Below are the 4 Project Managers, 4 HRIS Analysts & 4 Systems Analysts with Workday HR Software as well as other systems experience. The Thor Group® provides HR professionals, payroll specialists, compensation analysts, accountants and payroll administrators on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Does your organization require the expertise of a project manager with work background in financial services, telecommunications and accounting industries, as well as specialization in Workday HR Solutions? Technical knowledge involves Workday human resources (HR) Solutions, Prism, HTML, Java, C++, C-sharp, .NET applications, Visio, NextGen, Microsoft Project, Oracle, Lotus Notes, SAS, Tableau, Microsoft SharePoint, Doors, DOVICO, HP PPM, Clarity, Team Foundation Server, Documentum, Remedy, ClearQuest, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Iterative and Waterfall-SDLC. Work experience includes managing teams of business analysts and systems analysts. Areas of expertise cover managing large software (COTS) implementation projects, all phases of the SDLC and project life cycle (inception, initiation, planning, execution, implementation and deployment), as well as running Agile and SCRUM iterations environments. Educational background includes BS in Business Management & Marketing Management. This Project Management Professional (PMP) has Project Management Training & Development, as well as Agile & SCRUM Master Training.

Important contributions of this project manager included managing the implementations of Procurement Management Enterprise System (Coupa) and HR Solution (Workday) initiatives across multiples business units. Key roles involved collaborating with the business units to identify areas requiring decisions and clarification to define project scope/ objectives of required solution, as well as determining high level budget and timeline to implement solution. In addition, this individual coordinated brainstorm sessions to identify and assess risks.

Functions involved working across IT to ensure that all integration components supporting the end-to-end solution were engaged, in addition to facilitating joint application designs sessions across the IT teams. Part of the skills brought to the table covered facilitating the creation, review and approval of project deliverables/ artifacts to ensure compliance with project management office procedures.

What can a project manager with experience in insurance, retail and technology industries, as well as knowledgeable in Workday HCM and Workday Financials do for your organization? Technical competencies consist of Workday HCM, Workday Financials, PeopleSoft, SAP, Cognos, Crystal Reports, SQR, SQL Queries, RPM and other reporting tools. Strong knowledge is displayed regarding Workforce Analytics and Reporting. Educational attainment includes MBA, Masters of Arts with concentration in Sociology and Bachelor of Arts with concentration in Psychology. This specialist has Workday HCM Training and certification in Workday Financial Fundamentals, in addition to being a candidate for Project Management Professional (PMP) designation.

Key roles of this project manager were composed of demonstrating competency in the Workday Financials, understanding how HCM, Financials and Payroll were related, participating in sales processes when requested and providing guidance/ mentoring to consultants. Duties involved ensuring projects were properly planned and staffed, in addition to working with the client’s project manager to identify and resolve issues. Other tasks covered working with Workday Delivery Assurance team to ensure compliance with agreed checkpoints, presenting at the executive steering committee meetings and ensuring the client takes advantage of Workday best practices. Assistance was provided in the transition of the customer from professional services to Workday customer support.

An additional function included handling sensitive situations and confidential information with discretion. Responsibilities involved ensuring the project was delivered within the budget outlined in the SOW and managing the change control process on projects. The job covered planning the project in order to accomplish its goals or produce the products required within constraints such as time, cost and agreed quality standards.

How can a project manager & Workday subject matter expert with background working in pharmaceutical, insurance and wholesale industries, as well as adept in Workday HCM, Workday Financial and Workday Payroll fit within your organization? Technical specialties cover Workday Core HCM, Core Financials, Global Benefits, Advanced Compensation, Leave & Absence, Onboarding, Talent & Performance, Workday Payroll, Advanced Reporting & Analytics, Integration Development, Advanced MS Access, MS Project, Cornerstone, Kenexa Brass Ring 2XB, Kronos, HP Quality Center, HP PPM, PeopleSoft 8.8/8.9, Oracle, Lawson, ABRA, Ceridian (Source 100/500, HPW HPL), ADP (PC Payroll, Pay Expert, HRP/B, Enterprise), Reportsmith, Crystal Reports, Mercer PRISM, Equity Edge, Success Factors, Ultimate Software, Oxygen, Jobvite and ICIMS. Educational background includes Master of Business Administration (with HR emphasis) and Bachelor of Science in Communications. This individual obtained human resources certifications as Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS).

Duties of this project manager & Workday subject matter expert covered conducting HR technology assessment and leading the RFI/RFP process resulting in the selection of three new vendors to support HCM, talent acquisition, learning management, and performance management functions. Other tasks included managing the end to end implementation of Workday, Cornerstone and Kenexa Brass Ring 2XB including all aspects of planning and scoping combined with hands-on configuration, data conversion and integration development.

