Abhishek Chafekar
AVP - Workday
Pune,MH
Summary
Adept Business Analyst with a proven track record at Barclays Technology Center India, specializing in Recruting Applications Management and fostering stakeholder engagement. Excelled in change management processes and functional consulting, significantly enhancing project implementation efficiency. Demonstrates strong capabilities in Workday and cross-functional collaboration, driving successful outcomes and compliance adherence. I am Results-driven Assistant Vice President known for outstanding productivity and efficiency in task completion. Possess strategic planning, risk management, and team leadership as specialized skills. Excel at communication, problem-solving, and adaptability, ensuring seamless operations and team synergy. Committed to leveraging these abilities for organizational growth and success.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
7
7
Certification
Work History
Assistant Vice President
Barclays Technology Center India
Pune
04.2018 - Current
- Structured HR consultant services to support businesses and clients during organizational developments and changes.
- Accomplished Workday and past Taleo recruiting consultant with a proven track record at Fidelity Investments, enhancing HR and payroll systems through advanced integrations and reporting. Expert in Workday recruiting consulting, with a knack for mentoring teams and improving systems. Demonstrates strong analytical skills, and a commitment to delivering high-quality solutions.
- Experienced with Workday system configurations. Utilizes in-depth knowledge of HR processes to enhance system functionality. Track record of effectively collaborating with teams to deliver seamless Workday implementations.
- Offering strong organizational skills and passion for learning and growth. Contributes to team goals by quickly adapting to new systems and methodologies. Ready to use and develop skills in data analysis and system configuration in a vice president role.
- Developed key skills in fast-paced, technology-driven environment, including problem-solving and system optimization. Transitioning into a new field, bringing a strong foundation in process improvement and technical support. Eager to apply transferable skills to new challenges and opportunities.
- Organized and dependable candidate, successful at managing multiple priorities, with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
- Thorough team contributor, with strong organizational capabilities. Experienced in handling numerous projects at once while ensuring accuracy. Effective at prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines.
- Supports HR technology projects or initiatives involving Workday HCMS. Configuration responsibilities may include modifications to business processes, compensation set-up, security configuration, condition rules and notifications, payroll earnings/ deduction codes and reports
- Configure Workday Recruiting Business process, business processes including validation rules, calculated fields and other components
Assistant Manager
Vodafone Shared Services
Pune
03.2016 - 04.2018
- SAP SuccessFactor –POC for Recruitment Management
- Configured candidate status set, Recruited Data Models XMLs, recruiting settings, career sites, agency setup and reporting areas
- Designed a workbook / business blueprint for XML knowledge on life system issues in recruiting and providing solutions to help and perform R&D analysis on the Global Impact of the tool provides project team guidance
- Trained user communities and used super users except for the preparation and execution of test cases test plans test scripts handling cutover activities and the preparation of a live team
- Acted as a part of business discussion of SF RM pilot project and Vanilla implementation approach
- Taleo Support and build in Vodafone
- Provided one-on-one and group support to internal users: HR, Recruiters, Hiring Managers and Executives, researched and resolved HR / Recruiter issues and challenges, and provide suggestions and/or guidance on the use of the Taleo system
- Developed solutions to business problems / opportunities, document requirements as they relate to ATS (Taleo)
- Contribute to the development of your own and team's technical acumen
Functional Consultant
Hexaware Technologies Limited
Chennai
02.2011 - 02.2016
- Managing projects from concept to completion – Gathering requirements, creating detailed Business Requirement Specifications working with HR business user group, Design, Quality Assurance, Documenting, Training and Change management process required for successful system implementations
- Smart Org administration - Defining OLF structures/element values and creating/managing user accounts/user types etc
- Building Candidate Selection Workflows (CSW) for different requisition types
- Have also worked to design different Packs/Project Estimators for the Product implementation that the Client can readily choose for their business implementation
- Defining steps within the CSW and marking them as mandatory/optional e.g
- Initial screening, telephonic interview etc
- Defining statuses for each step of CSW e.g
- Candidate passed / rejected / waiting for result etc
- Defining actions to be performed for each candidate status within CSW
- Candidate file setup and requisition file setup, Creating user defined fields/forms/selections, Creation and managing message templates
- Have also co-ordinated with the Pre Sales team to provide them timely advice on the Packs/Packages that they can pitch to the Client and also help them continuously throughout the Pre Sales activity
Business Development Executive
QLogy Management Services Pvt. Ltd.
Pune, Maharashtra
06.2009 - 12.2010
- Executed detailed requirement gathering and business analysis for Qlogy website and content Management
- Recognized & recommended new key performance indicators KPI’s for Sales Cycle
- Cooperated with key decision makers in target organizations for business development in pre-sales negotiation stages
- Monitored& assisted team of 3 business development executives & channel sales and marketing activities
Lecturer
IIST
Indore
01.2006 - 05.2007
- Participated in departmental committees related to curriculum planning, assessment initiatives, program review processes.
- Served as a mentor to new faculty members within the department.
- Created and distributed course syllabus to share course outline with students.
- Monitored student progress through frequent assessments of various computer tasks.
Education
PGDM -
BITM
Pune01.2009
B.E. (C.S) -
JIT
Borawan, M.P01.2005
Skills
- Workday and in past Taleo applications management
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Incident, problem and change Management
- Effective relationship building
- Agile and scrum environments
- Functional & business requirements
- Project planning and development
- Human resources management
- Operations management
- User training
- Business process design
- Talent management
- Workday configuration
Certification
- Agile Scrum Product Owner, 2024
- ITIL Version 4 , 2023
- Certified Agile Scrum Master, 2020
- PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner Certificate, 2020
- Prince2 Foundation, 2016
- ITIL V3 Service Operation, 2013
- ITIL V3 Foundation, 2009
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Marathi
Personal Information
- Pan Number: AMLPC3739P
- Passport Number: Z3656650
- Passport Expiry Date: 04/21/26
- Date of Birth: 10/30/82
- Visa Status: US B1 – Approved
Timeline
Assistant Vice President
Barclays Technology Center India
04.2018 - Current
Assistant Manager
Vodafone Shared Services
03.2016 - 04.2018
Functional Consultant
Hexaware Technologies Limited
02.2011 - 02.2016
Business Development Executive
QLogy Management Services Pvt. Ltd.
06.2009 - 12.2010
Lecturer
IIST
01.2006 - 05.2007
PGDM -
BITM
B.E. (C.S) -
JIT
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