Afzal Ahmed Mohammed
Chicago,IL
Summary
Over 8+ years of experience as a Workday Consultant in developing Reports/Integrations using Workday Tools and in analyzing, designing, developing, tuning, and testing of different type of Software applications in various technologies and enhancement of new business processes. Experience in all phases of the Workday / Peoplesoft implementation lifecycle namely-Requirement Gathering, Analysis, Design, Development and Testing. Hands-on experience in capturing requirements, implementing, and supporting functionalities with Workday HCM, Security, Absence, Payroll, Benefits, Recruiting and Compensation modules in Workday. Worked on Finance integration like General Ledger, which is used to post data to SAP Finance. Good working knowledge with HTML, XML Parsers, XPATH, XSLT, JSON and Web services. Actively involved in Data Migration activity from different ERP systems to Workday. Extensively involved in troubleshooting and fixing problems at development, system testing, and post-production stages for various HRMS modules. Worked on Workday Connectors/Packaged integrations. Developed integrations with Benefit Connectors (CCB),CCW, Payroll Connectors (PICOF and PECI), and Time and absence connectors. Experience with Workday security like Role based security, User based, and Job based Security. Set up Security Roles and Custom Security Roles. Expertise in SQL, XML, XSLT, and Web Services technologies. Experience with the various technologies involved in Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) development (Web Services), REST and RAAS. Worked extensively on Payroll Interfaces and have designed and developed integrations in both Workday Studio and EIB. Worked on integration requirement gathering, configuring, developing, writing test scripts and testing. Designed business flow diagrams and processes, which included processes in Staffing, job benefits, compensation grades and packages. Worked with different staffing models, defining Hire restrictions to Job Management, Position Management and Headcount Management. Experience in creating Job Profiles, Job Families, and Job Family Groups. Worked with creation of Position and Headcount Groups. Experience with Data Encryption/Decryption techniques, various file transfer methodologies (SFTP with Username password/SSH, FTP & FTPS) and sequence generators.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr Workday Engineer
Capgemini
06.2022 - Current
- Joined the project just before go-live, working with the implementation partner team to transition from Workday
- Focused on technical work, primarily handling integrations (EIB, Core Connectors, Studio, PECI, etc.), custom reports, BIRT reports, and Workday Extend applications
- Attended knowledge transfer (KT) sessions from Workday to understand all integrations they built and took over their support
- Enhanced integrations based on changing business needs, ensuring smooth data flow between Workday and external systems
- Provided ongoing production support, troubleshooting and fixing integration failures, data issues, and system errors
- Maintained and improved custom and BIRT reports to meet business reporting needs
- Supported Workday Extend applications, ensuring they function properly and meet business requirements
- Collaborated with HR, Payroll, and Benefits teams to resolve system issues and ensure smooth post-go-live operations
- Helped the team understand Workday best practices and provided technical guidance when needed
- Played a key role in maintaining Workday’s stability, efficiency, and reliability post-implementation
- Enhanced payroll integrations using Workday’s Common Payroll Input Processor Template to improve logging and auditing
- Identified the need for integration-specific logs to reduce manual work for payroll teams and improve auditing accuracy
- Modified the existing common template used by 40+ payroll integrations to allow customized logging per integration
- Designed and developed an integration-specific log aggregator, ensuring each payroll integration generated detailed and relevant logs
- Improved troubleshooting efficiency by providing payroll teams with clear, integration-specific logs instead of a generic log format
- Reduced manual effort in payroll auditing by automating detailed error tracking and data validation
- Ensured a seamless transition from the common template to the new log aggregator without impacting existing payroll processing
- Early adopter of Workday Orchestrate for integrations, implementing it before public release as part of Workday Extend adoption
- Designed and built an Orchestrate for Integration template to automate pay code delimitation based on termination and job change business processes (BP), improving payroll accuracy and reducing manual intervention
