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Shashank MISHRA

Global HR Tech & Workday Leader | 30+ Workday Projects | Digital Transformation | API & Cloud ERP Expert | Systems Integration Professional

Zürich Metropolitan Area

13+ years of work experience

Swiss Life
Jun 20233 yrs 3 mosPresent

Luxembourg

PwC Luxembourg
Jul 20194 yrsJun 2023

Luxembourg

Manager for HRIT / HRIS implementation in the IT Advisory practice at PwC Luxembourg. Mainly focused on implementing Workday for clients, helping them embrace the best of the cloud offerings, technology strategy, technology architecture, implementation, testing, and post production support. Actively involved in RFPs / Presales Demo / Proof-of-concept development / Vendor Selection Process and other relevant activites for Workday and middleware (like Mulesoft and SAP Cloud Platform Integration)
PwC Luxembourg
Nov 20171 yr 8 mosJun 2019

Luxembourg

I'm a Workday implementation consultant and serve as a Senior Technical Advisor in the Industry and Services division of PwC Luxembourg's Advisory department. Part of responsibilities include: - requirements gathering for plan phase of the Workday engagements - building proof of concepts between Workday and 3rd party systems for client demo and validation - preparing for and leading design and architect workshops for the project, including planning, scoping and review of the technical stream - working and coordinating with the client's solution architect / technical architect for organizational data cleansing and preparing data for Workday. - ensuring customer success by promoting and implementing Workday's proven best practices for technical implementation - being the driver for promoting new technologies / approaches to improvise existing solutions
Accenture Australia
Jul 20152 yrs 5 mosNov 2017

Sydney, Australia

I was a part of Accenture's "CloudFirst" practice which includes emerging technologies like Workday, Salesforce, and Pega. Helped the clients in their early adoption of Workday HCM and utilize most of this offering. Worked in-tandem with our client's engagement team right from the planning phase through build and prototype, testing and delivery stages. Coordinated with the global CloudFirst team, sharing ideas and collaborated on knowledge exchange sessions, and discussed challenges and solutions. Helped in capability development and team-building exercises by volunteering for recruitment drives, college, university, and community events.
Appirio
Oct 20131 yr 9 mosJun 2015

Jaipur Area, India

- Joined Appirio as an Integrations Consultant. - Certified in Workday HCM Services Core, HCM Services Practical certification and 4 other Workday Certifications. - Active member of teams spanning 4 successful Workday go-lives and enhancement deployments - Built Workday integration expertise - Built basics of HR functional domain knowledge - Developing and enhancing Workday-assets (reusable, generic code / configuration snippets) - Working with solution architects to build proof-of-concept models and learning about the most optimum integration approaches and strategies. - Coordinating with consultants located on-shore and, sharing inputs and insights on the tasks at hand - Interacting with clients and, help them understand technical and operational concepts for running, scheduling and fetching output files from the integration systems as part of post-production support - Connecting with vendors to gather requirements for compliance, data and output file-formats, delivery mechanism, sandbox testing and maintaining staging areas - Ramping up new hires by assisting them in understanding basic Workday concepts through knowledge transfer sessions and buddy-meetings - Assisting other consultants and helping them enhance their Workday technical skills and, revising and improving mine at the same time
Accenture in India
Dec 201211 mosOct 2013

Bengaluru Area, India

- Client: A global, US based university for 2-phase Workday deployment - Role: Workday Integration Consultant - Report Writer: Preparing and enhancing custom reports (advanced) - Integration Development: Creating, modifying and enhancing integration systems to and out of Workday using Enterprise Integration Builder (EIB) for HCM, Benefits, and Payroll, as well as Core Connector Worker and Core Connector Benefits - Data migration using "Solutions" across tenants.

Shashank’s AI Stack

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Education

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

Bachelor’s Degree, Information Technology

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

20084 yrs2012

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Headline

Global HR Tech & Workday Leader | 30+ Workday Projects | Digital Transformation | API & Cloud ERP Expert | Systems Integration Professional

About

In today's fast-evolving HR tech landscape, companies need more than just a system: they need seamless, scalable, and strategic digital transformation. That’s where I come in. With 13+ years of expertise in Workday HCM & Finance, I’ve led 30+ successful implementations, transforming HR & Finance processes for Fortune 500 firms and global enterprises. As a Global HR Technology Manager at Swiss Life, I specialize in integrating Workday with enterprise ecosystems: bridging cloud, APIs, and automation to optimize business processes. My experience spans HR, Payroll, Finance, and Employee Experience, ensuring seamless transitions from legacy systems to cloud-first solutions. If you're looking for a Workday thought expert who can simplify complexity, scale solutions, and drive results, let’s connect. I’m open to strategic leadership opportunities in HR Tech, Digital Transformation, and Cloud ERP.

