CHANDRA SEKHAR

GWORKDAY CONSULTANT
GMAIL: [email protected]
PH.NO: 279-758-4095

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

 Around 10 years of extensive IT experience, I have been actively engaged in the end-to-end
software design, development, and successful implementation of diverse commercial applications
across Sr Lead Workday, PeopleSoft, and SAP SuccessFactors.
 I possess extensive expertise in proficiently eliciting and analyzing functional requirements,
ensuring the sustained excellence of system performance, fostering constructive engagement
with business stakeholders, and adeptly configuring novel Workday features.
 Configured Domain Security Policies and Created Integration System Security Groups and
Segment based security groups and assigned to users.
 Experience in Mass data loads Workday (EIB’S)Studio integrations, EIB’S Core Connecters, Custom
Integrations, PICOF/PECI, Packed Integrations and Security.
 I have considerable expertise in diverse Workday HCM, including Core HR, Benefits,
Compensation, Payroll, Workday Recruiting, onboarding, and Time Tracking,
 I serve as a proficient Subject Matter Expert and Lead for Workday Recruiting solutions, offering
expert guidance and well-informed recommendations on system functionality and
configurations to effectively align with the organization's specific business requirements.
 Actively participated in collaborative efforts to conduct comprehensive testing of HR
Systems' release management process. This involved evaluating new releases for
functional areas such as Workday Recruiting, ensuring that our systems are up-to-date and
fully optimized.
 Executed the implementation of HCM solutions and consistently provided comprehensive day-to-
day support to end users. Moreover, I have taken charge of leading weekly HCM status calls with
functional leads to proactively address any challenges, as well as facilitate constructive
discussions pertaining to ongoing projects.
 Good Experience into Manage the entire recruiting lifecycle in one place, including job requisition
creation, candidate sourcing, application tracking, interviewing, and hiring.
 Experience in Configuration support and changes accordingly to the Workday Modules
 Used Workday Extend & Orchestration for employee recognition, and tuition reimbursement apps
puts 3Ms people first, making it a great place to work.
 Developed integrations using web service SOAP, REST API, WSDL, XML, XSLT on the Workday cloud
platform such as Payroll integration, ADP inbound/outbound, and Taleo inbound/outbound.
 I possess hands-on experience in managing Workday Admin Security groups, including Role-based
security, User-based security, Job-based security & authentication protocols (OAuth, SAML)
 Demonstrated proficiency in generating tailored reports using Workday Report Writer and WD
Studio BIRT as required, effectively supporting system administration, EIBs (Enterprise Interface
Builder), and MOM (Mass Operation Management) processes.
 Adeptly developed calculated fields utilizing a diverse range of functions, skillfully
incorporating them into custom reports and seamless integrations.
 Defines and Coordinate Application Architect for Changes with Test Strategy and Q-Test Approach.
Manages the overall test project plan, time tracking, defect management, issue resolution, and risk
management.
 Good Experience on DocuSign, ServiceNow, Move works, AD, OKTA experience.
EDUCATION

 Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science Engineering

 Workday Certified Consultant

OTHER TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP : Workday, PeopleSoft, Microsoft Dynamics

IDE : Eclipse, Oxygen, Workday Studio, TOAD, DB Visualizer
Database : Oracle 10/9.x/8.x/7.x, MS SQL Server 2000, and MS Access
Operating Systems : Windows, Linux, UNIX, and Mac
Software / Products : Workday, Oracle, PeopleSoft, ADP
Languages / Tools : Python, XML, XSLT, R Programming, Java Script, Java, MVEL, People
C, C++
Office Suite : Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, MS Office 365,
SharePoint

Reporting Tools : Workday Report Writer, WD Studio Report Designer, SQR,

Crystal Reports, Kronos 9

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Charter Communications Apr 2021 - Present

