Workday Experts in Berlin
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Berlin, who have recently used Workday
Syed A.
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at Giant Eagle
- Designed and developed AI-powered document processing solutions using Python, OCR, NLP, and Large Language Models (LLMs) to automate extraction, validation, and classification of financial documents, reducing processing time by 75%.
- Built intelligent multi-stage workflow automation pipelines integrating AI services, machine learning models, and enterprise systems to streamline financial operations and improve data quality.
- Developed reusable AI-driven transformation frameworks capable of processing structured and unstructured document formats (XML, CSV, JSON, TXT, DAT) and normalizing them into unified business schemas.
- Designed and developed Python-based REST APIs and backend services supporting enterprise finance applications and high-volume data processing workloads.
- Built scalable data synchronization pipelines between Oracle CFIN and SQL databases, incorporating machine learning models for cash-flow forecasting and AP/AR anomaly detection.
- Architected and deployed Apache Airflow workflows to orchestrate AI-powered data pipelines, automating end-to-end processing from document ingestion through financial system integration.
- Led the migration of critical enterprise integrations from MuleSoft to Python-based services, improving maintainability, performance, and operational flexibility while preserving complete data integrity.
- Managed the full API lifecycle including solution design, implementation, documentation, deployment, monitoring, and production support for mission-critical financial systems.
- Collaborated directly with finance stakeholders to identify business challenges, define solution requirements, and deliver measurable operational improvements through automation and AI-driven workflows.
- Worked closely with cross-functional engineering and business teams to rapidly iterate on features, improve processes, and drive successful adoption of AI-enabled solutions.
- Provided technical leadership through architecture reviews, technology decisions, code reviews, and engineering best practices across integration and automation initiatives.
- Mentored developers, established coding standards, and contributed to improving software quality, maintainability, and delivery effectiveness across projects.
- Provided production support during critical month-end and quarter-close financial processes, performing root-cause analysis and implementing rapid fixes to ensure system reliability and data accuracy.
Johanna L.
Last position:
Interim HR Business Partner at Körber Technologies GmbH
Assignment: Strategic consulting for managers
- Professional advice for managers in a defined business area on transformation and job grading topics
- Independent management of recruiting processes in close cooperation with the shared service organization to fill key vacancies
- Advising the HR team on finalizing and negotiating new works agreements and implementing sample guidelines (ERA Küste)
- Handling labor law matters such as consent replacement proceedings or disciplinary measures
- Advising on the standardization and improvement of HR processes
Tools: SuccessFactors, SAP/HR
Orkun K.
Last position:
Team Assistant at JLL
- Creating reports, presentations, and management analyses in German and English
- Maintaining and analyzing CRM data (Leasing Business Program) as a basis for sales, reporting, and project control, including the use of AI-supported tools for analysis.
- Structuring contract and document management processes (including KYC/compliance) and ensuring reliable, on-time support for internal and international stakeholders.
Christiyana P.
Last position:
Senior People & Culture Manager / Senior HR Manager at ProAmpac
Key achievements:
- Successfully implemented an HRIS system, streamlining document creation, HR administration, and payroll/performance data management, reducing processing time by 30% and improving data accuracy.
- Designed and rolled out a unified benefits system across multiple European locations, ensuring alignment with local regulations and company-wide policies, enhancing employee satisfaction and reducing administrative overhead.
- Leading the rollout and adoption of UKG HRIS across two countries, aligning payroll, admin, and performance data management.
- Overseeing HR operations for 160 employees across 3 EU locations within the DACH region.
- Leading a team of 5 specialists in Recruitment & HR Administration.
- Driving strategic initiatives to standardize and optimize internal HR policies across multiple European sites.
- Leading impactful HR initiatives to strengthen talent development, boost retention, and elevate employer brand presence.
- Providing expert guidance on ER cases and labor law compliance to mitigate risks and uphold workplace integrity.
Dario J.
Last position:
Interim Recruiter at Envelio GmbH
- Operative end-to-end recruiting in a mid-sized company environment. Main focus on filling IT positions specializing in Data Integration (Junior – Team Lead).
- Stakeholder management, active sourcing.
- Ensuring an optimal candidate experience, conducting interviews.
- Key hires: Team Lead Data Integration, Backend Engineer.
- Tools: LinkedIn Recruiter, Personio, Slack
Evgeniya P.
Last position:
Interim HR Business Partner Germany at Coral Club
Coral Club is an international health and wellness company that offers nutritional supplements and health-focused products.
- Attracted on a targeted project to audit, restructure, and legally proof HR operations for Germany during a critical corporate transition.