Location

Zürich Metropolitan Area

AI stack

antigravity

codex

cursor

Work experience

Global HR Technology Manager - Workday at Swiss Life, Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos, Luxembourg

Workday Integrations Manager at PwC Luxembourg, Jul 2019 - Jun 2023 · 4 yrs, Luxembourg, Manager for HRIT / HRIS implementation in the IT Advisory practice at PwC Luxembourg. Mainly focused on implementing Workday for clients, helping them embrace the best of the cloud offerings, technology strategy, technology architecture, implementation, testing, and post production support. Actively involved in RFPs / Presales Demo / Proof-of-concept development / Vendor Selection Process and other relevant activites for Workday and middleware (like Mulesoft and SAP Cloud Platform Integration)

Senior Technical Advisor - Workday at PwC Luxembourg, Nov 2017 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos, Luxembourg, I'm a Workday implementation consultant and serve as a Senior Technical Advisor in the Industry and Services division of PwC Luxembourg's Advisory department. Part of responsibilities include: - requirements gathering for plan phase of the Workday engagements - building proof of concepts between Workday and 3rd party systems for client demo and validation - preparing for and leading design and architect workshops for the project, including planning, scoping and review of the technical stream - working and coordinating with the client's solution architect / technical architect for organizational data cleansing and preparing data for Workday. - ensuring customer success by promoting and implementing Workday's proven best practices for technical implementation - being the driver for promoting new technologies / approaches to improvise existing solutions

Integration Team Lead - Workday at Accenture Australia, Jul 2015 - Nov 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Sydney, Australia, I was a part of Accenture's "CloudFirst" practice which includes emerging technologies like Workday, Salesforce, and Pega. Helped the clients in their early adoption of Workday HCM and utilize most of this offering. Worked in-tandem with our client's engagement team right from the planning phase through build and prototype, testing and delivery stages. Coordinated with the global CloudFirst team, sharing ideas and collaborated on knowledge exchange sessions, and discussed challenges and solutions. Helped in capability development and team-building exercises by volunteering for recruitment drives, college, university, and community events.

Integration Consultant - Workday at Appirio, Oct 2013 - Jun 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos, Jaipur Area, India, - Joined Appirio as an Integrations Consultant. - Certified in Workday HCM Services Core, HCM Services Practical certification and 4 other Workday Certifications. - Active member of teams spanning 4 successful Workday go-lives and enhancement deployments - Built Workday integration expertise - Built basics of HR functional domain knowledge - Developing and enhancing Workday-assets (reusable, generic code / configuration snippets) - Working with solution architects to build proof-of-concept models and learning about the most optimum integration approaches and strategies. - Coordinating with consultants located on-shore and, sharing inputs and insights on the tasks at hand - Interacting with clients and, help them understand technical and operational concepts for running, scheduling and fetching output files from the integration systems as part of post-production support - Connecting with vendors to gather requirements for compliance, data and output file-formats, delivery mechanism, sandbox testing and maintaining staging areas - Ramping up new hires by assisting them in understanding basic Workday concepts through knowledge transfer sessions and buddy-meetings - Assisting other consultants and helping them enhance their Workday technical skills and, revising and improving mine at the same time

Associate Integration Consultant - Workday at Accenture in India, Dec 2012 - Oct 2013 · 11 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, - Client: A global, US based university for 2-phase Workday deployment - Role: Workday Integration Consultant - Report Writer: Preparing and enhancing custom reports (advanced) - Integration Development: Creating, modifying and enhancing integration systems to and out of Workday using Enterprise Integration Builder (EIB) for HCM, Benefits, and Payroll, as well as Core Connector Worker and Core Connector Benefits - Data migration using "Solutions" across tenants.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree, Information Technology, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University