Overview
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Education
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Marilyn Lacy

Marilyn Lacy

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Consultant

Independent Consultant
03.2019 - Current
  • Company Overview: (Industries -Healthcare, Education and Government, Manufacturing, Banking, Warehouse Entertainment/TV,)
  • Workday full cycle payroll implementation Payroll Lead for Avera Health with 20,000 employees
  • Workday full cycle payroll implementation Payroll Lead for Nutex Health with 5,000 employees
  • Configure, earnings, deductions, period schedules, payroll calculations, security administration, time calculations, time entry codes, time entry templates, setup time validations and custom payroll reports, build and test E2E test scripts, parallel testing and knowledge transfer
  • Workday Payroll postproduction support troubleshooting earnings, deductions, pay calculations, settlement, and US Company Payroll Tax configuration, configuring Run Category, Off Cycle on Demand Payments, troubleshooting Retro Pay Calculations
  • Creating Custom Payroll reports for Payroll Auditing of Pay, Taxes, and Employee Data
  • Reviewing Compensation plans and configuring earnings to appropriate plans.
  • Reviewing Benefit Configuration and configuring deductions, and EIB’s for appropriate Integrations
  • Troubleshooting Integrations for Benefits, i.e., Fidelity, Benefit Solver and Kronos
  • Provide consultative guidance to clients during key steps in decision making process.
  • Assist the client and the Integration team with configuring and testing integrations between Workday, financial systems, and 3rd party/custom solutions.
  • Develop training materials and provide end-user support.
  • Work with clients to help convert legacy data into Workday via iLoad’s and assist clients in testing EIB’s.
  • Configure earnings, deductions, Company, and Worker data, EIB’s and custom reports as needed.
  • Provide expertise regarding key business process decisions related to industry and/or functional areas.
  • Write test scripts for End-to-end testing, as well as test, Parallel testing, and configuration changes.
  • Provide payroll postproduction support to users during processing, including troubleshooting configurations.
  • (Industries -Healthcare, Education and Government, Manufacturing, Banking, Warehouse Entertainment/TV,)

Sr. Consultant

Workday Inc
11.2016 - 03.2019
  • Payroll and Time Tracking Consultant specializing in Education/Government, and Commercial projects, responsible for identifying and analyzing business needs.
  • Leading kickoff sessions, requirements gathering and knowledge transfer sessions that provide clarity and direction aligned with Workday deployment methodology.
  • Testing and deploying Workday system.
  • Configure Functional area according to customer requirements, develop data conversion plans, ensure delivery of high-quality services.
  • Respond to customer requests via telephone and email.

Sr. Consultant

Sierra-Cedar Inc, Workday Higher Education
03.2016 - 11.2016
  • Payroll Consultant leading sessions with clients to gather, understand, and analyze business requirements.
  • Advice clients on industry standards for Functional area set up in order to provide suggestions to achieve clean configuration and streamlined process.
  • Design and implement Workday Payroll and Time Tracking.
  • Devise creative solutions for events not captured by standard Workday set up.
  • Demonstrate configurations through the development of prototype systems, work with clients to help convert legacy data.
  • Verified data integrity and accuracy.
  • Responded to customer requests via telephone and email.
  • Produced ad hoc reports and documents for senior team members.

Lead Consultant

CPSG Partners Workday
03.2015 - 11.2015
  • Payroll Consultant responsible for reviewing and analyzing client data and configuring Workday solution.
  • Demonstrate configurations through the development of prototype systems.
  • Assist client in testing the Workday solution.
  • Assist Integrations Consulting configure and test integrations between Workday and third party.
  • Delivery Assurance to ensure compliance with agreed checkpoints.
  • Prioritized projects and project tasks depending upon key milestones and deadline dates.
  • Identified business issues through careful collaboration with key stakeholders.
  • Determined areas that needed improvement and implemented processes that would alleviate these issues.
  • Coordinated with systems partners to finalize designs and confirm requirements.
  • Directed onsite training for business users to maximize productivity.
  • Collaborated with clients from concept through final delivery of product and service.

Workday Lead Consultant

HighPoint Solutions
10.2014 - 03.2015
  • Provide HCM, Payroll and Benefit postproduction support on configuration changes and new release updates.
  • Present complex material to clients and bring contentious issues to resolution.
  • Work with clients to identify/resolve all issues, perform testing, and deploy system integrations.
  • Verified data integrity and accuracy.
  • Produced ad hoc reports and documents for senior team members.

Payroll Implementation Consultant

OneSource Virtual
06.2013 - 10.2014
  • Payroll Consultant responsible for identifying and analyzing business process needs across HCM/Payroll areas.
  • Facilitate requirement gathering sessions and provide clarity and direction aligned with Workday configuration options.
  • Lead Workday implementation process from start to finish, perform testing, and deployment systems integration.
  • Consulting with clients on a variety of data integrity issues.

Summary

Experienced and enthusiastic Consultant with track record of success across wide range of industries. Possesses exceptional interpersonal, problem-solving and analytical skills to provide advice and expertise to client organizations improving business performance. Experienced in all aspects of operations, strategy and finance. Tech-savvy innovator with hands-on experience in emerging technologies and passion for continuous improvement. Skilled in identifying opportunities for technological enhancements and implementing effective solutions. Adept at leveraging new tools and methods to solve problems and enhance productivity. Excels in adapting to fast-paced environments and driving technological advancements.

Education

High School Diploma -

Tyler Jr. College, Tyler, TX
  • Completed professional development in Payroll Accounting
  • Workday Payroll Certification (Active)

Skills

  • Assessments
  • Reporting writing
  • Technical review
  • Business presentation
  • Integrity and honesty
  • Attention to detail
  • Product life cycle management
  • Team leadership & development
  • Training and development
  • Project implementation
  • Process optimization
  • Problem-solving
  • Client relationships

Timeline

Consultant - Independent Consultant
03.2019 - Current
Sr. Consultant - Workday Inc
11.2016 - 03.2019
Sr. Consultant - Sierra-Cedar Inc, Workday Higher Education
03.2016 - 11.2016
Lead Consultant - CPSG Partners Workday
03.2015 - 11.2015
Workday Lead Consultant - HighPoint Solutions
10.2014 - 03.2015
Payroll Implementation Consultant - OneSource Virtual
06.2013 - 10.2014
Tyler Jr. College - High School Diploma,

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