Teja Aneela Salanki

Project Name - Mastery Logistics and Workday HCM Modules: LTL (Less than Truck Load) & Workday Initiatives (HCM)

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and document business requirements, ensuring clear understanding of project objectives.
• Translating business needs into functional requirements and user stories.
• Ensures requirements accepted into project are justified, feasible and fall within the scope of the project.
• Ability to get all requirements agreed and signed off by the relevant stakeholders - Confluence page.
• Developed user stories, use cases, and process flow diagrams to communicate requirements effectively.
• Coordinating cross-functional teams and stakeholders to meet project goals.
• As an Agile BA, I work with the development team to ensure that the product backlog is well-groomed and contains user stories ready for development.
• Facilitate sprint planning and backlog refinement sessions, as well as helping to ensure that the development team clearly understands the user stories they are working on.
• Work on Change requests and log them and provide the estimations by Dev team/TL.
• Walk through on LTL – Functional flow diagram to product and Business stakeholders.
• Collaborated with QA teams to define test scenarios and validate those solutions met business requirements.
• Involved in Regression Testing, UAT testing.
• Presented sprint demos – for every Iteration on LTL & CRM Products, Workday Initiatives (Hiring process, Off- Boarding, Department Transfer)

Roles and Responsibilities as a Scrum Master:

• Created and managed epics, issues, tasks, and bugs in Jira and Azure DevOps, ensuring that they were properly documented and categorized.
• Assigned work to team members based on their skills and availability.
• Led the daily Scrum team meetings and sprint planning, review, and retrospective sessions.
• Ensured the team followed Scrum principles and worked together effectively.
• Addressed obstacles and promoted continuous improvement within the team.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to resolve issues and create a productive environment.
• Worked closely with the Product Owner to refine and prioritize the product backlog.
• Maintained a well-organized backlog for upcoming sprints.
• Tracked and analyzed important metrics for process improvement.
• Conducted retrospectives to identify areas for team improvement.
• Acted as a bridge between the development team and external stakeholders.
• Coached team members and promoted understanding of Scrum principles.

Workday Business Analyst: (India, USA Operations)

• Collaborate with HR and hiring managers to define and document onboarding and offboarding processes.
• Create and manage onboarding, offboarding, Job Change workflows and tasks in Workday.
• Managed the Workday exit process for India, ensuring smooth transitions for departing employees.
• Facilitated department transfers for the USA, collaborating with stakeholders to define requirements and streamline the process.
• Gathered requirements, prepared flow diagrams, documented process steps, and created user stories in Azure DevOps for process improvement initiatives.
• Conducted testing in sandbox and preview tenants to validate business process flows, reports, questionnaires, and templates.
• Contributed to the development of efficient and compliant exit, transfer, and workflow processes to enhance organizational productivity and employee experiences.

Project: O-Mart Roles & Responsibilities:

• Conducted research and development for O-Mart product features.

• Collaborated with the development team and stakeholders through walkthrough.

• Managed the product backlog in JIRA, creating Epics and user stories with clear acceptance criteria.

• Designed both high-level and low-level flowchart diagrams.

• Prioritized requirements using the MOSCOW technique.

• Organized and led various agile meetings including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.

• Prepared the Product Requirements Document (PRD).

• Worked closely with the UX (User Experience) team to ensure a user-friendly design.

• Participated in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities.

SAP & Workday Tools

• Managed the comprehensive onboarding process for new hires across SHPH and STSPL entities, ensuring a standardized and efficient orientation experience.
• Skillfully prepared and generated offer letters, ensuring timely distribution to coincide with the employees' joining dates.
• Worked closely with the Swagat team to coordinate and accurately communicate employee information, fostering seamless integration into the organizational culture.
• Demonstrated proficiency in updating employee details within the Workday system, encompassing essential tasks such as hiring, creating employee IDs, and maintaining current salary details.
• Facilitated terminations, including the meticulous update of UAN and PF numbers, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Collaborated with the payroll team to coordinate the timely update of one-time payments and approvals before the payroll cutoff date.
• Possess a strong command of SAP modules, particularly AP30, AP06, and AP09, contributing to efficient data management and reporting processes.

Project Unilever - UK operations

Developed and implemented process initiatives to optimize operations.

Specialized in HR operations for the UK, demonstrating expertise in onboarding, generating offer letters, and managing various aspects of the employee lifecycle.

Salesforce Ticket Management: Tracked and managed HR-related activities through Salesforce, ensuring timely resolution of tickets and maintaining accurate records of each transaction.
Diligently changed the status of activities in real-time, providing visibility into the progress of onboarding, offboarding, and other HR processes.
Utilized ADP tools for updating salary details, extracting information from Workday, and ensuring accurate and efficient payroll processing for UK employees.
Prepared reference letters for employees, contributing to a positive employer brand and facilitating smooth transitions for departing team members.
Actively participated in cross-training initiatives for termination and offboarding processes, including the preparation of exit letters and termination letters.
Managed maternity leave processes, including preparing maternity leave letters and updating relevant information in Workday for seamless HR operations.
Acted as a Subject Matter Expert, providing guidance and support to team members on HR processes and procedures for the UK region.
Conducted daily and weekly meetings to discuss ongoing activities, address challenges, and ensure the smooth execution of HR operations.
Coordinated with stakeholders to identify process improvements, contributing to the creation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for efficient HR operations.
Worked closely with the immigration team, verifying visa approvals, and ensuring accurate employee details for compliance with immigration regulations.

Client: Accenture

• On-boarding new joiners.
• Preparing Appointment letters & Annexure.
• Updating Salary into the system.
• Sharing daily, weekly reports with Leads.
• Employee pre - joining formalities.
• End to end Hiring process.

• Handling End to End recruitment activities.
• Performing in-person and phone interviews with candidates.
• Coordinating the interview process.
• Salary negotiations & Offer Discussion.
• Performing reference and background checks.
• Sending welcome emails and working with payroll team.