Sushmitha Reddy Palle
Summary
Highly motivated, dynamic, and meticulous Human Capital Management Consultant with extensive expertise in HCM applications, particularly Workday HCM Cloud. Proficient in managing end-to-end implementation projects, with a strong focus on report configuration, data conversion, and global configurations. Leveraging advanced technical abilities and Excel skills, I consistently contribute as a valuable and effective team member. With 6 years of experience in the field, I bring a dedicated and diligent approach to every project.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Workday QA Lead
FannieMae
07.2022 - Current
- Working and interacting with all the Customer warranty claims and processing supplier portals Allison, Daimler trucks NA, Caterpillar, Navistar, Paccar, Volvo and Eaton
- Submitting CAR reports as needed
- Developed additional testing phase which increased efficiency and decrease ppm defects Performing supplier incoming inspection and Loose shipment inspection to ensure parts meet customer requirement Responsible for calibration all the in-house Gages, torques and ESD Mats, wrist straps and schedule outsource inhouse calibration for new scales and gages
- Performed and processed end of line rejects, Supplier rejects Responsible for Quality and Inspection of Production units
- Process PFMEA to evaluate and troubleshoot production EOL rejects and customer returns Responsible for all Technical and Hardware related projects involving product performance Testing and evaluation
- Discuss with engineers and Production personnel regarding testing procedures and results to resolve failures
- Setup and conduct routines and tests on EOL reject and Customer field return failures, and NCM related issues, record results
- Performing root cause analysis for customer warranty claims and taking decisions for disposition Meeting with client to discuss the results of field return failures and analyzed units
- Train Production personnel to operate machines, test assembly, and assemble units
- Conduct variety of electrical and mechanical tests on electronic systems and subassemblies to ensure units function according to specifications or to determine the cause of failures
- Focus on enhancing the root cause analysis techniques and communication with the customers.
Workday QA Consultant
Stanford Healthcare
01.2021 - 07.2022
- Involved in developing Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Data (Using SPIRA Team) from requirement document, technical specification
- Created and Executed Test Cases to verify the expected results on the builds we get for every Sprint in Agile Environment
- Performed Manual (Black box) testing which includes Functional Testing, Positive and Negative Testing, Integration Testing, GUI Testing, Smoke Testing, End to End scenario Testing
- Generation of Defect Report with specifying the severity of the defect
- Performed Defect Verification as a part of Retesting and Regression Testing to check the stability of application after defect fix
- Performed Regression Testing and Retesting to verify the impact of bug fixing on existing functionality
- Created Traceability Matrix to keep track of requirement coverage
- Cross browser Testing and documented the results of Test Case execution using HP ALM
- Conducted Manual Performance testing to verify how Application performs for certain number of records (Production data was cloned)
- Involved in Backend testing which involves executing SQL queries using TOAD 5.0 for Data Verification and Report Testing (Joins, Aggregate Functions)
- Participating in Production Release Testing
- Environment: Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS), JIRA, SPIRA TEAM, APS.NET, SQLServer.
Workday Consultant
GEICO
04.2019 - 12.2020
- Worked on acquisition and post-implementation support and enhancements of core HCM Time Tracking, Absence, Talent, Advance Compensation, recruiting, Benefits and Payroll
- Worked on below projects: Responsibilities: Participated in cross functional meetings for requirements gathering during the HR system migration
- Designed and Modified - Business Processes, Configurations, Reports, Security and Integrations as part of enhancements, changes and break-fixes with the End - Client requirement
- Worked in updating Supervisory Organizations, creating Applicants, hiring applicants into Supervisory Organizations, Assigning Organization Roles, and assigning User based Security Groups
- Created and designed Matrix reports that provided analytics and for: Recruiting Activity, Trending data, Key Transactions, Compensation data, New Hires, Terminations, etc
- Participated in editing Business Processes, validating and customizing it accordingly
- Involved in testing Business Processes to make sure they are configured correctly and the notifications are being sent to the right person after each step is completed
- Support configuration specialists and other resources on the team in building complex reports, calc fields Solid understanding of Workday calculated fields
- Create test plan and test scenarios for subject matter expert (SME) testing
- Created custom report in different functional areas such as HCM, Payroll, Time, Compensation, Benefits
- Utilize advanced reporting tools in Workday to create matrix, advanced, search, transpose and trending reports
- Utilize Workday dashboard and drill down analytics feature to create drill down dashboards and analytics, including securing for appropriate end user audiences
- Modify web based reports and dashboards as needed to operate effectively on Workday’s mobile application
- Built various calculated fields using functions Lookup Related value, Evaluate Expression, True/False Conditions, Lookup Related Values, Extract single and multi-instance
- Built client relationships throughout the project and maintain relationships post go live
- Collaborated with business process owners, SME (subject matter experts), and Security Audit team for requirements gathering and develop metrics, reports and dashboards to support the needs of the business
- Created Audit reports to identify data inconsistencies and helped the production support team to fix the issues
- Maintained Business Process Monitoring Dashboard to alert the configuration team of pending processes and to suggest process improvements wherever necessary.