In another job, this individual managed the end to end implementation of Workday HCM, performance management and multiple integrations including hands-on configuration, testing as well as integration development activities. One of the key roles consisted of leading the change management work stream to address the needs of a large decentralized employee population.

Does a senior project manager with business analysis experience who has work background in manufacturing, banking and telecommunications industries with knowledge of Workday HRIS pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes Workday human resources information system (HRIS), Microsoft Project, Clarity, Oracle Primavera, EcoSys, PCM Web, Workbench, Planview, ITUP Prism, PM Universal Workstation, SDLC Waterfall, Agile, Six Sigma, PMBOK and RUP methodologies. Educational background includes Bachelor of Arts degree with concentration in Computer Information Systems & Business Management. This specialist has completed course in Six Sigma Green Belt, in addition to having pending PgMP (Program Management Professional) status. Course was taken on ITIL Foundations ITSM (Information Technology Service Management) best practices, along with ongoing training as Agile SCRUM Master.

Primary functions of this senior project manager included delivering end-to-end software development life cycle (SDLC) technology solutions to meet key business needs and stakeholder expectations while organizing and leading multifunctional project teams. This individual identified and confirmed all checkpoints covering required governance routines or processes. Adherence to Workday HRIS data needs was ensured in driving solutions for data integration processes. Responsibilities consisted of developing resource strategies, budgets, staffing models and tools to support execution, as well as leading vendor contract negotiations by submitting RFPs and confirming Statement of Work Orders covering deliverables on the overall scope of various project workstreams.

The job covered identifying risks/ issues and implementing corrective actions to ensure timely execution of deliverables. Compliance with standards, policies, procedures, and other requirements was ensured while monitoring the project status and tracking key performance indicators. Earned valued was calculated and the weekly stakeholder status was reported. Duties involved using SDLC Waterfall best practices and maintaining governance related tasks.

Could your organization use a Workday lead-global implementation, change management and release who is proficient in Workday HCM and Java with experience in pharmaceutical, media and telecommunications industries? Technical proficiencies cover Workday HRMS, Human Capital Management, Absence Management, Compensation, Talent Acquisition/Management, Performance & Goal Management, Merit, Succession Planning Kainos Smart: Testing Automation; C, C++, Java, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Access, HTML, VBScript and JavaScript. Educational background includes Master in Computer Management, Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications and Master in Application Software Engineering. This specialist obtained certifications in Six Sigma Black Belt and as Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD).

Primary tasks included working as a lead Workday for Core HCM, Talent (Taleo), Compensation, Benefits, and Payroll (PICOF Integrations), as well as dealing with Organization Management, Benefits, Self-Service, Compensation and Talent Management modules. Leading global testing, quality assurance, change management and monthly enhancement activities for Human Capital Management (CORE HR), talent acquisition/management & integration implementations in 81 countries was efficiently handled. Key roles covered leading, mentoring and coaching a global team of 11 onshore and offshore resources. Global testing and change management processes were created and implemented. Global testing strategy and test plans were developed and implemented.

Challenges like developing global test cases and global templates for country test approach and kickoff decks were welcomed and successfully completed. This specialist was the lead participant for entry (go/no go) and exit (closure) checkpoints for various testing phases, regions and local countries. Tasks covered contributing and coordinating system, functional, system integration testing, parallel payroll, end to end, UAT and security testing.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a senior Workday HCM consultant who is adept in Workday HCM with background working in insurance, pharmaceutical and aerospace industries? Technical competencies involve Core Connector, Workday Studio, EIB, Report Writer, Workday Calculated Fields, Custom Reports, Legacy data, Paychex, XML, Business Intelligence Reporting Tool (BIRT), Workday Cloud Connect and Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB). Educational attainment includes Bachelor’s in Computer Science.

Main functions of this senior Workday HCM consultant included implementing Workday Core HCM, Benefits and Payroll modules, as well as integrating with customer vendor systems. Creating, maintaining and directing the tasks on the project plan for the implementation of Workday Human Capital Management were all part of the duties competently performed on an ongoing basis. This individual maintained and supported all the HR Business processes such as compensation, hiring, security, recruiting, configuration, reporting, time tracking and talent management implemented in Workday. Aside from streamlining the biweekly payroll process, auditing measures were created prior to finalizing payrolls.

