Daniel Pastora
Providence,RI
Summary
Daniel Pastora has over 25 years of experience as an HCM, Global Payroll, and Finance technology transformation and implementation leader - efficient, creative, simple, and process-driven. An experienced consulting professional with years of accomplishments in leading strategic information initiatives for global and multinational companies with industry experience in manufacturing, professional services, government, education, high-tech, financial services, biopharma, and healthcare. I am a decisive leader with extensive experience in full lifecycle ERP, EPM, HCM, BI, CRM, and Financial Management system implementation. Leader in implementing change and helping companies create long-term process control. Strong Collaborator with excellent communication skills across a global network. Offering a long track record of success in building relationships and helping many global employers implement solutions to exceed expectations.
Professional manager with significant expertise in overseeing complex projects and ensuring timely delivery. Skilled in strategic planning, budget management, and risk assessment. Strong focus on team collaboration, fostering results-driven environment, and adapting to changing needs. Known for reliability, leadership, and effective communication.
Experienced with planning and executing comprehensive project plans. Utilizes strong leadership and organizational skills to guide teams and ensure project milestones are met. Track record of implementing efficient processes and achieving project goals.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Program or Project Manager/ Partner/ERP
Red Wall LLC Group
01.2014 - Current
- Voice of the client for major ERP transformation projects, organizing Project, managing vendors, help communicate to leadership, status and manage tasks for the client to balance project work with regular day job activities.
- Successfully transformed Learning platforms to help increase employee engagement and streamline processes.
- Improve organizational agility with Workday, working within the Workday SAAS phases of an implementation lifecycle and knowledge of implementation in front of technical and business audiences.
- Certified in Workday payroll and Workday HCM.
- Oversaw global payroll operations, including ensuring accurate and efficient payroll processing, compliance with US and foreign regulations and tax requirements, and implementing processes for foreign country requirements to adapt payroll processes and ensure compliance is set up in new countries/entities.
- Managed the consolidation project of US Time Labor systems, eLabor, Kronos, and Simplex into a single instance ADP eTIME Kronos V4.3.
- Responsible for all global project management, implementations, and upgrades to HR, Payroll, and Time/Attendance systems.
- Provided consultation as an advisor for senior leadership on US Payroll initiatives, Workday HCM, Workday, and ADP Streamline Conversion and Integrations on a three-year project, targeting sixty countries and 26,000 employees.
- Champion projects for Workday Conversions and Integrations of HCM, Payroll, and Finance, including Workday data to Payroll, Time & attendance. Benefits partners.
- Provided project leadership for Workday Finance, Workday Accounting Center, and ServiceNow implementation to Global Financial Equity Partners.
- Demonstrate proficiency and lead Best Practice Program development in multiple business financial functions, including FDM, Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, General Ledger, Fixed Asset Management, Budgeting, Cash Management, Grant Management, Chart of Accounts Re-Design, Purchase Orders, Project Billing, & Expense Management.
- Serve as Delivery Manager responsible for the strategy and delivery in the Workday HCM and Financials ERP solutions practices.
- Present software solutions working with all phases of an implementation lifecycle and knowledge of implementation methodology in front of technical and business audiences.
- Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
- Responsible for defining and driving Human Capital Management and Financial Management ERP solutions based on Best Practices for clients.
- Advised Client on clarity in complexity, and to create a message that resonates with users and avoids unintended consequences.
- Shared Services – Provided a plan to move to centralized processing of typical HR transactions with a center of excellence model to help them move to a stronger ROI for Workday.
- Reviewed existing business processes in Workday and provided recommended best practices that could help roll out a Shared Service organization.
- Transformed HR into a more strategic organization by restructuring work, upgrading talent, and offering more value-added shared services.
- Documented and designed cross-platform services between Workday, Cornerstone, Payroll, Kronos, and ServiceNow for their Shared Service teams.
- CLIENT INDUSTRIES: Health Care, Life Sciences, Medical Supplies, Financial Banks/Private Equity, Utilities, Consulting Services, Higher Education.
Sr. Director of Digital Platforms
Fidelity Investments
07.2011 - 01.2014
- Facilitated development of platform strategy and design to align with business strategy, sales and marketing priorities, and voice-of-the-customer requirements.
- Provided oversight on product development projects, maximized limited resources, and ensured on-time project milestone completions.
- Developed and released a mobile NetBenefits sales app within budget and deadline that allowed sales to move from laptop to tablet and smartphone demonstrations.
- Established and launched the plan for migrating all marketing/sales demos, highlighting product feature ideas and concepts either undeveloped or on the future product roadmap.
Senior Implementation and Service Delivery Manager
ADP, National Account Services
11.2004 - 06.2011
- Managed complex program implementations and deployments for ADP clients.
- Provided global implementation of ADP Globalview and ADP Streamline payroll systems to over fifty countries.
- Launched the first pilot clients on the Vantage platform that included HR/payroll, self-service, benefits, and time and labor.
Principal Program Manager/Implementation Management
Red Wall Technologies
12.2002 - 11.2004
- For Northrop Grumman of Los Angeles, CA.
- For Amgen USA and Canada.
- For American President Lines of Oakland, CA, (Pacerstack Train).
Education
BS - Business Administration and MIS
University of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, TXAgile Project Management Certificate - undefined
George Washington University
Skills
- Project management
- Project planning
- Project planning and development
- Project scheduling
- Team collaboration
- Relationship building
- Strategic planning
- Stakeholder communications
- Workflow planning
- Risk management
- Scope management
- Agile methodology
Affiliations
- President’s Award, AT&T Wireless
- Member, Treasurer, PMI Boston Chapter
- Member, Center for International Project & Program Management (CIPPM)
- University of Texas Alumni Association
Certification
- Project Management Professional Certification (PMP), Project Management Institute (PMI)
- Workday HCM, Payroll certified.
- Certified IT Professional, Oracle
- Certified Implementation Team Professional, Oracle
- Certified in Change Management, Prosci
Timeline
Program or Project Manager/ Partner/ERP
Red Wall LLC Group
01.2014 - Current
Sr. Director of Digital Platforms
Fidelity Investments
07.2011 - 01.2014
Senior Implementation and Service Delivery Manager
ADP, National Account Services
11.2004 - 06.2011
Principal Program Manager/Implementation Management
Red Wall Technologies
12.2002 - 11.2004
Agile Project Management Certificate - undefined
George Washington University
BS - Business Administration and MIS
University of Texas at Dallas
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