Ohi Egwaikhide

• Led the management and optimization of Lululemon's time and attendance systems, ensuring accurate tracking of employee hours, meal breaks, and paid breaks across global operations.
• Spearheaded the upgrade of Lululemon’s pay vendor from a legacy system, ensuring a seamless transition. Oversaw the entire project lifecycle, from initial planning through end-to-end implementation, including data migration, system integration, and troubleshooting.
• Led a team that successfully migrated from a legacy payroll system to a modernized platform, improving processing efficiency by 40% and reducing errors by 15%.
• Implemented process improvements that reduced payroll manual interventions, resulting in a monthly cost saving of approximately $80,000.
• Enhanced the accuracy and efficiency of time and attendance tracking by implementing new processes and tools, resulting in a 30% reduction in payroll discrepancies.
• Directed the full implementation process of the new payroll system, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and compliance with industry standards. Managed cross-functional teams, coordinated with vendors, and facilitated stakeholder meetings to ensure timely delivery.
• Designed and executed comprehensive UAT strategies to validate system functionality and accuracy. Collaborated closely with end users to identify potential issues, ensuring a smooth rollout and adoption of the new system.
• Developed and executed a robust communication plan to inform and train employees and stakeholders about the new payroll system. Conducted workshops, created training materials, and provided ongoing support to ensure a smooth transition.
• Managed the continuous delivery queue for Workday and Dayforce, ensuring that updates, enhancements, and fixes were implemented without disrupting payroll accuracy. Monitored system performance and collaborated with IT teams to resolve issues promptly.
• Maintained the integrity and accuracy of payroll systems across all Lululemon locations worldwide. Worked closely with local HR teams to ensure compliance with regional payroll regulations and standards.
• Ensured the continuous operation of Workday and Dayforce platforms across multiple regions, contributing to consistent and accurate payroll processing for over 100,000 employees globally.

Projects: Dayforce Modules Maintenance (Recruitment, Onboarding, and enhancement of work profile records)

Roles/ Responsibilities:

• Efficiently Identify opportunities for streamlining and integrating processes; worked with stakeholders in development of solutions in line with business strategies
• Manage design tracking log with all stakeholder requirements to align with the vendor captured requirements
• Demonstrate exceptional ability in eliciting and analyzing business requirements by conducting requirements sessions, interviews, JAD sessions, focus groups, task/workflow analysis and surveys
• Led end-to-end implementation and integration of a new HRIS system, resulting in streamlined processes, improved data accuracy, and enhanced reporting capabilities.
• Conducted in-depth business process analysis, identifying integration opportunities and designing efficient workflows. Streamlined HR processes by implementing automation and standardization, resulting in increased productivity and improved user experience.
• Oversaw end-to-end implementation cycles, including data migration, system configuration, and user acceptance testing. Ensured seamless integration with existing systems, maintained data integrity, and resolved technical issues
• Executing process analysis, process gap analysis and creating process flows in MS Visio, developing and mapping new business and systems processes according to new user requirements
• Effectively collaborated with development teams, external stakeholders, and management; acted as an invaluable liaison between users and developers by demonstrating deep business knowledge
• Assisted with implementation of the new solution and ensured smooth transition for users through training sessions
• Maintained implementation plans and ensured resource availability and support from users to ensure successful roll out and utilization new processes
• Auditing data integrity via standard and ad hoc reporting and advising user community to make necessary changes
• Communicate business and operational requirements to selected 3rd party vendors & Application Support team
• Prepared detailed documentation, including functional specifications, process flows, and test scripts, to support UAT and system validation processes.
• Conducted UAT activities, including test case development, execution, issue identification, and resolution, ensuring system functionality and adherence to business requirements.
• Collaborated with HR team members to provide training and support during system rollouts, ensuring smooth user adoption and efficient utilization of the HCM ERP system.
• Executing process analysis, process gap analysis and creating process flows in MS Visio, developing and mapping new business and systems processes according to new user requirements.