Skills brought to the table consisted of designing the Workday 29 release requirements for AON corporation and resolving outstanding tickets. Responsibilities involved working on procure-to-pay, order-to cash, general ledger, fixed asset management, budgeting management, cash management and grant management, in addition to handling impact and preliminary analyses in SDLC. This was aside from participating actively in their implementation. Visio, MS Project and Excel (Pivot) were used for reporting tool purposes. The job covered gathering detailed business requirements and automating business processes to enhance the current application systems, including reporting. Assistance was provided in the development of new reports for ongoing customer needs.

Would a senior Workday consultant who is skilled in Workday HCM with experience in insurance, telecommunications and banking industries help your organization achieve greater success? Technical specializations cover Workday HCM, Workday 26/25, Workday Studio, XML, Web Services, XSLT 2.0, Report Writer, Oxygen Workday 23/22, Workday Studio, XML, Web Services, XSLT 2.0, Report Writer, PeopleSoft and Oxygen.

Making a positive difference with development enhancement, upgrade, maintenance of HR, benefits and payroll were some of the key focuses. Responsibilities covered leading the technical team in supporting integrations, reporting and production issues in Workday. This individual designed and built inbound and outbound studio integrations with RaaS reports, as well as configured Core Connectors for Benefits. Several reports were developed using Workday Report Writer such as salary changes, severance, payroll earnings, medical enrolments, LTD participants, med, dent, vision and salary plan reports as part of the implementation. The job involved developing payroll integrations ADP tax monthly and ADP Tax quarterly using Workday Studio. Several EIB inbound and outbound integrations were developed.

Notable skills used on a regular basis included configuring Core Connector for Worker and Core Connector for Benefits for internal integrations, in addition to creating several custom reports and exposing as web services for several vendor files. Workday Studio integrations were developed for PayInput for Payroll Inbound and WageWorks for commuter reimbursement. Functions covered managing business process configurations like staffing, core compensation and payroll interfaces, along with creating XSLT scripts for integrations to transform XML data. Custom security groups and custom security roles were also created. Mentorship was provided, and documents were designed for reports and integrations.

Does your organization require the expertise of a Workday HCM techno functional consultant with specialization in Workday HCM, as well as work background in manufacturing and IT services industries? Technical knowledge involves Workday Modules: Core HCM, Payroll, Recruiting, Compensation, Benefits, Time tracking and Absence management; SAP, PeopleSoft, SDLC, Waterfall model, V-model, Agile-Scrum, SWOT, XML, XSLT, XPATH, SQL Server, Visio, JIRA, Gemini and ServiceNow. Educational attainment includes Bachelor in Computer Science- Engineering.

Important contributions of this Workday HCM techno functional consultant included assisting the client in migrating from SAP to Workday, assessing testing processes, as well as creating and implementing test strategies, SCRUM meetings and SQA strategies using agile testing methodologies. An additional role was comprised of working in all phases of the Workday implementation lifecycle namely requirement gathering, analysis, design, development, testing, deploying and scheduling. In addition, this individual worked on creating inbound/outbound integrations Using Core Connector, Workday Studio, EIB, managed business processes, report writing, created Workday Calculated Fields, custom reports and converted legacy data into Workday. Part of the tasks involved working on creating multiple complex XSLT, XML, XPATH and REST based APIs in Workday.

Functions involved gathering client requirements, configuring solution to meet client requirements, demonstrating the configurations through the development of prototype systems and directing the client in testing approach for the Workday solution. The job covered generating different kinds of reports Simple, Advanced and Matrix Reports to meet client requirements within the Workday tenant. Skills brought to the table consisted of creating calculated fields for custom reports to ensure required report delivery and opening Workday support case for Workday Bugs as well as opening Workday brainstorm idea and questions on Workday community.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this implementation project systems analyst who is adept in Workday HCM, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards with work background in professional services, manufacturing and financial services industries? Technical competencies involve Workday HCM, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Oracle, ADP, Ceridian, MS Excel, MS Query, MS Access, Crystal Reports, HTML, CSS, LISP, Java, C, C++ and SQL. Educational background includes BA in Literary and Cultural Studies, as well as Master Studies in Literature and Software Development.

Responsibilities of this implementation project systems analyst included developing the test plan to validate integration data from Workday HCM system to payroll systems throughout Europe and assigning project tasks to local teams for SME validation of integration and data. Duties consisted of adapting and revising testing processes and training international teams to provide uniform and accurate validation. The strategic test plan was used to generate transaction level scripts for execution by key users. Aside from generating reports, a separate database was maintained to aid in identifying test subject populations.

Contributions consisted of preventively identifying gaps in process plans according to business requirements and providing 2nd tier support to local key users and others on the implementation team. Key roles involved performing data and process validation according to developing implementation phases and work order changes, as well as providing the global downstream gap identification and mitigation. EIB template preparation, EIB execution and validation were also completed. This individual provided key user support for travel & expense as well as Active Directory integrations.

