Pushkar Soman

• Acted as Functional/Integration SME for HR for large scale end-to-end HR transformation programs includes strategy, business analysis, project management and execution. Supported various business areas for successful UAT completion and Workday Go-live and successful BAU transition post hyper care support.
• Expertise in creating BRDs, demand management, estimations, lead Scrum calls and manage user expectations
• Good hands-on experience in creating new deduction codes, security groups, eligibility rules update etc. as part of year end payroll process. Strong US Payroll knowledge.
• Work closely with Business Partners on rollouts of new features and processes in Workday.
• Successfully implemented the process improvements for Payroll department by configuring/designing Workday business processes.
• Hands-on experience on Benefits administration, open enrolments, defining and configuring the eligibility rules. Experience on configuring the benefits cloud connect templates and implementing new benefit plans.
• •Experience in building Test Scenarios for Multi-Country Rollouts. Act as a domain SME for fit-gap, process design and reengineering.
• Expert in Workday HCM Reports, Calculated Fields, EIB Load, supporting business users for R1, R2 releases
• Expertise in creating Test Strategy, Test Plan and identifying process gaps in E2E process flows for implementation projects
• Extensive hands-on experience in designing and documenting various Inbound, Outbound, Internal processing Interfaces with various 3rd party systems as lead HCM functional consultant.
• Excellent Verbal and written communication, deliver quality work, Self-starter and ready to take up challenging work, able to create a positive work environment. Experience in managing team of consultants for Large complex implementations and support engagements

· Develop relationships with external clients and organizations to assess their technology, support, and security needs

· Offer innovative solutions that meet clients' needs while remaining cost effective

· Manage Portfolio by creating timelines, adhering to budgets, and assigning staff members

· Perform Debt Analysis and Portfolio Rationalization in line with customer needs

· Coordinate troubleshooting, support, and service for HR portfolio applications and manage stakeholder expectations.

· Manage demand and prioritization of work items on weekly basis.

· Identify the automation opportunities and research the market for latest tools and technology

· Successfully onboard new business applications to HR portfolio.

· Gather requirements on new Workday integrations, minor enhancements and major enhancements

· Create Functional/Technical design documents and lead the development team for implementing best practices

· Lead the regression testing efforts for Major Workday releases.

· Gather requirements on new Workday integrations, minor enhancements and major enhancements

· Create Functional/Technical design documents and lead the development team for implementing best practices

· Identify business process automation opportunities and build knowledge Repository

· UAT support and Release Planning, conduct functional design and technical design reviews

· Played a key role in the analysis, design, coding and unit testing of various HCM/Finance/CRM implementation projects for Oracle/PeopleSoft product suite

· Design and development of various third-party integrations such as ADP Payroll Interface, FSA Interface, Mercer Interface – 401(k), iCIMS application tracking, eTime , Org Charts.

· Benefits - Open-Enrollment 2009, 2010 and Benefit Administration

· Creation/scheduling of PS Queries for Core-HR, Payroll and benefits

· Build the upgrade methodology for Application Upgrade from PeopleSoft HRMS 8.8 to PeopleSoft HRMS 9.0 version. In addition, tools upgrade from 8.45 to 8.49. Perform keep drop analysis. Estimate the retrofitting efforts.

Performance optimization of operational reports in BI/Crystal reports