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Prashant Adhikari

Prashant Adhikari

Noida

Summary

Overall 11 years of experience in ERP domain (both traditional and Cloud based) and Global Payroll processing. Have rich experience in designing the solutions and translating the business requirement into technical blueprint. Have 7.5 years of experience in Workday. Having 7.5 years of experience in Workday environment (functional and integration) which includes 6 implementation and several support projects and M&A project. Highly proficient in training delivery. Highly proficient in consulting clients in best practices in Workday environment and stake holder management. Lead the design sessions. Have the rich experience of working in HR IT Department and work closely with HR stakeholders. Highly proficient in developing and supporting Workday integrations which includes PECI, PICOF, Core connector, Studio Integration. Done several Web services API and Custom API integrations. Migration expert. Proficient in reporting and calculated fields. Possesses strong functional knowledge in Workday Core HCM, Payroll, Recruitment, EIB Loads and Benefits. Human Resource Technology & Business Transformation Consultant with extensive experience in redesigning complex end to end global business process & technology solutions. Strong technical aptitude and demonstrated ability to drive small to large scale projects that optimize business processes while streamlining technical solutions. Possess a dynamic approach working with project teams allowing for on-time delivery of results while bringing levity to intense project timelines & having fun in the process.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
3
3
Certificate

Work History

Workday Manager

Mercer Consulting
Noida
12.2021 - Current
  • Leading implementations team
  • Leading AMS Projects
  • Conduct training for whole Workday Practice
  • Client relations and Vendor engagement
  • Lead design sessions, integrations review, DR sessions
  • PECI, PICOF Integrations
  • Proficient in reporting and calculated fields
  • Migration Expert with Object transporter 1.0 and 2.0
  • Web services and Custom API
  • Benefit Connectors,Core Connectors
  • FInancial Integrations
  • XLST, document transformations, security
  • Studio Integrations build and architecture
  • Estimation for new Integrations
  • Integration Landscape designing and Integration strategy
  • Training junior associates
  • Data migration
  • Third Party Payroll design and build
  • Reporting

Workday Architect

TSYS International
Noida
11.2018 - 12.2021
  • Prism Analytics implementation
  • Lead design sessions
  • Automating WD recruiting to great extent in order to avoid Manual Efforts by recruiters by implementing new features
  • Build custom HR Reports, Prism integrations, BIRT, worksheets, discovery board and dashboard
  • Creating and enhancing Integration landscape
  • Designing solutions, fit gap analysis
  • Act as bridge between HRIS Team, Technical Team and Stakeholder and Vendor management
  • Translate customer requirement into technical design and feasible solution
  • Tenant merger activities, creating new integration (All types of Integration), updating Business processes and reports, data migration, EIB Loads
  • Delivering and carving HR-IT Roadmap
  • Managing team and work distribution
  • Enhancing/Managing Business processes, creating and evaluating condition rules
  • Consistently manage stakeholder expectations
  • Work closely with clients and Stakeholders to build backlog
  • Prune, prioritize and maintain product backlog
  • Enhance business processes
  • Supporting and implementing functional modules of Recruitment, Compensation, Payroll, Talent and Time module as well
  • Responsible for Workday release testing and implementing and analyzing new features
  • Creating and enhancing security roles
  • Adding and changing validation and conditional rules in Business processes
  • Fixing/changing integrations and troubleshooting integration issues
  • New PECI/PICOF Interfaces creation and support
  • Configure Report alerts and New Report creations
  • Creating inbound EIBs and loading bulk data
  • Custom objects and new solution
  • Workday R1/R2 release analysis and impact
  • Creating and building questionnaire and Attaching rules to BPs
  • Created several integrations (Outbound EIB using XSLT, Connectors) for 3rd party applications
  • Created several Studio Integration including one loading phishing data to Cornerstones
  • Developed various Studio integrations to load Pay Inputs into Workday Payroll
  • Created new Interface for ICD for new hires equipment request
  • Reports on Compensation, job requisition, payroll, validation reports
  • Ticket monitoring and weekly status update calls with stakeholders.

Workday Technical Lead

Covestro AG
Mumbai
03.2016 - 10.2018
  • SAP to Workday Interfaces and process transformation designing
  • Taking requirements from Stake holders and business owners and splitting into stories/backlogs
  • Participates in discovery phase of projects to develop high-level design
  • Creating and enhancing Integration landscape
  • Analyze current business practices, user needs, and workflow processes; recommend process improvements and innovative solutions based on business requirements
  • Business process modifications and enhancements
  • Product and feature demos
  • Propose technical feasibility solutions for new functional designs
  • Leading Payroll Interfaces and outsourcing process
  • Proficient in PECI/PICOF Interfaces
  • Created Payroll interfaces for NGA for 22 countries
  • Mapping and designing functional requirement to technical features
  • Mapping SAP landscape to Workday landscape for data migration
  • Inbound EIBs and data loads
  • Highly proficient in Change management topic
  • Designing EIBs and complex Interfaces
  • Proficient in Integration and XSLT/Document Transformation
  • Studio Integrations and Studio Integration for Importing time punches into Workday
  • Studio Integration for Importing workday account from Identity management system
  • Studio integration to import Cost center from Finance system
  • Assess upcoming Workday release functionality and impact to business processes
  • Troubleshoots business and production issues by gathering system information, performing RCA to reduce future issues
  • Proficient in Workday reporting concepts and build
  • Been part of full cycle implantation in Covestro right from P1 tenant to Production
  • Also supported Covestro Workday system post go live and during Hyper-care phase
  • Gone through official Workday trainings to gain knowledge of Workday ecosystem
  • Lead team of 4 developers and SPOC for Workday and Implementation partner
  • Single Sign on set with ADFS as service provider for SSO
  • Payroll vendor changed to Excelity for India
  • Created new interface and switched off old interface to NGA