Workday Integrations developer St. Louis, Mo

Key Activities Performed

 Involved in Gather functional and Analyze requirements, collaborate with business Stake
holders and Configure new Workday Features.
 Assist and Involved in Core HCM development & Finance, enhancement, upgrade and
maintenance of Workday HR, Workday Recruiting, onboarding, Compensation, Payroll,
Recruiting, Benefits and Time Tracking.
 Advise and Implemented in HCM projects including planning, schedule development,
configuration, Troubleshot, Error Handling, testing, training, and change management,
driving to achieve project milestones within the established time limits.
 Involved and developed the Ensure recruiters and hiring managers are trained on using the
platform to maximize its potential.
 Strong knowledge of Workday recruiting for the business process configuration updation.
 Created EIB Integrations and XSLT Transformation script to send Employee FSA elections to P&A
Admin Vendor.
 Configured Security Groups like Role Based Security, Segment Based Security and Integration
based security groups.
 Involved and supported strategic relationships with all internal and external stakeholders,
including management, cross-functional teams, internal business partners and vendors.
 Developed Workday Extend to Create and maintain Business Objects Design and implement a
Custom Business Process and Execute an Orchestration
 Used Workday Recruiting, Orchestrate processes efficiently across Workday and other
systems and eliminate duplicate or error-prone manual processes.
 Developed EIB Integrations and XSLT Transformation script to send Employee FSA elections to
 P&A Admin Vendor.
 Provided & Responsible for tenant build using workbooks, provision and administer PAAS
Environment Strategy, Tenant build, Deploy, Bug fix support & report creation.
 Involved in Simple and advanced integration with Workday Studio and applied XSLT transformations
to XML Data. Worked extensively on web service integration (SOAP, REST API, WSDL, and XML)
 Valuable experience in Complex Transformations XSLT2.0 & XSLT3.0 Capabilities.
 Configured Domain Security Policies and Created Integration System Security Groups and
Segment based security groups and assigned to users.
 Help clients configure industry standards within the Workday HCM solution and give
suggestions to achieve clean configuration and streamlined processes.
 Design and implement requirements in the Workday Payroll-Tax, HCM solution.
 Developed Deployment guide for client users and Developed Complex Workday Studio with APIs.
 Configured PECI/PICOF Templates to send payroll changes data to ADP.
 Connect with OTTS for test case Scenarios and Coordinate with AMS/OTSS FOR Issues.
 Written Complex XSLT Scripts and to transform the data into various formats.
 Experience reading and converting other formats (JSON, Text with different delimiters)
 Experience with API calls and managing multiple web services in a single integration.
 Developed custom reports using Workday Report Writer like Candidate Search Audit, Job
Requisition by Cost Center, Employee Contract Status, Headcount Analysis, Time Block Audits,
Employee Accruals, Health Care Coverage Audit, Benefit Changes Audit.
 Created calculated Fields using various functions and used them in custom reports and Integrations.
 Developed Custom reports using Workday Report Writer and Workday Studio BIRT and
Modified Workday Standard reports according to client requirements.
 Involved in migrating the data from one environment to another using a new object transfer tool.

Technical Environment: Workday 30/29, EIB, Workday Studio, XML, Web Services, XSLT 3.0,
Report Writer.
Hexaware Technologies May 2019 – Mar 2021
Sr. Workday integrations Consultant Chennai, IND

