Bharathi Kesanakurthi

About Bharathi Kesanakurthi

I\'m a results-driven Workday HCM Functional Consultant with over 10 years of experience implementing, configuring, and supporting end-to-end Workday solutions across industries. My expertise spans Core HCM, Compensation, Recruiting, Absence Management, Security Configuration, and Integrations (EIB, Core Connectors)—with a strong focus on enhancing business processes and user experiences.At organizations like Optum, Broadridge, and TIAA Financial Services, I’ve led Workday module implementations, optimized HR operations, built scalable business processes, and partnered with HR and IT leaders to deliver measurable outcomes. I\'m passionate about driving digital HR transformation, ensuring system integrity, and providing actionable workforce insights through custom reporting and dashboards.I bring a hands-on, collaborative approach to every project—combining technical skills with a deep understanding of HR processes to deliver Workday solutions that align with strategic goals.

Experience

1. Workday Hcm Consultant

   Optum

   Apr 2023 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Day to day support of Workday HCM, Core/Advance Compensation, Reporting, Recruiting and Integration issues.Configuring, Maintenance and creation of Workday Supervisory Organizations, Staffing Models, Locations, Positions, Job Profiles, Dashboards, Compensation Eligibility Rules, Elements, Grade Profiles, Grades, Compensation Plans and Business Process.Worked in testing of Workday Compensation including packages, salary and hourly plans, bonus and merit plan.Created multiple open positions and loaded compensation data to job requisitions.Created condition rules on Change Job Requisition and Job Application BP to add additional approval, added approval to manager\'s manager request Assign role for Job requisition.Experienced the total hiring, terminating and convert contingent employees into full time employees.Create different types of calculated fields to create custom reports as per client requirement.Assist development of new reports for ongoing customer need and conversion of SAP, PeopleSoft reports to Workday reports during conversion.Created, edit and remove organization security roles for the system and provide support for issues relating to User Based Securities in Workday.

Education

• Gokul Institute of Technology & Sciences

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, EEE