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Paul Darst

Long Beach,California

Summary

A highly analytical and accountable professional known for unwavering commitment to delivering high-quality results. Passionate and dedicated, I strive to constantly master and apply new technologies and processes to stay at the forefront of the field. Extensive experience as a data professional has honed my proficiency in building solutions that effectively facilitate the attainment of organizational goals.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Business Intelligence Engineer

Humana
01.2021 - Current
  • Employ business intelligence tools, Power BI(PBI) & Tableau, to create dashboards and reports used for decision making and KPI monitoring for organization supporting 65,000 employees
  • Produce Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) metrics for annual Diversity Inc
  • Survey, DE&I Metrics Goals dashboard, annual Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) reporting, Affirmative Action planning, and EEO Commission (EEOC) audits
  • Apply knowledge of Workday to produce ad hoc reports, create calculated fields, and distribute data
  • Collaborated with partners on visualization specifications for the creation of a Power BI KPI scorecard dashboard
  • Gathered data from multiple sources, created metrics, and implemented row level security to allow workers access to specific organizations, as the data is restricted/confidential to show progress towards diversity goals
  • Ongoing, perform maintenance and updates to dashboard and data sources, publishing to PBI Service, and security access
  • In role on HR Analytics team, advanced organization’s implementation of cloud-based HRIS (Workday HCM) resulting in new payroll, performance management, talent acquisition management, benefits management systems
  • Gathered report requirements, translated definitions, and tested results
  • Solution replaces 14 disparate systems under one umbrella
  • Reduced man hours needed to respond to ad hoc report requests via development of self-service tools, redirecting requests to Subject Matter Experts (SME’s), and driving changes in security allowing users to access data independently
  • Developed Associate Experience Journey Power BI dashboard providing a composite percentage of Top Box Associate Satisfaction from 30 moments of value along 5 key associate experience domains
  • Converted data source for existing Power BI Dashboard from flat files to the HR Datawarehouse utilizing SQL

HCA Technical Analyst | DATA & Reporting Professional 2

Humana
01.2008 - 01.2020
  • Liaised between business owners and report developers to review and prioritize reporting needs, create requirements, test outcomes, facilitate cross-functional meetings to validate results, and provide counsel and support to the business
  • Created annual applicant flow logs and workforce reports to facilitate creation of and monitor compliance with Affirmative Action Plan (AAP)/ Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program (OFCCP) processes
  • Collected metrics segmented by associate populations for annual Diversity Inc
  • Survey
  • Collaborated with HR partners to provide marketing materials for recruiting using Tableau
  • Developed ad hoc queries for reports
  • Improved Human Capital Management (HCM) services for 41,000 employees by serving on project team to transition from Oracle HRIS to Workday
  • Brought 14 previous systems under one umbrella and converted 650+ reports
  • Streamlined analysis of monthly human capital metrics via creation of a repeatable data manipulation process
  • Collaborated with business partners to design human capital metrics including Monthly Human Capital Snap Shot and Budget-Actual-Forecasted FTE’s Over Time by Business Segment, utilizing the All Associates File
  • Created Workforce Reporting Package by Business Segment utilizing Tableau to display Headcount, Internal Talent Movement, Movement Out (turnover & churn), Movement In, FTE Budget, FTE Forecast to Budget, and Open Requisitions
  • Improved Talent Acquisition’s (TA’s) ability to analyze talent flow by business area; created Tableau dashboard which analyzed step duration of recruiting processes by Recruiter, Role, and Pod; Time to Accept and Start; and tracking of Veteran & Military Spouse hires via development of reporting and analytics package
  • Architected processes using Access to track redeployments of employees affected by Reduction in Force (RIF), leadership foundation courses, and tax data

HR TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR

Yum! Brands
01.2007 - 01.2008
  • Executed ad hoc internal and external client data requests
  • Granted HR Security access for PeopleSoft and proprietary application (MyWorkbench)
  • Analyzed and created permission lists allowing groups to access requested information
  • Executed year-end personnel cost center transfer process: led cross-functional team to gain alignment on timelines and priorities, and oversaw data review

EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COORDINATOR

Yum! Brands
01.2005 - 01.2006
  • Ensured resolution of Network/Employee Relations calls for Long John Silver’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) locations
  • Advanced investigations by providing guidance to restaurant leaders and supporting plans for corrective action
  • Researched cause of increased KFC Regional General Manager turnover and presented recommendations for improvement to leadership
  • Implemented system-wide changes to the Ethnic Origin field in PeopleSoft and HR Forms, and collaborated with cross-functional brand HR teams, Restaurant Information Systems (RIS’s) and internal fulfillment center to meet EEOC standards

Education

Master of Arts (MA) - HR Management

Webster University

Bachelor of Arts (BA) - International Business

Murray State University

Skills

  • MS Power BI
  • Tableau
  • Workday
  • Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI)
  • Peoplesoft
  • SQL
  • Data Warehouse
  • Oracle HR Discoverer
  • Hyperion
  • Taleo
  • Vurv
  • Microsoft Office: Access
  • Microsoft Office: Excel
  • Microsoft Office: Word
  • Microsoft Office: PowerPoint

Skills

Designing, developing, and implementing enterprise-wide metrics, dashboards, analysis, and reporting solutions., Collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders on tool requirements and system deployments., Working with large and complex data sets, and ensuring quality of results, reports, and metrics., Participating in full project lifecycles including definition of requirements, and building, implementing, documenting, and maintaining system configurations and changes., Supporting Workday modules including HCM, Recruiting, Benefits, Absence, Time, Projects, Talent, and Payroll., MS Power BI, Tableau, Workday, Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI), Peoplesoft, SQL, Data Warehouse, Oracle HR Discoverer, Hyperion, Taleo, Vurv, Microsoft Office: Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Timeline

Sr. Business Intelligence Engineer

Humana
01.2021 - Current

HCA Technical Analyst | DATA & Reporting Professional 2

Humana
01.2008 - 01.2020

HR TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR

Yum! Brands
01.2007 - 01.2008

EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COORDINATOR

Yum! Brands
01.2005 - 01.2006

Bachelor of Arts (BA) - International Business

Murray State University

Master of Arts (MA) - HR Management

Webster University
Paul Darst