Workday Conversion
The Ohio State University
09.2017 - 03.2019
- Worked on acquisition and post-implementation support and enhancements of core HCM Time Tracking, Absence, Talent, Advance Compensation, recruiting, Benefits and Payroll
- Worked on below projects: Responsibilities: Configuring Outbound/Inbound Integration with different application interfaces according to the requirements provided
- Managing Data conversions and pulling of data for HR and Compensation module based Custom Reports, Security Management and Business Process configuration
- Determining the risks and methods for various data integrity issues to identify and resolve related issues that could impact project scope and timeframe Supporting current Integration and building new integration based on the specified requirements
- Managing Custom Reports, Security Management, Business Process configuration and configuring the application according to user group requirements and developing system interface
- Generated new Spreadsheet template for inserting new locations in workday HCM using Template Model in EIB
- Developed test scripts for integration testing other outside systems that interface with Workday
- Building Studio and Cloud connect Integration to output data from workday into external systems through Studio, EIB and Cloud connect
- Data Conversion of HR and Payroll info and Financial data to Workday from Oracle EBS, Writing Pl/Sql Packages to pull data, create load files and format it to fit in Workday Excel template
- Worked on Workday conversion processes and tools like iload, EIB, Workday Studio etc
- Integrated Workday with external vendor software and across multiple third parties and clients
- Created and modified Components, Pages, Records, Sub records, Fields, Process Definitions and registering Components in Portal, Menu and Permission Lists
- Involved in online changes to the delivered pages, components, menus and translate values and prompt table
- Involved in HCM Configurations over multiple areas: Compensation, Benefits, Onboarding, Performance, Absence/Leave, Profile, Position
- Involved in preparing system test plan, test bed, peer reviews, Kickoff meetings and KT Sessions
- Extensively involved in testing Data Conversion to Workday, End-to-End HR and Payroll Testing
- Preparing Project Status and Defect Report to drive Defect Prevention meetings Followed Agile methodology for integration and issue triaging Conducted sprint meeting for error resolution and defect management End of each sprint did review sessions on items completed
Peoplesoft Consultant
Accenture Pvt Ltd
09.2015 - 08.2017
- Responsibilities: Developed several Component Interface based Web Services for effective communication between PeopleSoft and external tool
- Created Several Row-set based, and Non rowset based Messages, Service Operations, Routings, Handlers and Services for Integration Broker
- Developed five different Component Interfaces which in turn exposed as web services
- Extensive work experience in understanding of Time Reporting Codes, Workgroups, TRC Programs, Value Lists, Template Built Rules and Custom Time Labor Rules
- Developed a customized component, which holds the results page for data loaded using dynamic file-layout, which shows the results and errors if any online, and gives user a chance to rectify those errors on the same page and print those error messages to a CSV File
- Created and Used Application Packages, Application engine programs, SQR Batch Programs, Menus, Components, Pages, Records, Fields and several complex SQL Definitions to achieve functionality
- Developed several complex reports using the reporting tools such as XML Publisher
- Also Extensively used Process scheduler for setting up the reports to run at specific time and used Process Monitor to monitor the status of reports
- Used workflow to route transactions for approval processing and to send notifications that a transaction was approved, rejected, successful or completed
- Assigned security to the developed custom modules such as Components, Pages, Application Engine Programs, Component Interfaces, Web Services with several Roles and Permission lists Developed People Code programs for online Validations and functional Processing
- Worked with Object and Operator Security for controlling user access and Processes
- Responsible for creating, configuring, and maintaining objects to support requested Business user Functionality according to development standards
- Involved in Discussions with external tool developers for data mapping, technical specification, and training documentation
- Involved in setting up workflow for eCompensation transactions.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - B Com
Ousmania University
Hyderabad04.2018
Skills
- Workday HCM
- Workday Integrations
- PRISM Analytics
- Workday Conversion
Timeline
Workday QA Lead
FannieMae
07.2022 - Current
Workday QA Consultant
Stanford Healthcare
01.2021 - 07.2022
Workday Consultant
GEICO
04.2019 - 12.2020
Workday Conversion
The Ohio State University
09.2017 - 03.2019
Peoplesoft Consultant
Accenture Pvt Ltd
09.2015 - 08.2017
Bachelor of Arts - B Com
Ousmania University