Senior Workday Functional Testing Consultant
Tinuiti
03.2022 - 06.2022
- Company Overview: [Tinuiti/Implementation Partner Alight Solutions]
- Played a key role in the initial phase of testing for the implementation of Core HR, Benefits, and Advanced Compensation in [Tinuiti/Implementation Partner Alight Solutions]
- Conducted system testing to ensure that all business processes functioned as expected, including employee lifecycle events, job changes, terminations, and compensation updates
- Led testing efforts for Open Enrollment, validating benefits selections, coverage tiers, and payroll deductions to ensure seamless integration and compliance
- Verified the Advanced Compensation Grid, ensuring accurate salary adjustments, merit increases, bonuses, and stock allocations aligned with business rules
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including HR, Benefits, and Payroll, to identify, document, and track defects for resolution
- Developed test cases, executed test scenarios, and reported defects using [Test Management Tool, if applicable]
- Worked closely with stakeholders to refine business requirements and validate expected outcomes during system testing cycles
- Provided feedback and recommendations to enhance process efficiencies and system performance
- Ensured compliance with HR policies, regulations, and company-specific guidelines throughout the testing phase
- Assisted in UAT (User Acceptance Testing) by supporting end-users, addressing queries, and verifying system readiness for go-live
- [Tinuiti/Implementation Partner Alight Solutions]
SR. WORKDAY CONSULTANT
Walmart
Bentonville, AR
11.2019 - 12.2021
- Involved in full life cycle including requirement gathering, analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance
- Experience in development of APIs to read/write data from Oracle Database (SQL)
- Experience in working with Tableau Dashboards and converting Tableau Dashboards to Workday Prism Analytics reports
- Worked on core connector Workers (CCW), Benefits (CCB) and Payroll (PICOF)
- Configure CCB integrations for Aetna
- Built integration to transform special characters into proper language, which helps to flow data into downstream system
- Developed Studio integration to maintain career development items between Workday and LMS
- Experience working on Workday webservices (SOAP) for Inbound and outbound Integrations
- Creating or updating Worker’s data, Job profile, emergency contacts, email address by using workday studio and SOAP services
- Integrating third party using SOAP/REST webservices
- Workday Studio – Developed custom studio integration to load new hires from people admin recruiting system
- Developed advanced and matrix reports for EE compensation history, Compensation Data Audit, Bonus plans assigned
- Responsible for maintaining vendor communications and gather all the requirements needed for a cloud-to-cloud connectivity
- Coordinated in performing Unit Testing and End to End integration testing and vendor testing
- Responsible to provide / create required security groups to an ISU and schedule the integrations as per client needs
- Created reports with Workday Report Writer and created custom integrations with third party applications using Workday Cloud Connect and Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB)
- Report Writing, Creating Custom Reports, advanced reports using filters, sub-filters and Workday Calculated Fields
- Work with inbound / outbound integrations Using Core Connector, Workday Studio, managing business processes, working with EIB’s, report writer, calculated fields and custom reports
- Worked on BIRT reports for compensation and performance
- Responsible for design, build and delivery of all integrations during the HCM and Payroll End – End implementation phase
SR, WORKDAY DEVELOPER/CONSULTANT
Clean Harbors
Suitland, MD
05.2017 - 09.2019
- Involved in implementation of Workday HCM for various HR modules such as Time Tracking, Benefits, Absence Management, Payroll and Compensation
- Worked as a Reporting Specialist to create Advanced, Matrix and Composite to meet the business needs of HR, Payroll and financial application report consumer groups
- Hands-on experience in inbound / outbound integrations using Core Connector, managing business processes, working with EIB, Report Writer, Creating Workday Calculated Fields and Custom Reports
- Designed and built both inbound and outbound integrations in various segments of Workday system using EIB, Workday Studio, Core Connectors and Cloud Connectors
- Developed Various Custom Reports (Simple, Advanced, Composite and Matrix) in HCM and Financial areas