Key Activities Performed

 Involved Implementation of Workday HCM, Finance like Core HR, Workday Recruiting,
onboarding, Base-Comp, Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, Time Tracking.
 Maintains policy and procedures documentation in support of business processes and end-user
training.
 Provide Client support in helping clients make key business process decisions and reporting with
the required agencies.
 Used Workday Extend to build our Assistance app allowed us to replace a manual process
with a streamlined, digital experience.
 Involved and supported strategic relationships with all internal and external stakeholders,
including management, cross-functional teams, internal business partners and vendors.
 Valuable experience in Complex Transformations XSLT2.0 & XSLT3.0 Capabilities
 Involved and developed the workday integrations for the third-party payments of Pay Trace.
 Developed the integrations for the Used third party Pay trace for B2B payment Solutions
for accepting the Credit Card Services.
 Help clients configure industry standards within the Workday Recruiting HCM solution and
give suggestions to achieve clean configuration and streamlined processes.
 Design and implement requirements in the Workday Recruiting, HCM solution.
 Provided & Responsible for tenant build using workbooks, provision and administer PAAS
Environment Strategy, Tenant build, Deploy, Bug fix support & report creation, and testing of
Workday Recruiting module.
 Configured Core Connector Worker to send Employee Changes to Internal Data Warehouse system.
 Created EIB Integrations and XSLT Transformation script to send Employee FSA elections to P&A
Admin Vendor.
 Configured Security Groups like Role Based Security, Segment Based Security and Integration
based security groups.
 Connect with OTTS for test case Scenarios and Coordinate with AMS/OTSS FOR Issues.
 Created different custom reports like Advanced, Matrix, Composite Custom Reports for Benefits
Audit, Workday Recruiting, Time off balances and accruals using Workday Report Writer.
 Worked on various enhancements related to EIB Integrations, Core Connectors, CCB, Studio
Integrations and Custom Reports
 Developed multi-dimensional reports and analytics with the ability to drill down to transaction-level
Details.
 Worked on Simple and advanced integration with Workday Studio and applied XSLT transformations
to XML Data. Worked extensively on web service integration (SOAP, WSDL, and XML)
 Used delivered ETV/XTT functions from a Custom XSLT file to transform the content into a CSV file
format.
 Good Experience on Java and Configured PECI/PICOF Templates to send payroll changes data.
 Worked Extensively and Shared the knowledge with the team.
 Experience reading and converting other formats (JSON, Text with different delimiters)
 Good Experience on DocuSign, ServiceNow, Move works, AD, OKTA experience.
 Created advanced reports and used those reports as RAAS (report as a service) REST calls to extract
data from workday to studio and use it as per the integration requirements.
 Assessed the data and security issues with the data from the reporting perspective.
 Experience in using XML, XPATH, WSDL and XSD. Ability to write XSL transformations to
transform the web service (SOAP) requests to meet the requirements.
 Created Unit Test scripts, created test data by running various BPs and Tested the Integrations.
 Good Experience on GitLab & Created QA Test Plans and Test Cases for Integrations Q-Testing and
Functional Testing

Technical Environment: Workday 27/28, EIB, Workday Studio, XML, Web Services, XSLT 2.0, Report
Writer.

Wipro Technologies May 2017 –Mar 2019

Sr. Workday Integration Consultant Chennai, IND

Key Activities Performed

 Involved in Gather and Analyze requirements, collaborate with business Stake holders and
Configure new Workday Features.
 Worked collaboratively across HCM Modules HR, Payroll, Benefits, Base Compensation,
Workday Recruiting, and Performance Goals to gain maximum efficiency from the various
modules used by HR.
 Implemented in HCM project including planning, schedule development, configuration,
testing, training, and change management, driving to achieve project milestones within
the established time limits.
 Provide Client support in helping clients make key business process decisions and reporting with
the required agencies.
 Configured Cloud Connector for Benefits, Compensation, for Delta Dental, United Concordia, and
Express Scripts to send Benefits Enrollment data to Benefits Providers.
 Collaborated with Functional Users, gather report requirements, Fit- Gap analysis and
build new Integrations and custom reports.
 Provide HCM support in helping clients make key business process decisions.
  Provided & Responsible for tenant build using workbooks, provision and administer PAAS
Environment Strategy, Tenant build, Deploy, Bug fix support & report creation, and testing
of Workday Payroll module.
 Strong knowledge of Workday security framework, business process configuration.
 Help clients configure industry standards within the Workday Payroll-Tax, HCM solution
and give suggestions to achieve clean configuration and streamlined processes.
 Configured Security Groups like Role Based Security, Segment Based Security and Integration
based security groups.
 Design and implement requirements in the Workday Payroll-Tax, HCM solution.
 Created Inbound Workday Studio to populate the Employee Certificates data into Workday.
 Configured Integrations in Business Processes, added step rules and Notifications to BPs.
 Trained users in Configurations, Security, Report Building and Business Processes.
 Configured WBN Wells Fargo Retirement Savings Outbound, ADP FSA Commuter Benefits,
Compensation, Saurian Health Plan Medical.
 Good Experience on Java and Configured PICOF Templates to send payroll changes data.
 Good Experience on DocuSign, ServiceNow, Move works, AD, OKTA experience.
 Experience reading and converting other formats (JSON, Text with different delimiters)
 Experience with API calls and managing multiple web services in a single integration.
 Build Active Directory Integration with Coercion and Granted access to 2 Public Web-Services to
update the Username and Primary work e-mail address in Workday.
 Developed Payroll, Tax, Accounting reports like Payroll Pre-Complete G/L Journal Entry Audit,
FICA Tax and Expense Audit, Worker US Tax elections.
 Developed Complex Workday Studio for Hire Right for Background Checking.
 Collaborated with client to build new reports from scratch and build a fit/gap related
to the technical aspect of workday reporting.
 Experienced in inbound EIB's, managing business processes, working with EIB, report writer,
creating workday calculated fields and custom reports.
 Modified the Business Processes according to the Business Requirement.
 Involved in Workday Upgrades by testing critical integrations, using new functionality, and
collaborated with end-users to map out the requirements for new integrations.
 Worked and collaborated with the functional team for any updates and data reviews.