Technical Lead

Covestro AG
Mumbai
05.2015 - 02.2016
  • Removed the hard-coded text in programs and enhancements and webdynpros
  • Created new tables and views
  • ABAP code enhancement and debugging/support
  • Enhanced the workflows and programs Analyzed the reports and programs and accordingly maintained custom tables for new system Responsible for all Compensation and Benefit Topics Meetings with Business team for new changes and Enhancement in current system Responsible for Global Accruals Payroll Functions
  • Team Lead for Global Compensation and Benefit Team Responsible for Yearly Bonus, yearly hike and long-term incentive plans Responsible for Bank Communication Manager (Tool for sending bank files to Bank in Europe in an encrypted form) Analyzing posting documents in case of failed Payroll posting to FI
  • Prepared RFPs for Elysion project (HR Strategic project to decide the road map of HR IT and finalize the cloud HCM vendor for future HCM system in Covestro)
  • Participated in Deep Dive Seasons of Cloud HCM Vendors to judge.

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT

SAP, Tata Consultancy Services
Gandhinagar
03.2012 - 04.2015
  • Worked in various clients for SAP implementation and support as technical consultant
  • Created data dictionary tables, ALV reports, smartforms, Module pool, webdynpros, workflow
  • Traveled to customer location for UAT and extended support
  • Individually taking requirement from Customer and functional consultant
  • Excellent debugging skill
  • Worked on User Exits, BADI, enhancement framework to modify standard SAP behavior
  • Worked in SD, MM, FI, HCM and Payroll modules of SAP.

On Site

Experiences
  • Visit to Leverkusen (Germany) from Jun 2015- Aug 2015 for SAP Project Go-Live and support.
  • Visit to Leverkusen (Germany) from Feb 2016- Mar 2016 for Annual Merit and Bonus process in SAP and to participate in Workday Project Kick-off.
  • Visit to Leverkusen (Germany) from Nov 2016- Dec 2016 for Integration design workshop and SAP to Workday migration
  • Visit to Leverkusen (Germany) from May 2017- Jun 2017 for Prototype 3 functional and integration testing.
  • Visit to Shanghai (China) for week for Workday Go-Live and support in Jan 2018.
  • Visit to Leverkusen (Germany) from Jan 2018- Jan 2018 for Workday Go-Live and support.
  • Visit to Leverkusen (Germany) from April 2018- May 2018 for Phase 2 Workday project and enhancement.
  • Visit to United States for 2 weeks for Workday Rising 2019 in Orlando and project related work.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics & Communication Engineering

Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Engineering & Technology
Pauri, Uttarakhand
2011

12th - Mathematics

Beersheba Senior Secondary School
Nainital, Uttarakhand
2006

10th standard - Science

Beersheba Senior Secondary School
Nainital, Uttarakhand
2004

Skills

  • Payroll Interface (PECI/PICOF), Core Connector Interfaces,Benefit Connectors, EIBs, Workday Financials,Calculated Fields, Report Writer, RAAS, Report Designer, Studio, XSLT, Document Transformation,HCM, Talent, Performance, Recruiting, Business Processes, Security, Conditional Rules, Questionnaire, Compensation, Time Tracking,
  • Prism Analytics, Dashboards, Discovery boards
  • Test strategy, planning and execution
  • Process implementation
  • Strong verbal communication
  • Debugging proficiency
  • Resource allocation
  • SAP HCM, SAP ABAP
  • Process improvements
  • Change management

Certification

  • Workday HCM Certified
  • Workday Integrations Certified
  • Workday Custom Integrations Certified

Additional Information

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Spotlight award in Mercer.
  • Kudos and appreciation from client in Mercer.
  • Special award in TSYS for delivering a long pending project.
  • TSYS VIP award for special contribution in Workday project delivery.
  • Individual Performance award for excellent work in Workday Implementation for Covestro.
  • Individual Performance award for successful Payroll outsourcing in Covestro. Team of the quarter award in Covestro.
  • Star of the month award in TCS.

VISA STATUS

  • Business Visa for USA valid till 2027


Timeline

Workday Manager

Mercer Consulting
12.2021 - Current

Workday Architect

TSYS International
11.2018 - 12.2021

Workday Technical Lead

Covestro AG
03.2016 - 10.2018

Technical Lead

Covestro AG
05.2015 - 02.2016

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT

SAP, Tata Consultancy Services
03.2012 - 04.2015

On Site

Experiences

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics & Communication Engineering

Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Engineering & Technology

12th - Mathematics

Beersheba Senior Secondary School

10th standard - Science

Beersheba Senior Secondary School

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