Katie Wilson

Responsible for leading requirements definition, end to end testing and system configuration and implementation for key global initiatives on the Human Resources Information Systems roadmap. Project management experience includes:

• Led the technical workstream of a global automated solution to generate Verification of Employment Letters via self-service in Workday. Achieved a significant cost reduction in operations and improved the employee experience by reducing processing time.
• Helped design and implement a scalable solution in Workday to deliver critical health and well-being acknowledgements to over 30,000 VMware employees and contingent workers to support the migration back to work during the global pandemic.
• Developed and implemented an employee-initiated resignation process via integration from Applaud PXP to Workday. Decreased the number of voluntary late terminations entered globally by 6%, decreased termination processing time and streamlined the exiting employee experience.
• Partnered cross-functionally with Finance, HR, Legal, Operations and Talent Acquisition teams to support VMware's M&A Activities. Led the technical workstream to update HR systems, integrations and processes to support transferring employees into a global employment organization of 16 countries. Performed optimization cycles post acquisition to automate manual Recruiting, Onboarding, Payroll and Termination processes for each country.
• Assumed a lead role in the implementation of Workday Recruiting, US Workday Payroll and global onboarding solutions. Demonstrated expertise in existing processes, system configuration and change management to ensure successful delivery of HR and Finance solutions.

• Collaborated with key stakeholders to understand business needs, identify operational improvements and drive Workday enhancements in the talent space.
• Led the global onboarding workstream for enterprise-wide rollout of Workday Recruiting. Identified data gaps in Recruiting process and designed an automated solution to collect missing data via the onboarding tool. Partnered closely with cross functional teams to drastically reduce the amount of manual onboarding work and provide a streamlined, global new hire experience.
• Delivered new functionality, recommended enhancements and streamlined processes in the Workday Recruiting module to support TA business goals. Partnered with HR, Legal and TA teams to deliver automated country-specific offer letters for 12 countries. Presented proof of concept analysis and completed a full privacy review to support the implementation of Adobe E-Sign to capture candidate signatures. Led the effort to optimize offer notifications to improve the candidate experience, create global standardization and decrease maintenance time.
• Served as the Workday Security SME. Configured system security roles, managed domain security rights, provided recommendations and tier three support for issues. Partnered with internal teams and external vendors to deliver fully automated document storage in Workday by developing a segmented security matrix. Completed project on time and within budget to significantly reduce the number of paper files maintained.
• Promoted from a junior level analyst to a senior level analyst in 12 months.

• Provided tier three functional support for global HR users and employees related to Security, Business Process Framework, Absence Management, Core Compensation and Recruiting.
• Configured reports, alerts and business process changes to ensure compliance objectives.
• Created a template used within HRIS and partner organizations to streamline and standardize the collection of business requirements.
• Participated in all aspects of system testing including development of test strategy documentation, writing test scripts, coordinating testing resources, compiling test completion metrics, and test script execution (including unit testing and user acceptance testing).
• Created change management materials and facilitated training to end users regarding new applications.

• Served as the Data Management team lead, delegating system entries, overseeing SOX compliance weekly auditing and managing two global high volume inbox's.
• Responsible for Workday and PeopleFluent system governance including global data privacy regulations and SOX compliance.
• Managed training credit allocations, usage and budget for Learning Management Systems for HRIS and IT team members.
• Demonstrated strength in analyzing and assessing data discrepancies and the collection of data for metric
  reporting.
• Created change management materials and facilitated training to new team members and partner support
  organizations.
• Promoted to analyst level for the HR Information Systems team after 8 months.

• Responsible for ongoing data management to ensure SOX compliance throughout the employee life-cycle.
• Lead a small team managing alternative workforce data management and completed a massive auditing effort to improve data quality and develop new process initiatives.
• Performed user acceptance testing for HCM process improvements and Workday upgrade bi-annual cycles.
• Reduced data entry errors by standardizing input procedures and documenting end to end process flows.