Matt Watkins

• Ensure appropriate staffing based on project scope and customer requirements; manage project in accordance with Workday deployment methodology.
• Collaborate with consulting and customer teams to document project status and budget, key risks and countermeasures, and raise issues and recommended solutions to project stakeholders.
• Consult with teams on established best practices and process improvements; built sophisticated project management tools using Smartsheet that were adopted for use within Avaap.
• Coach consulting team members as needed to improve project outcomes.
• Assist with prospect presentations and sales closings.

• Create, maintain, and manage project plan tasks to deliver Workday HCM and add-on projects; manage project team to ensure on-time delivery of tasks within scope and budget
• Developed PMO artifacts and processes for a startup Workday practice new to the North America market
• Partner with customers to ensure alignment on project scope, mitigate risks, and communicate countermeasures to project stakeholders.

• Managed large Workday HCM and Financials projects, specifically in the government and higher education sectors.
• Acted as liaison with deployment partners and provide oversight on projects to partners new to the Workday partner ecosystem.
• Provided guidance to deployment partners and customers by acting as Delivery Assurance Manager on partner-led deployments as part of Workday's Delivery Assurance program.
• Performed periodic checkpoints with partner project management to ensure deployment methodology is being adhered to and customers are making the most use of the Workday service.

• Using effective project leadership, managed Workday deployment projects and team members on Workday HCM and Financials projects.
• Managed project risk with effective communication to project stakeholders and provide active countermeasure recommendations when project roadblocks are encountered.
• Using deep product experience and thought leadership, implemented design decisions to ensure success of future rolling adoption projects.
• Holistic view of the Workday service ensured successful cross-functional deployments across multiple functional areas.
• Recognized for delivering quality projects on time and on budget and for turning around at-risk projects.

Engagement Manager (November 2014 - December 2015)

• Managed customer engagements for Workday HCM deployments.
• Provided Workday product expertise to both consultants and customers to ensure best design choices are made for the Workday service
• Worked collaboratively with customer project manager to identify, raise, and document risks to the project and identify countermeasures to ensure project health.
• Partnered with Workday delivery assurance to ensure project methodology is being followed.

Principal Business Consultant (June 2012 - October 2014)

• Architected the payroll functional area for the Workday service on both US and Canadian payroll projects; acted as lead consultant for the payroll functional area within the larger Workday project.
• Named as payroll product lead within Meteorix; mentored new consultants on the Workday payroll service and ensured consultants' successes when taking on their first projects.
• Expanded beyond payroll by receiving compensation and leading compensation and core HCM works streams on multiple projects.
• Act as an escalation point for other projects as needed; assist in mitigation of issues so consultants are empowered to restore project health.

• Led Workday payroll projects; performed fit/gap analysis against legacy system being replaced to ensure business needs are met using the new technology.
• Designed product configuration using Workday best practices and ensured the Workday service is being used to the fullest.
• Configured agreed-upon solutions using Workday's powerful payroll calculation engine.
• Managed risks to the project through effective partnerships with customers and advising on appropriate countermeasures.
• Facilitated end-user knowledge transfer on the Workday service to ensure customer self-sufficiency; developed documentation on unique configuration requirements.
• Shaped the firm by interviewing and helping to select candidates who fit into the culture and would be successful once staffed.

• Led high-volume, rapid deployments for small-market customers being deployed on Ultimate Workplace services.

• Provided consulting services primarily in the public sector on ADP Enterprise HR.
• As part of a large team, successfully documented clear custom requirements that were easy for developers to understand, often with offshore developers.
• Solved multi-disciplinary issues and formulated strategic plans consisting of client interfacing, technology transfer, detailed analysis, and focused design.

• Led a team of consultants and managed the delivery of an on-time deployment of an outsourced absence management solution by developing plans, budgets, and integrated work schedules; this deployment was the first of its kind for Mercer

• Delivered consulting services for an industry-leading SaaS-based corporate expense management system.
• As these projects were largely customer-driven, ran necessary project activities including project planning sessions, knowledge transfer for customer-led configuration, design confirmation sessions, test preparations, and production readiness sessions.

Sr. Consultant, ADP TotalChoice Solutions (June 2002 - June 2004

• As part of a new initiative for ADP, led deployments of a customer-managed full- suite true SaaS HCM service.
• Led customers through their deployments by providing project planning, configuration recommendations, and direction to tools available to ensure project success.
• Worked with customers and product managers to create new features to be included in future product updates.
• Partnered with the sales organization as a trusted advisor to help win new deals.

Consultant, ProBusiness Services Division of ADP (November 1999 - May 2002)

• Acted as lead consultant on an outsourced payroll service for large market customers
• Developed project plans and project artifacts based on customer deployment timeline and requirements
• Designed custom specifications for custom reports and integrations to and from external systems
• Mitigated project risks and communicated project status and health to internal and external stakeholders.