Shashi Sharma
Danville
Summary
Experienced Workday Financials Functional Architect/Business Analyst with a strong track record in Workday Financials implementations, system configuration, and optimization. Certified Workday professional, specializing in requirement analysis, data validation, and automation.
Over 15 years of IT experience, skilled in troubleshooting, mentoring teams, and streamlining financial processes to enhance efficiency. Passionate about aligning Workday capabilities with business goals to maximize ROI.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Functional Architect - Enterprise Applications
Workday Inc.
01.2023 - Current
- Partnered with cross-functional teams (Contract to Cash and Salesforce) to ensure seamless system integration, reducing Partner payment processing time by 30% and minimizing payment errors by 25%.
- Automated Stock-Based Compensation (SBC) accounting using Workday Accounting Center and Prism, improving SBC and tax reporting accuracy by 40%, reducing manual reconciliation efforts by 100%, and cutting reporting time from days to hours.
- Optimized system performance by proactively troubleshooting and resolving issues, reducing downtime and increasing system efficiency..
- Led system implementations by defining functional requirements and translating them into technical specifications for successful deployments.
- Streamlined business processes such as the Period Close event BP and Accounting Center sources, reducing closing cycle time by 20% and improving data accuracy by 30% through targeted efficiency improvements.
- Facilitated product sync meetings with Workday Record to Report product teams to discuss the product roadmap, new features, enhancement requests, and pain points, ensuring alignment with business needs and future system improvements.
Senior Business Analyst - Enterprise Applications
Workday Inc.
06.2021 - 12.2022
- Analyzed business needs, identified gaps, and translated them into functional requirements for Workday Financials, with a focus on the Record to Report space.
- Designed and configured Workday Financials Accounting Center to process accruals (Payroll Forward, Lease Prepayment, Travel, and General Expense), reducing manual journal entry creation by 100% and improving reconciliation efficiency by 100%.
- Configured Allocation Definitions to automate journal entries for benefit expense distribution, ensuring 100% compliance with cost allocation policies and reducing month-end processing time by 40%.
- Created detailed user stories for system enhancements and new feature adoption, accelerating feature rollout by 25% and improving user adoption rates.
- Engaged with business users to gather requirements and define project scope.
- Improved operational tasks efficiency by optimizing financial processes.
- Provided technical support for analytics and reporting issues.
- Conducted impact analysis for cost center and region restructuring, assessing financial transaction effects on allocations, payroll, vendor payments, intercompany allocations, POs, contracts, capital projects, fixed assets, revenue recognition, audit, compliance, budgeting, and reporting.
Data Conversion and Reporting Consultant
Workday Inc.
04.2020 - 04.2021
- Led data conversion efforts for multiple customers across Financials and HCM SKUs, including Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania - Performance and Advance Compensation, Huntington Memorial Hospital Recruiting Deployment, Suncor Energy SOW HCM/Payroll Deployment, Trustmark Services FIN Deployment, University of Minnesota Physicians FIN Deployment, and Dex Media FIN Deployment.
- Implemented Workday solutions for clients in Healthcare, Financial Services, Insurance, Commercial industries, Retail, Manufacturing, and Technology sectors.
- Managed data gathering, reporting, and validation for Workday customers.
- Developed data design documents and converted legacy data into Workday.
- Collaborated with engagement managers, functional consultants, delivery assurance teams, and security teams to enhance Workday solutions.
- Worked extensively on Advanced Loads, iLoads, Web Services, EIBs, and Studio Integrations.
- Applied strong problem-solving and analytical skills to resolve source data issues.
Senior Software Engineer
Franklin Templeton Investments
12.2005 - 04.2020
- Implemented, developed, and maintained PeopleSoft FSCM and Oracle E-Business Suite applications.
- Led requirement gathering, fit/gap analysis, technical design, and execution for major implementation projects.
- Connected cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery on time and within quality standards.
Education
Master of Science - Management Information Systems
Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, ILBachelor of Science - Computer Science
Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, ILSkills
- Workday Financials
- Workday Performance and Talent Management
- Workday Recruiting and Performance Management
- PeopleSoft Financials – General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Billing, Contracts, Projects, Asset Management
- Oracle E-Business Financials – Financial Accounting Hub, General Ledger, System Administration
- Cloud Technologies: Workday - EIB, Workday Studio, Prism, Report Writer, Advanced Loads, iLoad, Web Services
- Web Technologies: XML, XSLT, SOAP
- Databases: SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, MySQL
- Programming Languages: SQL, PeopleCode, SQR, PL/SQL
- Operating Systems: Windows NT, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, Linux
- Other Tools: Stored Procedures, MS Excel
Certification
- Workday Financials Services Consulting Core
- Workday Advanced Data Conversion
- Data Conversion Certification - Workday - Services
- Financial Certification - Workday - Services
- Prism Analytics Certification - Workday - Services
- Record to Report Certification - Workday - Services
- Reporting Certification - Workday - Services
Timeline
Functional Architect - Enterprise Applications
Workday Inc.
01.2023 - Current
Senior Business Analyst - Enterprise Applications
Workday Inc.
06.2021 - 12.2022
Data Conversion and Reporting Consultant
Workday Inc.
04.2020 - 04.2021
Senior Software Engineer
Franklin Templeton Investments
12.2005 - 04.2020
Master of Science - Management Information Systems
Northern Illinois University
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Northern Illinois University
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