Damera Tirumala

1. GE Aerospace – Workday Absence Implementation

• Involved in end-to-end Workday Absence Management implementation, including creation and configuration of Time Off Plans and Leave Types.

• Configured and maintained Absence-related Business Processes, approval workflows and notification settings.

• Designed and implemented multiple complex USA PTO accrual plans based on business requirements.

• Collaborated with business stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver tailored functional solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

• Efficiently managed/led the Workday Release and presented Workday Mandatory & Optional Release Features to the business.

2. Alegeus – Workday Absence Implementation (India & Spain)

• Conducted Workday Absence Management implementation in India and Spain locations.

• Designed and implemented complex accrual calculations and eligibility rules.

• Worked on country-specific absence policies and configurations to meet local business requirements.

• Supported configuration validation, testing and issue resolution during implementation.

3. Sagility – Workday Absence Configuration (Philippines)

• Developed and implemented customized Time Off Plans and Leave Types for employees in the Philippines, addressing specific employee needs and compliance with local regulations.

• Implemented Compensatory Time Off Plans based on employee Compensation Grade logic.

• Addressed complex challenges related to approval workflows and notification configurations.

• Analyzed business requirements and worked on appropriate solutions for complex absence scenarios.

4. Strada Global – Workday Absence Implementation (Netherlands)

• Supported Workday Absence Management implementation at Strada Global.

• Worked on Netherlands-specific Absence configurations, including Buy Time Off and Sell Time Off functionality.

• Worked on associated Business Processes to support the Buy and Sell Time Off transactions.

5. AbbVie – Workday HCM & Absence Management Support

• Contributed to Workday HCM and Absence Management functional activities.

• Worked on complex enhancements involving Calculated Fields and advanced calculation logic.

• Analyzed business requirements and executed configuration changes to align with organizational expectations, enhancing system usability and effectiveness.

6. Co-sourcing Security Implementation (Mobility Global, Bright view, Tricore, Ferrovial, Worldpay….)

• Delivered Workday Co-Sourcing Security implementations to meet client needs for various clients, following the organization's standard security framework and Point of View (POV).

• Created and configured different Service Centers, including Payroll Operations, Garnishment, Tax Filing, Post Payroll and Customer Service, along with Service Center Aggregate, Constrained and Unconstrained Security Groups.

• Configured and maintained Domain Security Policies by assigning appropriate security groups to relevant domains, tasks and reports based on business requirements.

• Configured Business Process Security Policies by assigning relevant security groups to specific business process actions to ensure appropriate access and authorization.

• Created and configured Service Center Representatives with restricted access to their respective Service Centers and assigned User-Based Security Groups to maintain role-based access controls.

Workday HCM

• Worked on Workday HCM implementation, configuration and enhancement activities, covering Core HCM functionalities based on business requirements.

• Configured and maintained Supervisory Organizations, Staffing Models, Job Profiles, Job Classifications, Positions and Organizational Hierarchies to support organizational structure requirements.

• Worked on Workday Business Process configuration, including Hire, Change Job, Termination and other employee lifecycle transactions, involving approval workflows, validation conditions, notifications and routing rules.

• Created and maintained Calculated Fields to support business requirements and complex reporting scenarios. Worked on Security Groups and security-related configurations to ensure appropriate user access.

• Involved in requirement gathering, BRD analysis, configuration development, unit testing, defect resolution and coordination with QA and business teams during SIT and UAT.

Workday Absence Management

• Supported Absence Management configuration activities, including creation and maintenance of Time Off Plans, Leave Types and eligibility conditions.

• Assisted in configuring accrual rules, carry-forward logic and time-off eligibility based on business requirements.

• Supported Absence-related Business Process configuration, testing and issue resolution.

• Worked as a Techno-Functional resource supporting PeopleSoft Enterprise Absence Management (EAM 9.2), handling functional enhancements, production support, maintenance and technical development activities.

• Developed and customized technical solutions using PeopleCode, implementing business logic, validations, record processing, component-level customizations and error-handling mechanisms to meet business requirements.

• Worked extensively with SQL queries for data extraction, joins, subqueries, data analysis, backend validations, troubleshooting and resolving data inconsistencies across PeopleSoft records.

• Worked on PeopleSoft Absence Management configuration, including Absence Take Elements, Absence Entitlement Elements, Leave Types, accrual calculations, eligibility rules, carry-forward and accrual capping logic.

• Utilized PeopleSoft Application Designer for creating and modifying Records, Fields, Pages, Components, Component Interfaces and other PeopleSoft development objects based on technical requirements.

• Involved in requirement analysis, technical design, development, unit testing, defect resolution, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and production migration activities.