Narasimha Chary

Workday HRIS Consultant with around 10 years of IT experience, including extensive experience in designing, configuring, implementing, and supporting end-to-end Workday HCM solutions for large, global organizations. Adept at delivering scalable HR technology solutions across key Workday modules including Core HCM, Recruiting, Onboarding, Benefits, Advanced Compensation, Payroll, Security, Time Tracking, Absence Management, Reporting, and Talent Management. Experienced in Workday configuration, business process design, security administration, reporting, calculated fields, tenant and release management, and production support.

Skilled in gathering business requirements, performing impact analysis, executing system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), and driving continuous system enhancements. Proven ability to collaborate with HR, Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, Talent Acquisition, technical teams, and third-party vendors to deliver optimized Workday solutions. A collaborative team player with strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, committed to delivering high-quality HRIS solutions that improve operational efficiency and enhance the employee experience.

Senior Workday HRIS Consultant - LexisNexis - Charlotte, NC

(2024-03)

Served as the Workday functional lead supporting enterprise-wide HR technology initiatives across multiple Workday modules.

• Provided hands-on configuration and production support for Core HCM, Payroll, Compensation, Benefits, Time Tracking, Absence Management, Security, and Reporting.
• Partnered with HR leadership and business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate business needs into Workday solutions.
• Led Workday optimization initiatives by redesigning business processes, improving security configurations, and enhancing reporting capabilities.
• Configured and maintained compensation plans, benefit eligibility rules, absence plans, payroll earning and deduction configurations, and time tracking validations.
• Developed advanced Calculated Fields, dashboards, custom reports, and KPIs to support HR analytics and executive decision-making.
• Performed security administration by configuring role-based security groups, domain security policies, and business process security.
• Supported Workday releases by conducting feature reviews, impact assessments, regression testing, and production readiness activities.
• Coordinated with integration teams on EIBs and third-party interfaces for payroll providers, benefit vendors, and external HR applications.
• Investigated and resolved complex Workday production issues through root cause analysis and configuration reviews.
• Prepared test strategies executed UAT and SIT, documented test results, and ensured successful deployments.
• Established Workday configuration standards, documentation, and knowledge-sharing sessions for HRIS team members.
• Mentored HRIS analysts and provided guidance on configuration design, reporting, troubleshooting, and Workday best practices.
• worked closely with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement and maximize Workday adoption across the organization.

Senior Workday Consultant - Spectrum - Charlotte, NC

(2023-04 - 2024-03)

Served as a Workday HRIS Consultant, providing functional support and configuration across Core HCM, Recruiting, Onboarding, Benefits, Compensation, Time Tracking, Absence, Security, and Reporting modules.

• Partnered with HR, Payroll, Talent Acquisition, Compensation, and Benefits teams to gather business requirements and translate them into scalable Workday solutions.
• Configured and maintained Workday Business Processes, organizations, condition rules, validations, notifications, and approvals to support end-to-end HR operations.
• Configured and optimized Workday Recruiting by creating job requisitions, interview workflows, offer processes, candidate stages, and onboarding integration.
• Designed and maintained Onboarding and Offboarding business processes, including pre-hire activities, new hire tasks, equipment provisioning, and termination workflows.
• Configured and administered Workday Benefits including eligibility rules, benefit plans, life events, open enrollment, dependent coverage, and integration support with third-party benefit vendors.
• Configured Advanced Compensation including merit cycles, bonus plans, stock plans, salary grades, grade profiles, compensation packages, eligibility rules, and compensation review processes.
• Configured and maintained Time Tracking and Absence Management, including time entry validations, work schedules, holiday calendars, accrual rules, carryover policies, leave plans, and eligibility criteria.
• Developed and maintained Workday Security by configuring role-based security groups, domain security policies, business process security policies, segmented security, and user-based security assignments.
• Managed user provisioning, de-provisioning, role assignments, and periodic security audits to ensure compliance with organizational security standards.
• Utilized Workday Object Transporter (OX 2.0) to migrate configuration objects, security policies, business processes, reports, and calculated fields across Implementation, Sandbox, Preview, and Production tenants.
• Developed Advanced Reports, Matrix Reports, Composite Reports, Dashboards, and Scorecards using Report Writer, custom data sources, and complex calculated fields to support HR and executive reporting.
• Built complex Calculated Fields including Lookup Related Value, Evaluate Expression, Extract Single Instance, True/False, Arithmetic, Date Difference, and Aggregate functions.
• Created Custom Reports to support Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, Recruiting, Security, and Compliance reporting requirements.
• Performed tenant management, supported Workday bi-annual releases, conducted impact assessments, regression testing, and implemented new Workday features and enhancements.
• Created and executed Unit Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and regression testing for new configurations, business processes, and Workday releases.
• Investigated and resolved complex production issues through root cause analysis, configuration reviews, and collaboration with cross-functional technical and functional teams.
• Worked closely with Workday Integration teams to validate inbound and outbound integrations using Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) and support third-party vendor interfaces.
• Developed functional design documents, configuration workbooks, test scripts, deployment documentation, and end-user training materials.
• Participated in change management, release planning, production deployments, and post-production support activities.
• Recommended Workday best practices, process improvements, and automation opportunities to enhance HR operational efficiency and improve user experience.
• Provided production support by troubleshooting issues related to recruiting, onboarding, compensation, benefits, security, time tracking, absence, and reporting while ensuring adherence to SLAs.

Workday Product Solution Consultant - JPMC - Charlotte, NC

(2021-11 - 2023-04)

Responsible for configuring business processes, creating compensation plans, launching compensation reviews, and creating custom reports and configuring security across the compensation module.

• Configured Scorecards eligibility rules and goals.
• Configured initiate compensation review business process and modified business process security policies as per the requirement.
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Master of science - Electronics - Northwestern Polytechnic University (2016-04)