Chuck Horswill

About Chuck Horswill

Served as the HCM/Payroll project manager for the Workday deployment for a global manufacturing company with employees o Deployment consisted of: Core HCM, Payroll, Compensation (Base and Advanced), Absence, Talent, and Recruiting o Project included deployment of Workforce Dimensions (Kronos) o Provided subject matter expertise during the architecture, configuration, testing and deployment phases for both Workday and Workforce Dimensions o Directly managed the data conversion and integration development teams o Created a detailed cutover plan and managed the deployment by holding daily check-in calls o Managed the hypercare period by monitoring all service requests and providing with daily status updates o Served as Test Lead, facilitating unit test, end to end test, user acceptance and parallel payroll test preparation, planning and execution Served as the HCM/Payroll project manager for the Workday deployment for a major healthcare/education provider employees). o Deployment consisted of: Core HCM, Payroll, and Compensation (Base) o The project included compatibility re-configurations of SuccessFactors Talent Suite, Kronos time- keeping and advanced scheduling. o Organized and facilitated requirements gathering sessions, test planning and execution meetings, cut-over planning meetings and progress tracking check-points o Developed and managed to a detailed project plan that was in alignment with the Workday project management methodology; utilized the plan to ensure efficient resource utilization, limit project scope creep and provide progress reports o Implemented JIRA (with detailed dashboards and Kan-ban boards) to manage open decisions, change requests, testing progress and defects, project assignments and risk mitigation. o Directed the activities of on-site and off-site consultants/contractors, facilitated weekly team meetings and provided effective status reports for the entire program o Leveraged my technical expertise to facilitate technology and functional meetings resulting in positive outcomes

Experience

1. Workday Project Manager Consultant

   Sentara Health

   May 2024 — Present · Virginia Beach, VA, US

   Sentara Health is a premier regional hospital providing patient care, research and educational services Responsibilities included: Represented Sentara Hospital and served as their internal project manager for the major reconfiguration of Workday. Oversaw and managed redeployment of Total Rewards and Job Architecture.Additionally managed:o Provided Workday implementation methodology expertise mentoring project leaders, contributors, and downstream vendorso Served as Test Workstream lead and Data Conversion Workstream leado Oversaw the integration specification, build and testo Worked with Korn Ferry to provide consistent structure to the Job Catalog.o Managed the cost center compatibility and crosswalk implementationo Ensured timeline alignment with the Workday implementation Skills: Training · Workday · Analytical Skills · Business Requirements · Problem Solving · Facilitation · Project Management · Agile Methodologies · Negotiation · Manage Complex Projects · Workday Compensation · Workday HCM · Escalations Management

Education

• Drexel University

  BSEE, Computers and Computer systems

  1980 — 1987

Skills

• Quality Assurance
• Business Analysis
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Data Warehousing
• Databases
• IT Strategy
• Vendor Management
• Leadership
• Integration
• Disaster Recovery
• Enterprise Software
• Management
• Software Development
• Project Management
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