Raja Chouta, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles County, California, United States

I oversee the implementation and optimization of Workday Human Capital Management solutions. I lead a team of dedicated professionals, ensuring seamless integration and efficient operation of HCM processes. My focus is on driving automation, solving complex HR challenges, and building cohesive, high-performing teams. Through strategic planning and cost-effective solutions, I enhance organizational efficiency and support business objectives.

Los Angeles County, California, United States

Responsible for the overall service delivery of multiple modules within the Workday HCM suite. - Work with internal stakeholders and other cross functional teams to deliver optimal & efficient solutions. - Drive the production support, enhancement projects & program level initiatives. - Prepares executive level project status presentations and dashboards.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Los Angeles, Ca,

o Architect, develop and implement scalable and flexible HR technology solutions that are extensible for future business needs in areas of HCM, Compensation, Recruiting, Talent, Absence, Security, Integrations & Reporting;o Conduct working sessions with users to gather, understand, analyze business requirements;o Lead the team of developers, project managers, business analysts, and quality assurance staff to ensure that they fully understand the requirement, which includes reviewing high-level technical design and detailed testing documentation;o Support Workday feature release updates and enhancement;o Work closely with HR team on defining function requirement clearly, researching configuration options and finalizing the approach and system design;o Partner with human resources and information technology team members to work through system issues and identify break and fixes;o Identify training gaps and assist with closing those gaps through education and proactive conversations;o Manage team performance reviews and compensation planning

Hong Kong

o Led the post-production Workday support for APAC region for Fox Networks group. o Handled the most important part of the post-go-live anxiousness of the HR users by education & reinforcement of global design decisions and project guidelines. o Conducted walkthrough/recap sessions of critical Workday functionalities. o Resolved integration related issues with stakeholders such as IT, Finance related systems which led to 4 hours TAT for provisioning.o Developed Compensation History cleanup approach by working with Head HR - APAC and Global HR Operations team in USA. o Managed the configuration & testing of Annual Merit & Bonus cycle for Star India. Collaborated with Compensation Partner & HR Operations leader on adjusting the Merit configurations based on the business requirements.

Mumbai

o Responsible for all phases of HRMS implementation – requirement gathering, scope documentation, vendor negotiation, design discussions, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, production cut-over & post go-live support. Sound understanding of HR Business Processes and IT framework. o Change leader - Prepared, planed and managed the process changes and analyzed the impacts of the changeso Managed all technology requirements by consulting with cross functional teams – finance, IT, implementation partners. Strong in translating functional requirements to technical solutions and workarounds.o Conducted feasibility study of new technologies, POCs and application upgrades of existing landscape.o Steered requirement gathering sessions; identify the solutions available with in peoplesoft, offer quick solutions and take-up enhancements/CR projects. o Held review meetings with project teams and status reporting to senior leadership team.

Key Result Areas Implementation of Minvesta HRIS application in IDBI FortisJoined the organization during the implementation process and was part of the project team.Interacted with Technology team for the data collection & understood the migration processAnalysis done on the Fit-gap documents and further understood the delivered features of the HRISIdentified the areas which are required for the customization / modification Coordinated with peer sub-department of HR for the successful completion of UAT using test scriptsReviewed the UAT scripts after the changes/customizations from the vendor and analyzed the impact Completely monitored the data migration process & validated of data uploadedPost Go-Live acted as one point of contact for all the functional related issues throughout the organizationLiaising extensively with IT & HRIS vendor for the same and ensure all changes are effected in a timely & efficient manner

Mumbai Area, India

Key Result Areas Implemented PeopleSoft HRMS ERP application in ICICI Bank which gone live in Dec' 08Part of all the phases of the implementation, especially during requirement gathering, fit-gap analysis, CRP, building of test scenarios, UAT & post go-liveManaged Core HR operations thru HRIS(Ramco system) along with other dependent systems like RMIS, Transfer, PMS, TMS, Team connect. etcCoordinated with other peer sub-departments in HR and understood the current business process and system availability.HRIS/HRMS OperationsManaged HR operations with key focus on bottom line employee satisfaction by ensuring optimal utilization of available resources.Implementing policies/procedures for all round development of the bank & reducing overall costs to the bank through various means.Handled operations for post employee joining formalities, transfers, promotions, time & labour, resignation, settlement with employee strength of 40000 includes India & Abroad.Prepared internal & external reports relating to HR operations with justifications.Liaison with various other teams as Employee Relations, Training & Devolvement for smooth execution of HR activities & other operational aspects such as reports and data management. Streamlining the service systems and developing new systems for enhancing efficiency.Ensuring compliance to SOAX, KPMG other internal & external Audit process guidelines.Time & Labour AdministrationDriving T&L team to achieve organization & individual goals. Monthly data submission for salary payments with stop salary, LOP, Reversal & Leave encashmentHandled the leave accrual process for employees based on the leave & absence rules.Settlement processLead the team for Resignation & Settlement across the bank on an average monthly 1000 employees. Handled entire process of resignation i.e from the day of resignation till the last working day

Mumbai Area, India

Was heading the team of Quality Assurance team for entire process of Health Insurance Claims processing for United Health Care(USA).Taking care of quality feedbacks sent by the client and reviewing them to improve the Quality Numbers of the process.Anchored the Quality Sessions for the trainees under going training for 3 months and handled the question Hours in Quality aspects.Was part of the Six Sigma implantation team in the initial stages to give the feedback and better processing methods with 0 errors.As Claims Processing ExecutiveProcessor of the claims as per the target with 98% quality.Become the only one to become SME within a year.

Was the first point of contact for the customer calling on helpline number for the Queries related to the new products and complaints.Done the floor walk for the queries been raised by peers and team members.

Hyderabad Area, India

(Shifts & Migrations)Was the coordinator for accepting and processing the customer requests for Migration & Shift of telephone connectionsCompleting the corporate client request for the migration & shifting with in 3hrs of the request by coordinating the outside field engineers.

Hyderabad Area, India

(VB 6.0 & Oracle 8.0) - Was part of the team for programming the client's requirement in Visual Basic 6.0 & ASP 3.0 - Was coordinating the client for the requirements with the help BRD and development of system with backend database support Oracle 8.0

M.B.A, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

Cleared with 1st class

B.A, History

M.D.C.A Master Diploma, Computer Applications