life including - Requirement gathering, Strategizing, Analysis, Design, Integration, Configuration and Testing.
• Good knowledge in inbound and outbound EIB integrations in various segments of Workday system and worked with Core Connector, Cloud Connector, Report Designer, Workday Studio, Data Conversions loads, XML, XSLT, SOAP, and REST web services.
• Conducting training validation presentations and assessing peer review from project team members
• Expertise in using Testing Tools Confidential /Mercury tools (QTP, WinRunner/ LoadRunner) and Rational Test Suite (Clear Quest, Req Pro & RPM) and Selenium.
• Capable of working both independently and in a team-oriented working environment.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Independently assess compliance practices and recommend corrective actions.
• Experience in Workday HCM Integrations like EIB, Cloud Connect, Core Connecter, Workday Studio, Core HRMS, Payroll (PICOF/PECI) with understanding in the Business Process Flows, Case Tools, Business Analysis, and transforming them into Workday designs.
• Well versed in working with vendors to handle Integrations between Workday and third-party systems.
• Quick learner and excellent team player having ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Workday Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided day to day support for issues related to HR Systems by investigating problems and developing detailed suggestions for resolution of issues.
• Design reports and provide analytics to answer relevant business questions and communicate key HR metrics to stakeholders in an easy-to-understand format. Provide ad hoc reports as requested.
• Tested workday compensation support, creation of Job Profiles, Grade Profiles and Compensation plans.
• Tested custom reports for the Financial modules like Procure to pay, Accounts Payable, Accounts receivable, Business assets, endowments and Gifts, Financial Accounting, Non-sponsored AR and Banking and Settlements.
• Validated new business processes and notifications in deployment and sandbox tenants based on the designed business flow diagrams
• Created test scenarios for testing all in scope many Business Processes like Hire, Job Change, Promote, Transfer, Terminate, Compensation changes, Employee Self Service process, Manager Self-service processes, etc.
• Developed and Validated implementation of Workday Financials (Foundational Data Modelling, General Ledger, Account Receivable, Account Payable, Settlements, Business Assets, Customer Accounts and Revenue Management, Security Matrix,Supplier Accounts & Contracts, Procurement, Banking and Cash Management functional areas within workday Financials.
• Participate in end-to-end design reviews, prototype reviews and user acceptance testing
• Gone through requirement specifications and Documentations for Business Process Management.
• Developed & Tested custom Workday reports and modified the existing custom reports.
• Involved in Managing Data conversions, HR and Compensation related Custom Reports, and Security Management, Business Process configuration and, configuring the application according to customer requirements and developing system Integration.
• Work with business team to review report requirements. Maintain/Assign security role assignments. Configured Workday security roles and groups to the required level of confidentially and segregation of duties.
• Analyze data, develop and generate routine and adhoc reports.
• Interact with Business analysts and end users to clarify requirements and use cases.
• Involved in integration using Calculated Fields, EIB, Document Transformation, Workday Connector, XML, XSLT and Web Services technologies.
• Tested Inbound and 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.
• Tested Workday performance management including goal setting, midyear, and year end processes.
• Provide support for Affirmative Action Plan reporting including monthly and/or ad hoc reports as well as conducting data analyses as required.
• Create and maintain new positions.
• Identifies opportunities for system and data management process improvements and assists with their implementation as appropriate.

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Workday Consutant / HRIS

Responsibilities:

• Supported HR technology projects or initiatives involving Workday HCM.
• Manage day to day requests and inquiries in Data Changes, Business Processes, Cost Centers, Job Profiles, Custom Reports, Adjusting Time Off and EIBs
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge to troubleshoot and fix Workday related issues
• Provides technical support and responds to all assigned JIRA tickets
• Analyzed functional specifications, review existing Time Tracking & Absence modules, recommend solutions to enhance/ improve current implementation of absence management in Workday
• Tested Workday HCM, Time Tracking and Absence business processes including validation rules, calculated fields and other components
• Partner with client's system implementer engagement manager, coordinated across all business areas to oversee the effort of integration, UAT Parallel payroll and gold validation and cutover testing.
• Developed test scenarios and test cases for all in scope Business processes (hire, job change, terminate, etc.) along with testing of security role mapping for each of the Business processes.
• Participate in end to end design reviews, prototype reviews and user acceptance testing
• Reviewed requirement specifications and Documentations for Business Process Management and written testcases.
• Involved in writing the Test Plan and developed the Test Cases. Prepared the Test Scenarios.
• Responsible in defining and delivering the appropriate level of test approaches and strategies.
• Created technical specifications, quality assurance test plans, and end-user training for Workday enhancements
• Developed & Validated record journal entries related to Accounts payable, Accounts receivable, Payroll, Cash, Assets, and Accruals.
• Analyzed functional Specs for Reporting in Business assets, Procure to Pay, Accounts payable and Gifts and endowments and prepared test scenarios.
• Participated in all Phases of software life cycle (SDLC) starting with the business requirements gathering, business analysis, design, implementation, testing and support.
• Actively participated during the Production releases of the products and provided go-live support during Production deployments.
• Assessed and documented business needs, business processes and support systems.
• Executed functional changes and coordinated system integration testing.
• Mapped business requirements to the processes in Workday.

Confidential, Lewisburg, PA

Workday QA

Responsibilities:

• Working with HRIT and HRIS teams to understand the platform tools and technology, understand data sources and WORKDAY application portfolio.
• Created user stories in Jira with well-defined descriptions and acceptance criteria based on the business requirements document.
• Worked on various modules such as Core HR, Benefits, Compensation, Time and Absence, Payroll, Recruiting and Talent.
• Working with Payroll functional team for integrations like Direct Deposit, Severance Pay, 401K and etc.
• Working with Benefits functional team for medical, dental and vision benefits integrations.
• Working with Kronos team for integrations like Timekeeper and Scheduler.
• Validating the non-time off hours from Kronos into Workday as Payroll inputs Time and Attendance by using TimeKeeper.
• Validating approved PTO and personal hours taken from Kronos into Workday.
• Using Atlassian JIRA for User Story management, wrote Sub-tasks for QA work items, wrote test cases for test scenarios based on Acceptance Criteria as defined in JIRA.
• Performed Integration testing, Acceptance testing of Workday application after Web-services confirmation, performed data validation and data migration testing of users from Peoplesoft.
• Actively participated in Agile standup meetings every day and attending Sprint planning & Retro meetings with team.
• Create test data for the integrations and launching the integrations manually from workday
• Working with different file formats (HIPPA, .dat, .xml, .txt and tab delimited) for different Integrations.
• Logging Defects in JIRA whenever any testing scenarios are not met according to the expected results, participated in defect triage meetings with HR IT team, QA management and updated on defect status daily.
• Comparing Peoplesoft to Workday migration data.
• Pre validation of EIB templates with data extracted from Peoplesoft and legacy systems.
• Created advanced reports with calculated fields.