Would a Workday/SAP systems analyst who is skilled in Workday HCM with experience in professional services, technology and software industries help your organization achieve greater success? Technical specializations cover Workday modules like Core HCM, Staffing, Security Groups, Compensation, Business Processes and EIB. Educational background includes Masters in Information Technology and Management, Masters in Management Studies and Bachelor of Engineering-Computer Science. This specialist is an SAP Certified Application Associate- Human Capital management with SAP ERP 6.0 EHP4.

Making a positive difference with giving support to the end-users and configuring the organization setup (supervisory org, cost center, location, position and jobs) were some of the key focuses of this Workday/SAP systems analyst. Responsibilities covered defining and editing the compensation structure in Workday. The job involved configuring and maintaining the Security Access in Workday. Modifying the business processes as business needs like hiring, terminating and promoting was also efficiently handled. This individual worked on EIB, report writing, creating custom and standard reports. As an SAP HCM certified consultant, an additional role consisted of working extensively on HR modules like Payroll, Organization Management, Time Management Personnel Administration and Compensation Management.

Notable skills used on a regular basis included gathering business requirements and designing business processes diagrams. Stakeholders meetings were conducted to identify AS-IS and TO-BE business processes. Functions covered configuring and implementing user requirements into the SAP system. Functions consisted of conducting SAP HR training and providing post implementation support. Unit, UAT and functional tests were also performed. Creating and providing input to the test plan for the project were also completed.

Does your organization require the expertise of a senior integration systems analyst with specialization in Workday HCM, as well as work background in banking, technology and telecommunications industries? Technical knowledge involves Workday HCM, PeopleSoft, Crystal Reports, PeopleCode, SQL, PL/SQL, UML, SQR, Java, JavaScript, PERL, HTML, ASP, XML, CSS, XSLT, Visual Basic, COBOL, KNX, KNI, IBM OS390 & ZOS, AIX, Red Hat Linux, HPUX, Sequent and Oracle. Educational attainment includes Bachelor’s degree in Multidisciplinary Studies.

Important contributions of this senior integration systems analyst included performing support activities for Workday HCM implementation lifecycle, as well as managing, planning, coordinating and executing the 1200 task deployment plan. Key roles were comprised of performing analysis and configuring the integration transmission scheme across multiple platforms. In addition, this specialist coordinated the proof of concept and deployment of secure integration file transmissions architecture. Managing proof of concept and delivery of data masking solution for development and test cycles was also completed.

Functions involved providing support for Workday HCM System implementation and managing sub-projects and related tasks as well as resources. Skills brought to the table covered performing analysis and design for integrations to the Kronos Time Keeping System, in addition to executing data analysis and data mapping. Data extraction was completed for report building, system and parallel testing. The job included performing business process analysis and support for Workday Absence Management, along with handling business process analysis and support for Workday Payroll and HCM. Engineering regression testing was carried out for configurations between tenants during updates and releases. Analysis and design were provided for inbound and outbound time entry as well as time taken integrations.

What can a Workday technical consultant who is knowledgeable in Workday HCM and Workday Financials with experience in education, banking and transportation industries do for your organization? Technical competencies consist of Workday HCM, Workday Financials, Workday Studio, Workday Public Web Services, Advance Reports, Matrix Reports, Worklets, Dashboards, RaaS, XSLT, XML, XPATH, Document Transformation, Enterprise Interface Builder and Workday Cloud Connect Payroll Integration.

Key roles of this Workday technical consultant were composed of creating Advanced, Matrix and Composite to meet the business needs of HR, Payroll and financial application report consumer groups, as well as carrying out a primary role as a member of the reporting and technical analysis team to design and develop reports and integrations with the Workday product. Experience in creating XSLT’s, XSLT Mappings as well as using name spaces and XML files was also applied. Duties involved serving as Workday report developer lead for new implementations and creating calculated fields for custom reports to ensure required custom report. Other tasks covered maintaining Studio integrations within the organization, as well as being responsible for break fixing and debugging of the integration.

The job included scheduling custom reports to run weekly, bi-weekly and monthly based on requirement, in addition to creating Excel VBA Macros for automated reports and reporting processes. An additional responsibility was comprised of creating complex reports such as business process based reports, benefit reports, compensation reports, finance matrix and composite reports as well as employee information reports. The job involved working closely with the technical team focused on data conversion, integration, reporting and analysis. This individual worked on composite reports based on assets and liabilities, account balances, statement of account and budget.