Projects: Dayforce Modules Implementation (Recruitment, Onboarding, and enhancement of employee records)

Roles/ Responsibilities:

• Efficiently Identify opportunities for streamlining and integrating processes; worked with stakeholders in the development of solutions in line with business strategies
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze business requirements related to HR processes for HCM ERP implementation projects.
• Manage employee test cases and changes in Dayforce
• Developed and delivered user training programs and documentation, facilitating effective utilization of HCM system functionalities by HR teams and employees.
• Conducted data analysis and reporting, leveraging HCM system capabilities to generate HR metrics, dashboards, and reports to support data-driven decision-making.
• Demonstrate exceptional ability in eliciting and analyzing business requirements by conducting requirements sessions, interviews, JAD sessions, focus groups, task/workflow analysis and surveys
• Actively communicated detailed business process outcomes and capability between IT and business process areas
• Implementation of the RPA changes and ensured smooth transition for the users through training sessions
• Executing process analysis, process gap analysis and creating process flows in MS Visio, developing and mapping new business and systems processes according to new user requirements
• Effectively collaborated with development teams, external stakeholders, and management; acted as an invaluable liaison between users and developers by demonstrating deep business knowledge
• Maintained implementation plans and ensured resource availability and support from users to ensure successful roll out and utilization new processes
• Auditing data integrity via standard and ad hoc reporting and advising user community to make necessary changes
• Drive multiple projects through the solution delivery life cycle effectively, delivering on time and on budget solutions
• Stayed updated on industry trends and best practices related to HCM systems, proactively providing insights and recommendations to optimize HR processes and maximize system utilization.
• Manage system specification, development, testing and implementation of new or redesigned systems, reports, policies, and procedures
• Executing process analysis, process gap analysis and creating process flows in MS Visio, developing and mapping new business and systems processes according to new user requirements.
• Conducted comprehensive User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities to ensure system functionality, data integrity, and user satisfaction.

Projects: Application Tracking System (ATS) Implementation, providing data reporting and analysis using excel and Microsoft BI

Roles/ Responsibilities:

• Worked as a HCM Workday application tracking system implementation and improvements
• Efficiently Identify opportunities for streamlining and integrating processes; worked with stakeholders in the development of solutions in line with business strategies
• Demonstrate exceptional ability in eliciting and analyzing business requirements by conducting requirements sessions, interviews, JAD sessions, focus groups, task/workflow analysis and surveys
• Actively communicated detailed business process outcomes and capability between IT and business process areas
• Create delivery strategies and ensured smooth transition for the users through training sessions
• Maintained implementation plans and ensured resource availability and support from users to ensure successful roll out and utilization new processes
• Reviewed and participated in system selection process as to meeting the talent team’s requirement which involved testing of workday software
• Provide high level HRIS/ATS technical support to all HR teams on troubleshooting processes and creating SOPs/walkthrough for effective system use
• Liaising with users at all levels of the organization to develop reporting needs, creating, and generating reports and ad hoc queries
• Assisted with the implementation of the new solution and ensured smooth transition for the users through training sessions
• Served as functional liaison for ATS database migration and advanced the transition to and implementation of custom queries
• Maintained implementation plans and ensured resource availability and support from users to ensure successful roll out and utilization new processes
• Auditing data integrity via standard and ad hoc reporting and advising user community to make necessary changes
• Drive multiple projects through the solution delivery life cycle effectively, delivering on time and on budget solutions
• Communicate business and operational requirements to the selected 3rd party vendors & the Application Support team
• Maintaining org structure in HR systems and maintaining employee master data when required
• Manage system specification, development, testing and implementation of new or redesigned systems, reports, policies and procedures
• Liaising with users at all levels of the organization to develop reporting needs, creating, and generating reports and ad hoc queries
• Worked with Quality Assurance team to develop test plan and test cases and conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure business and technology requirements are met
• Executing process analysis, process gap analysis and creating process flows in MS Visio, developing and mapping new business and systems processes according to new user requirements
• Developed and maintained business requirements and solution specification documents; obtained approvals and sign offs from executive and business stakeholders
• Document business requirements including functional specifications, user requirement and use case specifications for the proposed solution
• Assisting in developing and maintaining system documentation, user manual(s) and training materials.

Roles/Responsibilities:

• Developed training strategies for multiple new hires using third party software and seminars
• Developed and managed recruitment reports using hiring software
• Assisted with Ad Hoc Reporting and analysis
• Liaised with accounting departing on managing employee compensation and benefits package
• Develop Monthly reports on department observation trends and strategic change solution
• Ensured that performance assessments are calibrated with department and business results
• Develop questionnaires for various human resource initiatives, using survey software
• Contributed to a team environment and worked independently
• Determined employee benefit practices by benchmarking best practices
• Ensured compliance of all employment/labor laws through programs, practices, policies, investigations, training, and actions
• Manage employee data using human resource software
• Creating monthly reports on employee timecards with respect to attendance and wages
• Participate in team performance reviews with the Human resource managers
• Participated with external organizations recruitment and staffing team to assist with filling high level positions and to boost actively
• Liaised between employers and staff across career development and job search to support teams in immigrant clients’ recruitment and placement using effective relationship building and rapport developing skills.