- Configuration, Workday Security Configuration, Integration Maintenance and Modification Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), iLoad & Report Writer Tenant setup activities, alert and notification configuration
- Created new integration to pull the new hires information using Core Connector Worker and Document Transformation which uses connector integrations XML Output as its data source input
- Data configuration in Workday using Core Connectors
- Worked on the Calculated fields used in the Core Connector Integrations and resolved the issues occurred
- Involved in writing Test Plans, Test Scenarios and Test Cases
- Tested different types of Benefits integrations during Workday implementations including Cloud Connect for Benefits (CCB), Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB)
- Created a complex pre-packaged payroll interface to leading payroll providers
- Created complex custom reports with multi-layered calculated fields and used these as basis for Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) and Document Transformations
- Utilized Workday testing methodology for System Development and Implementation, developed detail Test Strategy, Plans and Scripts to test specific HCM Business process in Workday HCM
- Strong knowledge of on premise and SaaS architectures
- Created XSLT scripts for Integrations to transform XML data
- Gathered requirements, designed, developed, and documented over 20 integrations using Workday reports, EIBs and Workday Studio
- Created and Maintained integration and Reporting Documentation (Technical design Documents and FDDs)
WORKDAY DEVELOPER
USAA-United Services Automobile Association
San Antonio, TX
02.2016 - 03.2017
- Analyzed client's business needs through client working sessions and supported development of new business processes and a future state design
- Developed Complex inbound/Outbound integrations using EIB, connectors and Studio (SOAP/REST Workday Web services)
- Developed Various Custom Reports (Simple, Advanced, Composite and Matrix) using complex calculated fields
- Involved in the meetings with business process owners, SME (subject matter experts), and Security Audit team for requirements gathering and verification stage
- Developed an outbound EIB integration - send deduction and PII information from Payroll Results to Wage Works vendor
- Migrated Integrations, Custom Reports and Business Process Configurations from Implementation Tenants to Sand box and Sand box to Production
- Developed Several EIB inbound and outbound integrations
- Built an integration from Lenexa recruiting system to Workday to bring in new hires and applicants
- Provided Mentorship and Design documents for Reports and Integrations
- Lead the Technical team supporting Integrations, Reporting, and Issues in Workday
- Developed several reports using Workday Report Writer like Salary Changes, Severance, Payroll Earnings, Medical Enrollments, LTD Participants, Medical, Dental, Vision, and Salary plan etc
- Reports as part of Implementation
- Created several custom reports and exposed as Web Services for several vendor files
- Created XSLT scripts for Integrations to transform XML data
- Created new integration to pull the new hires information using Core Connector Worker and Document Transformation which uses connector integrations XML Output as its data source input
- Data conversion from legacy system to build the Workday tenants during the implementation, this involved developing technical processes in legacy system to build the spreadsheet in a specific format
- Develop and deliver training material and documentation for the ongoing teams' global support
- Used delivered ETV/XTT functions from a Custom XSLT file to transform the content into a CSV file format
- Used sequence generators, generating templates, and validating inbound integration system results
- Designed and developed a set of integrations to integrate Workday HR with Recruiting system
Education
Bachelor’s degree - computer science
JNTU
IndiaSkills
- Workday Orchestrate
- Workday Extend
- Workday Studio
- Workday BIRT
- Workday EIB
- Core Connectors
- Document Transformation
- Calculated Fields
- Workday Report writer
- XML
- XSLT
- Web Services (SOAP & REST APIs)
Technical Environments
- Workday Orchestrate
- Workday Extend
- Workday Studio
- Workday BIRT
- Workday EIB
- Core Connectors
- Document Transformation
- Calculated Fields
- Workday Report writer
- XML
- XSLT
- Web Services (SOAP & REST APIs)
Timeline
Sr Workday Engineer
Capgemini
06.2022 - Current
Senior Workday Functional Testing Consultant
Tinuiti
03.2022 - 06.2022
SR. WORKDAY CONSULTANT
Walmart
11.2019 - 12.2021
SR, WORKDAY DEVELOPER/CONSULTANT
Clean Harbors
05.2017 - 09.2019
WORKDAY DEVELOPER
USAA-United Services Automobile Association
02.2016 - 03.2017
Bachelor’s degree - computer science
JNTU