Prashanth Gogula

IT professional with over 5 years of experience in Workday HCM, specializing in Compensation, Financials, Time Tracking, Recruiting, Benefits, and Payroll. Successfully implemented various Workday HCM modules, including Benefits, Recruiting, Time and Absence, and Compensation Management, with a strong focus on ESS/MSS and Recruiting. Adept at understanding high-level requirements and visualizing them using Process Flow Diagrams in MS Visio. Extensive experience in analyzing and preparing key project documents such as Business Requirement Documents (BRD), User Requirement Specifications (URS), and Functional Requirement Documents (FRD), along with identifying opportunities for process improvement. Knowledgeable in Scrum Meetings. Expertise in developing payroll interfaces using PICOF and PECI, utilizing Workday Studio to ensure seamless payroll operations. Skilled in creating and maintaining advanced reports through Workday Studio/BIRT, including dashboards and analytics for workforce planning, benefits, payroll, time, and absence management. Designed and developed inbound and outbound integrations using Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) and worked with Core Connector, Cloud Connector, Report Designer, Workday Studio, Data Conversions, XML, XSLT, and custom and advanced report generation as per business needs. Proficient in creating Advanced Reports using calculated fields, sorting, filtering, and sub-filters, along with utilizing Business Objects to meet business requirements. Customized worker profile information across various tabs (e.g., Compensation, Absence, Benefits, Career, Performance) based on employee type (wage or salaried) and configured Worklets based on security groups for personalized landing pages. Expertise in Workday Report Writing and Analytics, including Advanced, Composite, Matrix, Simple, Search, and Transpose reports, and creating Custom and Ad-hoc Reports with calculated field combinations. Developed advanced reports, including New Hire Demographics, Worker by Organization, and Benefit Enrollments. Hands-on experience with Workday Report Writer, EIB, Cloud Connect, Calculated Fields, Workday Studio Integration, Document Transformation, XSLT, and generating integration outputs in XML and CSV formats. Extensive experience in creating and maintaining Custom Reports (Simple, Advanced, Matrix, Trended, Composite), managing Report Security, Data Source Security, and Report Field Security, and utilizing Report as a Service (RaaS) to schedule and share report outputs. Proficient in creating inbound and outbound integrations through EIB, using XSLT mappings and XML mappings to ensure seamless data transfers. Strong ability to identify and articulate IT solutions that align with desired business outcomes, translating theoretical concepts into practical implementations. Effective communicator, able to engage with all levels of staff and project management, both technical and non-technical, while keeping discussions appropriately abstract. Hands-on experience with full lifecycle Workday implementations, including requirement gathering, analysis, design, development, and testing. Analyzed business and integration requirements for the development and support of various integrations, particularly with third-party vendors like ADP. Configured dashboards, added/removed Worklets, Profile Groups, and Reports as Worklets, and managed worker access based on security group settings. Worked on Business Processes, Security, Compensation, and Custom Reports within Workday, generating simple, advanced, and matrix reports as needed. Experienced in all phases of the Workday implementation lifecycle, from requirement gathering and analysis to design, development, and testing, including API development, databases, security, and integrations. Supported decision-making processes by providing ad-hoc reporting and business analysis on various business and financial matters. Managed customer-centric operations, ensuring customer satisfaction by delivering quality service, setting expectations appropriately, and escalating issues or status reports as needed. Proficient in Workday Configuration, covering Personnel Administration, Org Management, Compensation Management, Benefits, Time, Payroll, and Security. Involved in interface design, data migration, and conversion, providing detailed process diagrams for the technical team. Extensive experience in documenting and gathering functional requirements for business processes and modules such as Recruitment, Absence Management, Compensation, Talent, and Performance. Executed test cases, documented results, and helped troubleshoot and retest issues to ensure smooth deployment.