Technical environment: Workday 26/27, Workday Studio, XML, Web Services, XSLT 2.0, Report
Writer, Oxygen

Lince Soft Solutions May 2014– May 2017

PeopleSoft Consultant HYD, IND

Key Activities Performed

  Involved in development, enhancement, upgrade and maintenance of HR, base benefits, benefits
administration, absence management, payroll &time and labor.
 Involved in installing PeopleSoft 9.0 HRMS, People Tools 8.49 demo database.
 Created Custom tables related to tables to hold long names in ELM.
 Setup change assistant to apply patches tax updates and scripts.
 Developed new time and labor rules for union contracts to pay overtime for contract employees.
 Created a Data Migration script to convert the data from PS 8.8 to PS 9.0 during the
upgrade Process.
 Maintain the PeopleSoft application servers, process scheduler servers and web servers.
 Developed a custom Job Requisition System (JRQ) to automate and makes the same
employment process for all Macy’s divisions.
 Developed a part interface to populate the personal, job, tax and general deduction data when
hiring a new person using custom requisition hire process.
 Found inefficient queries and tuned them to improve performance.
 Developed web services for SHPS using integration broker to send enrollment and deductions
data for FSA participants.
 Developed SQR interface for the Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) for the Cigna.
 Developed new reports like union hours benefits report by service date, career reporting excusing
XML Publisher in HR, benefits and payroll modules.
 Developed and customized various online modifications using People Code and Application
Packages.
 Retrofitted custom SQR Programs for table structure differences between PS 8.3 and PS 9.0 table
structure.
 Developed a workflow in a requisition hire process to direct the applicant information to
respective departments.
 Created PL/SQL procedures to migrate the custom queries from PS 8.3 to PS 9.0
 Developed a batch program using application engine to create the online adjustments process to
payroll deductions and garnishment data.
 Wrote a Shell Script to automate the FTP Process for interfaces.
 Developed test scripts and test plans to evaluate reports, queries and online modifications.
 Used STAT to migrate Projects and SQR’s to different environments.
 Good Experience on DocuSign, ServiceNow, Move works, AD, OKTA experience.
 Good Experience on GitLab & Created QA Test Plans and Test Cases for Integrations Q-Testing and
Functional Testing

Environment: People Tools 8.49, PeopleSoft HRMS 8.8/9.0 (HR, Benefits Administration,
Payroll, Absence Management and Time & Labor), SQR, Application Engine, XML Publisher,
Integration Broker, Part Interfaces, People Code, File Layout, PS Query, Data Mover, DB2,
Windows NT, UNIX.