Manikanta Kopparapu
Workday Developer • United States • k*******************@outlook.com • 469****782 • linkedin.com/••••• • drivetube.ai/•••••
Professional Summary
Workday Developer with 5 years of experience specializing in Workday HCM, Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Security, Reporting, and enterprise integrations across healthcare, banking, consulting, and e-commerce domains. Delivered Workday integration solutions that reduced manual processing by 90%, while optimizing HR, payroll, and compliance operations. Adept at designing scalable Workday solutions, streamlining business processes, and enabling secure, data-driven workforce management through Agile delivery and enterprise best practices. Experienced in implementing end-to-end Workday integrations, reporting solutions, security frameworks, and payroll processes that enhance operational efficiency and regulatory compliance across enterprise environments.
Technical Skills
Programming Language: Java
Databases: Oracle
Version Control & Development Tools: SFTP,Composite Reports
Testing & QA: User Acceptance Testing,Regression Testing,Unit Testing
API & Integrations: SOAP,Postman,XML,RESTful APIs,JSON
Data Analysis & Visualization: Microsoft Excel
Data Integration & ETL: Data Transformation,Data Validation
Project Management & Collaboration: Jira,Scrum
Enterprise Platforms: ServiceNow
HRIS & HCM Platforms: Enterprise Interface Builder,Workday HCM,Matrix Reports
HR Modules & Functional Areas: Time Tracking,Absence Management,Benefits,Compensation,Garnishments,Workforce Analytics,Payroll
Work Experience
Houston Methodist
Houston, TX
Workday Developer
Jun 2025 – Present
Non-profit healthcare system implementing Workday to unify HR, Payroll, and Benefits while meeting HIPAA and hospital governance requirements.
Tech Stack: Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, SOAP, REST, iLoads, HP ALM, Oxygen XML, java
- Architected role-based and domain security frameworks using Workday Security to enforce least-privilege access across healthcare workforce data.
- Engineered Workday Studio integrations with Java components to connect HCM with payroll, benefits, and hospital workforce systems, reducing manual processing by 90%.
- Orchestrated employee data migration through EIB and iLoads, performing data validation and reconciliation before production cutover.
- Optimized compensation business processes and approval workflows through calculated fields, reducing compensation cycle time from 5 days to 2 days.
- Developed Advanced, Matrix, and Composite Reports through Workday Reporting to provide workforce analytics, labor-cost visibility, and compliance insights.
- Spearheaded System Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing through HP ALM, resolving 98% of defects before production deployment
Macquarie Group
Houston, TX
Workday Developer
Aug 2024 – May 2025
Global investment bank modernizing HR and Payroll on Workday under strict SOX and financial-services regulations.
Tech Stack: Workday Studio, Core Connectors, EIB, XSLT, SOAP, REST, SFTP, JIRA, oracle
- Delivered Core Connector integrations supporting secure employee and payroll data exchange between Workday HCM and financial-services applications.
- Optimized XSLT transformations within Workday Studio for Oracle downstream processing, reducing integration runtime by 45% during payroll operations.
- Developed cross-functional Compensation and Equity reports with executive dashboards, enabling Finance teams to monitor workforce costs, compensation trends, and regulatory reporting requirements.
- Governed integration change management through Jira, reducing production defects by 40% across Workday environments.
- Executed Unit, System Integration, User Acceptance, and Regression Testing during supervisory organization restructures to validate downstream integration integrity.
- Mentored junior Workday analysts across 4 implementation workstreams, establishing consistent integration and reporting development standards.
Virtusa
Mumbai, India
Workday Consultant
May 2022 – Jun 2023
Consulting engagement for a credit-rating agency seeking stronger HR compliance and reporting on Workday HCM.
Tech Stack: Workday HCM, EIB, Core Connectors, Calculated Fields, ServiceNow, JIRA, Workday Security, Composite Reports
- Analyzed global HR, compliance, and business requirements, translating stakeholder needs into functional specifications for Workday HCM configuration and business process design.
- Implemented Compensation configurations and Workday Security policies, improving audit-trail completeness by 25%.
- Automated Benefits enrollment notifications through outbound EIB integrations to streamline employee benefits administration.
- Developed Calculated Fields and Composite Reports for workforce analytics, delivering 30 calculated fields aligned with regulatory reporting requirements.
- Directed Regression Testing for Workday releases, validating business processes, security configurations, and integration readiness.
- Authored end-user training guides and knowledge-base documentation, reducing post-implementation support tickets by 35% across HR teams.
Zepto
Mumbai, India
Workday Integration Consultant
Jun 2020 – Apr 2022
Rapid-growth e-commerce startup leveraging Workday Integration Cloud to support payroll and real-time workforce analytics.
Tech Stack: Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, XSLT, XML, Jenkins, Postman, XPath
- Designed Workday Studio integrations connecting Workday HCM with payroll, workforce management, and third-party enterprise applications.
- Executed payroll data migration through EIB and data validation processes covering 12,000 employee records.
- Developed reusable XSLT and XPath transformations to standardize XML processing across Workday integration workflows.
- Instituted integration monitoring through Jenkins notifications, maintaining integration downtime at less than 1 hour per quarter.
- Automated third-party payroll tax integrations to eliminate manual Finance data transfers and support payroll compliance.
- Resolved production integration issues through Postman validation and troubleshooting, handling 150+ production incidents within an average 3-hour SLA.
Education
University of North Texas
Master of Science in Computer Science • Denton, TX • Aug 2023 – May 2025
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