Prateek Suneja

Company Overview: Audible is an Amazon company that provides audiobooks, audio dramas, and spoken word content

• Managing and leading a team of 10 engineers in the development and maintenance of Workday HR, Workday Finance, and Vendor Payments systems
• Successfully migrated Audible Vendor Payments to Amazon.com payment processes
• Collaborating directly with key stakeholders, including the VP of HR and VP of Finance, to ensure alignment between engineering efforts and business priorities
• Designing and overseeing the execution of 3-year roadmaps for Workday HR and Finance to ensure scalability, efficiency, and alignment with strategic objectives
• Leading Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs) and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), presenting updates on development progress, key metrics, key results and challenges to senior leadership
• Spearheading operational excellence initiatives to improve team efficiency, streamline processes, and reduce operational overhead
• Establishing best practices and development processes to ensure high-quality code, timely delivery, and continuous improvement across projects
• Acting as a technical and managerial leader to guide engineers in overcoming technical challenges, driving innovation, and ensuring that projects meet business requirements
• Monitoring team performance, conducting performance reviews, and mentoring engineers to foster professional growth and development
• Discussed issues with team members to provide resolution and apply best practices.

• Mentored a team of 6 Application Engineers, approve designs and remove blockers.
• Designed and developed 80+ integrations, including studio, Extend, process improvements, EIBs, core connectors, external REST-based API calls from Workday, and invoking Workday listener services from external systems
• Created automated journal entries in Workday
• Implemented a process for comparing key HCM data between PeopleSoft and Workday, which was vital during conversion and final stages of Workday implementation
• Gained experience with Workday PRISM and integrated Workday with Amazon’s legacy systems to create real-time supplier data flows
• Designed secure outbound payment solutions from Workday to external banks
• Integrated Workday to create Hires and Pre-hires within the system
• Developed Workday dashboards for Termination, Adoption, and Payment Acknowledgment
• Automated ticket creation in Audible's ticketing system in case of failures in Workday integrations
• Developed PECI and PICOF integrations
• Reduced remittance integration time from 48 hours to 4 hours
• Designed a solution to trigger Workday integrations using AWS Lambda functions and the Workday listener service, eliminating the need for scheduling inbound integrations
• Led complex security redesigns for risk mitigation
• Configured compensation packages, grades, grade profiles, and compensation plans
• Deep understanding of Workday methodologies and prototype models
• Implemented change management processes in Workday for external audits
• Experienced in Agile methodologies, with a focus on practical solutions for Workday

Explorations and Learnings (Ongoing): XSLT 3.0, SDK, Workday Extend, AWS

• Workday implementations for HCM and Finance
• Led data conversion efforts for HCM (from PeopleSoft) and Finance (from NetSuite)
• Served as a go-to technical expert within the organization on multiple occasions, providing timely guidance and input during critical decision-making moments.

Company Overview: Amazon is a multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence

• Designed testing strategies for Amazon's HCM Workday implementation
• Conducted performance testing to meet Amazon’s HCM system requirements
• Provided exceptional customer support, addressing client concerns and providing timely resolutions to technical issues.
• Contributed to Amazon's discovery phase for implementation of Workday HCM.

• Company Overview: DXC Technology is a global IT services company that provides technology solutions and services
• Provided data from source PeopleSoft system for Iload templates
• Supported Workday integration teams, helping to understand current business processes and participating in design discussions and workshops
• Supported NA payroll, Core HR, and Stock for a major pharmaceutical company with 35,000 employees
• Provided end-to-end payroll process support, including payroll processing, auditing, year-end support, analysis, reversals, off-cycle payroll processing, acquisitions, divestitures, and stock administration
• Applied periodic tax updates and supported Annual Merit increases and Bonus cycles
• Created reports and interfaces, recommending enhancements to existing systems using PeopleTools and SQR
• Led a team of developers for many development, enhancement, and support projects
• Worked on enhancements like creating inbound/outbound Application Engine programs and reporting using SQR and Crystal Reports
• Improved SQL performance and data conversion efficiency
• Managed full-cycle payroll testing, including Pay Sheet creation, Pay calculation, and Pay confirmation
• Successfully implemented the KING Acquisition and Pfizer Animal Health Divestiture
• DXC Technology is a global IT services company that provides technology solutions and services

• Developed a custom Benefits Tuition Reimbursement Eligibility page and eligibility feeds using SQRs and Application Engines
• Acted as the primary contact for upgrade project-related issues and supported functional analysts to ensure correct application configuration
• Analyzed client requirements to minimize customizations during PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 upgrades
• Coordinated with Oracle on issues and bugs

• Company Overview: DXC Technology is a global IT services company that provides technology solutions and services
• Led the major development project for in-house web hosting of W-2/Pay Statements, resulting in savings of over $1 million annually
• Managed technical and functional issues for NA Payroll
• Used PeopleTools to upgrade customizations and retrofitted objects to PeopleSoft 9.0
• Led testing for full-cycle payroll runs, including Pay Sheet creation, Pay calculation, and Pay confirmation
• Implemented critical functionality for employees to review their paychecks and W-2s
• DXC Technology is a global IT services company that provides technology solutions and services

• Developed inbound and outbound Application Engine programs and reports using SQR and Crystal Reports
• Handled periodic tax updates and managed the payroll process
• Analyzed impacts of customizations after tax updates and applied necessary adjustments
• Led SLA-based ticket handling for various modules such as Benefits and NA Payroll