Michaela Kuls Leynes
Workday Consultant
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About
13+ years in HRIS and 8 years with Workday. I have worked in all 3 areas available where Workday operates, including:
- Experience working as Workday Consultant for a Workday Partner
- Experience working for a 25,000 employee Corporation using Workday
- Experience working as a Independent Workday Consultant for various Workday clients
Experience
Independent Workday Consultant
Modules: HCM, Compensation, Security, Reporting, Talent & Performance, Absence, Time Tracking, and Benefits
Engagement: 11/2023 to Current
Leading HCM and Compensation during the Workday implementation by providing expertise, training, configuration development and testing to the client. Consulting in
HCM and Talent and Performance functional areas. Identifying gaps and providing solutions along with testing and setting a clear direction to help improve progress. Created and provided User Training across the board of the organization. Provided post-production support and configuration for Core HCM, Talent, Reporting, Security, Time Tracking and
Absence and managed the rollout of R2 2024 Workday release process.
Senior Workday Manager, HR Technology (Full-time Employment)
Modules: HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Security, Reporting, Talent & Performance, People Experience (PEX), Extend
Engagement: 01/2020 to 10/2023
Managed a global team providing innovative and scalable solutions, the rollout of all workday releases and provided the global roadmap/strategy for Workday. Collaborated with global stakeholders/partners including HR, IT and Legal Partners to build best practices. Provided technical support to the organization and team members.
Ensured personal data and system security are managed and SOX is maintained. Delivered products (incl, configuration) for Reports, Dashboards, Org Studio, Workday Assistant, Workday for Teams, Skills Cloud and Skills, Machine Learning, reconfiguration of Core HCM, Advanced Compensation including Merit, Bonus and Stocks for global rollout yearly, and Talent and Performance processes (Performance Reviews, Goals, Mentorship, and Talent Marketplace) and rolled out all core processes globally for 25,000 workers.
Intecrowd Workday Projects:
HCM Acquisition Consultant
Modules: HCM, Compensation, Reporting, Talent & Performance
Engagement: 01/2018 to 01/2020
Acquisition Implementation for multiple companies/entities across multiple countries which includes design, build, testing and roll out. I also supported the company across various modules and built out custom configuration to meet the company's needs.
Recruitment Implementation Consultant
Modules: HCM, Recruiting, Security
Engagement: 01/2018 to 01/2020
Recruitment implementation for a company with a diverse set of businesses which include design, build, testing and roll out of the recruitment module.
Functional HCM Lead Consultant
Modules: HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Security, Reporting, Talent & Performance, Integrations
Engagement: 01/2018 to 01/2020
Rolled out and managed configuration for Performance review and Merit (Advanced Comp) process for 2019. Provide support for integration audits and integration issues and make corrections. Ensure data conversion between systems, including loading correctional EIB loads and discrepancy loads. Provide Ad-Hoc support.
Functional HCM Lead Consultant
Modules: HCM, Security, Reporting
Engagement: 01/2018 to 01/2020
Provide HCM support including building out new and rule-based business processes, configuration of tenant wide setup of Multiple Jobs, advanced reports, condition and validation rule configuration, security configuration, and Supervisory Organization re-alignment.
Workday Support Consultant
Modules: Recruiting
Engagement: 01/2018 to 01/2020
Provide recruiting support which includes enhancement of the candidate and recruiting experience.
HCM & Recruiting Consultant
Modules: HCM, Security, Recruiting, Reporting, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Talent & Performance,
Engagement: 01/2018 to 01/2020
HCM support included Reward (Manage Award and Activity and One-Time Payment) business process rollout, Performance Review and Merit planning setup; Reports, Alerts, Notifications and Security change configurations; and realignment of the Termination, Hire, and Onboarding business processes, as well as job profiles, compensation profiles, and compensation package/grades. Recruiting post-production support and global business processes rollout including Employment Agreement, Probation Period, Collective Agreement, adding Offer to Change Job, and Review Probation Period business processes rollout; Message Templates, Interview Management, Questionnaires, and un-post Job automation configurations.
Reporting Consultant
Modules: HCM, Reporting
Engagement: 01/2018 to 01/2020
Developing Advanced Reports for HCM, Payroll and Finance during Workday Implementation.
Data Conversion Consultant
Modules: Data Conversion
Engagement: 01/2018 to 01/2020
Converting global client HCM and Payroll data during phase 2 implementation.
Education
Certification: Workday Pro HCM Core Services Certification
Education: BA Psychology (2004) and MA Industrial Organizational Psychology (2012)
