Sami Adnan

• Worked on a large scale global Workday HR technology modernization project
• Partnered directly with external consultants from Workday, Accenture and Collaborative Solutions to strategically revamp existing processes and implement new technology.
• Working closely with VP, AVP & Director level stakeholders to conduct discovery and brainstorming sessions in order to recommend unique solutions to complex global challenges.
• Heavily involved in program delivery for core Workday HCM, payroll, time tracking, absence management, recruitment and compensation.
• Providing expert insight for Workday HCM product suite and leveraging knowledge of design, configuration, testing and implementation to complete multiple projects.
• Constantly partnering with clients to translate business requirements into appropriate technical design while leveraging expertise in Human Resource discipline.
• Advising clients on choices, potential risks or impacts on other HR related systems or business processes.
• Partnering with HR colleagues on projects to deliver efficient global data and reporting solutions.
• Helping identify and resolve data integrity exposures and issues.
• Executing regular upgrade projects, including planning, project management, configuration, regression testing, and assisting HR through any significant system changes
• Hands on configuration include - Setting up major security (Domain & BP security), Revamping Job Applications & staffing process. Establishing confidential req process. Introducing Automatic Stage Routing/building compliant disposition codes. Building Auto Manage Business Processes, various Mass Operations Management, embedded analytics & dashboards. Establishing Workday Record purging policies.

Additional Workday Integration Projects

Workday Recruitment & Phenom CRM Integration Project - 2023 - Present

Workday & Plum Candidate Assessment Integration Project - 2022

Workday Extend - Talent Accelerator Card 2023 - 2024 Q1 go live

Workday HireRight Background Check Integration Project - 2022 - 2023

Workday Global Compensation Grade Revamp Project - 2022

Global Onboarding Revamp 2020 & Onboarding Planner Workday DPG - 2023

• Working closely with global functional leaders to resolve issues for all major Workday modules
• Creating business requirements, system configuration & detailed functional specification documents for all projects/issues. Creating test plans and executing test cases for all tasks
• Log and maintain issues using the JIRA ticketing system in an agile work environment
• Lead and/or support on multiple large and small scale Workday projects concurrently
• Support major Workday releases (biannually), researching new functionality (leveraging Workday Community) and educating the HR teams on enhancements/releases
• Responsible for effectively demoing new functionality and training end users
• Actively configuring and troubleshooting complex Workday issues
• Adhere to strict SOX auditing policies for all configuration and system changes
• Translating business needs to system design, conducting system/data analysis, and participating in testing, configuration and deployment activities
• Research, diagnose and resolve issues (e.g. - end-user, business process, security, etc.)
• Creating custom reports/embedded analytics/dashboards for various departments
• Partner with HR functional experts to understand data privacy/GDPR and regulatory changes in order leverage workday to stay compliant with global legislation
• Continuously learn through Workday delivered training and WD community

Special Projects

CDP & Talent Module enhancement (2020) Rolled out a new employee Career Development Plan in workday while maximize talent module functionality

Consolidating Workday Projects for PSA (2020) Configured a new branch of Workday project hierarchy and consolidated all Workday projects for BlackBerry Spark.

ADP Implementation (2020) Implemented ADP & integrated it with Workday.

Recruiting Revamp & Transitioning to Interview Management (2019/2020) Incorporated new interview management feature along with an automated and streamlined interview scorecard in Workday.

Cylance Acquisition (2019) Heavily involved in the 1.4 billion-dollar Acquisition. Consolidating PSA functionality.

Revamp Student Requisition Process (2019) worked closely with student recruitment and HR business partners to improve the student requisition process.

• Worked with Canadian/US clients from numerous industries to implement cloud based HCM modules including; Benefits (Lead), payroll, core HR and workforce management.
• Supported client stakeholders through all phases of the implementation project including; requirements gathering, configuration, testing, go live and post live support
• Worked collaboratively with clients HR business partners to gather analyze and validate HR data from legacy system in preparation for data conversion and migration to Cloud
• Responsible for building custom HR reports and pulling data from the system
• Worked closely with sponsors, project managers and client teams to determine implementation strategy and executed project tasks within the established timeline
• Worked closely with the data conversion team to analyze, interpret and extract appropriate legacy data for migration clients using data mapping software
• Worked directly with vendors/3rd party providers to integrate HCM with with other applications for payroll, benefits and worker’s compensation data feeds
• Worked with HR departments and application specialists to create ad hoc reports needed for regulatory compliance purposes and for organizations strategic internal needs
• Leveraged my advanced excel skills to prepare data to present information to internal and external stakeholders on regular basis. Interpreted and formatted client reports
• Conduct daily client training sessions to teach client administrators and super users
• Constantly stayed up to date on US/Canadian regulatory changes and best practice
• Responsible for effective problem solving for various unique project related issues

Special Project

US Benefit Vendor Integration (2018) - chosen to work on a unique project with the Ceridian technical business analyst team to build and improve the applications benefit's carrier feed integration and it's related processes.

• Provided full cycle recruitment services for both public and private sector clients
• Partnered with multiple internal/external stakeholders to deliver on client needs
• Responsible for Application Tracking System analytics and presenting data to stakeholders
• Produced/analyzed quantitative recruitment data on a periodic basis for internal use
• Maintained the ATS/HRIS on a daily basis and insured data integrity
• Administered candidate testing on behalf of clients and reported results

• Responsible for organizing information on excel spreadsheets for HR executives
• Updated data on various corporate information systems and online group benefits system
• Created training guides, reports and email templates for current and future use

• Assisted multiple senior associates within the capital markets division
• Responsible for data entry, minute taking duties and routine HR administrative tasks
• Learned about the Canadian financial industry and various financial products