Rekha Jayaram
Head of Workday Solutions Architecture
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Enterprise architecture leader with hands-on implementation experience across Workday HCM and FIN domains including Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking, Scheduling, Recruiting, Benefits, Banking & Settlement, and Expenses. Currently serving as Head of Workday Solutions Architecture, leading architecture strategy for enterprise Workday platforms supporting workforce operations globally. Expertise in translating complex HR and FIN requirements into scalable system configurations, integration architectures, and Master Data alignment.
Experienced in architecting data warehouse strategies for Workday reporting with focus on efficient, scalable pipelines for enterprise analytics. Skilled in leading enterprise integration initiatives using modern API-based integration patterns and architecting Workday Extend applications.
Experience
Director/Head of Workday Solutions Architecture - Armanino LLP
(2018-01 - 2026-01)
- Architect and Build enterprise HRIS solutions across Workday Core HCM, Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking, Scheduling, Recruiting, and Benefits.
- Strategy, Architecture for Datawarehouse and BI using a blend of Workday Reporting, Prism, Adaptive Planning and Azure Fabric. In process of migrating to Workday Datacloud/ Snowflake Apache Iceberg
- Design Real time and Batch integration architectures connecting Workday with payroll providers (ADP), benefits vendors, CRM platforms, and enterprise systems.
- Build and manage integrations using Workday Orchestrate, Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, PECI, and REST/SOAP/WQL/Graph APIs.
- POC's building agents using Cdata Connect AI MCP and Claude Agent SDK, ambient and delegate agents using Workdays evolving agentic harness
- Architected and built Workday Extend/Orchestrate/Prism applications to enhance Workday functionality and support custom business requirements.
- Implemented ASOR setup, domain security, and ASU-based agent execution
- Strong working knowledge of HR systems, functions, processes and advanced reporting environments.
- Implement workforce management solutions supporting scheduling, time tracking, and absence management.
- Deliver 100+ enterprise integrations connecting Workday with payroll providers, financial institutions, tax platforms, and enterprise systems.
- Integrations for Contract to Cash Lifecycle with several upstream and downstream line of business systems including Salesforce, Conga, Datawarehouse (Azure Fabric), ServiceNow
- Moveworks Agent builder ITSM workflows, using Workday connectors and Prebuilt Integration Packs
Senior Application Developer / Team Lead - Globe Life Insurance - Family Heritage Division
(2009-01 - 2018-12)
Led modernization of enterprise insurance platforms; Lead architect in core Claims, Policy and Sales systems for Insurance Agents
Various Progressive Leadership Roles - Brandmuscle | Safeguard Properties | Divine/Whitman Hart | Bradley Company | Electronica Ltd
Progressive leadership roles delivering enterprise modernization initiatives across insurance and financial services.
Developer - Bristol West Insurance
Build from ground up J2EE Web App, for Claims and Policy Processing. Extensive use of XML, JDOM, IBM Websphere
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science - Maharashtra Institute of Technology