- Led organizational redesign during distribution centre relocation, including workforce planning, role design and organizational structure optimization.
- Conducted HR compliance audit and redesigned HR documentation and people processes in line with German labour law.
- Analysed employee engagement data and translated insights into practical organizational improvement initiatives.
Pira J.
Last position:
Interim HR & Talent Acquisition Consultant at Independent Consultant
- Clients: Dover, Korn Ferry, Leoni, Lonza, Mars, Molnlycke, Novartis, RELX Group, Schaeffler, Softing AG, Takeda, Wipro
- Industries: Automotive, consulting, construction, engineering, IT, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals (including tariff-bound structures & regulated environments)
- Approx. 2 500–50 000 employees
- Advised HR Business Partners and leadership on operational HR topics, workforce planning and compliance matters
- Supported implementation and optimization of HR processes within industrial and tariff-bound environments
- Collaborated closely with works councils in Germany on hiring and structural topics
- Contributed to policy interpretation and application in line with labor law and internal governance
- Supported employee relations cases in cooperation with HR and legal teams
- Led and supported corporate change management initiatives within industrial and matrix organizations
- Supported corporate organizational restructuring and workforce adjustment measures in close collaboration with senior leadership and works councils
- Ensured process compliance within SAP HCM/SuccessFactors systems
- Delivered HR reporting and analytics to senior stakeholders
- Led high-volume recruitment initiatives across multiple regions
- Delivered end-to-end recruitment, ensuring efficiency, cost control and candidate experience
- Designed and implemented sourcing strategies to attract top talent globally
- Built and maintained high-caliber talent networks and proactively engaged passive candidates
- Evaluated and implemented data analytics tools for enhanced recruitment insights
- Contributed to internal talent development and shared recruitment best practices
Christian G.
Last position:
Product Owner – Redesign of an iOS and Android SaaS application platform at iApps Technologies GmbH
- Led the redesign of an iOS and Android B2B SaaS solution.
- Developed the product vision and strategy and designed the platform architecture.
- Worked closely with cross-functional teams to create a user-centered, forward-looking product.
- Identified market trends and analyzed feedback from stakeholders and customers.
- Developed a well-thought-out feature set.
- Led the product design and development process.
- Created Balsamiq wireframes.
- Conducted comprehensive market and competitor analysis.
- Defined the product roadmap and feature scope, managed and prioritized the backlog.
- Crafted and wrote epics and user stories.
- Briefed UI designers and reviewed and approved Figma layouts.
Alba A.
Last position:
Interim Senior Recruiting Specialist at CureVac
- Served as a strategic advisor to internal stakeholders on recruitment-related topics
- Managed end-to-end recruitment processes, from sourcing to onboarding
- Developed and executed talent acquisition strategies to attract top talent
- Conducted active sourcing via various channels to build strong candidate pipelines
- Managed collaboration with external recruitment agencies
- Supported broader HR projects, including employer branding and process improvements
- Delivered recruitment training sessions for HR Business Partners and Hiring Managers
- Supervised and mentored a working student and an intern
- Supported process improvements in SAP SuccessFactors
Sven B.
Last position:
Founder and Managing Director at Book a Freelancer
- Built a successful sole proprietorship connecting German companies with specialized HR and recruiting freelancers and managed all business operations
- Established a network of over 1,000 freelancers and led a team of up to three independent contractors to ensure excellent results
- Developed and implemented tailored solutions to support companies in scaling their teams quickly and efficiently
Franziska K.
Last position:
HR Consultant (Interim) at PTV Logistics
- Coordinating global ISO 27001 certification from HR perspective: ensuring compliant security & data standards
- Global contract harmonisation: aligning on language, local law and company requirements
- Salary benchmarking & comp strategy advisory: salary band creation, advisory on bonus model, ensuring compliance for European Equal Pay Directive
- Figures comp software implementation
Mike T.
Last position:
Manager Organization Transformation Digital Enablement at Deloitte Consulting
- Led change management initiatives to support large-scale business transformation programs enabled by digital technology.
- Provided career advice and coaching to 4 junior consultants, fostering professional growth.
- Built change and training strategies for standardization of HR processes supported by an HR Cloud platform, affecting 44k+ employees in 36 countries.
- Led implementation of training, using a train-the-trainer approach.
- Developed training approach and content for introduction of a talent marketplace to assist employees of a global company with their career progression, using an AI-based tool.
Janice H.
Last position:
Business Coach & Management Trainer at VfTC UG
- Successfully led small to medium sales and software engineering teams of up to 25 employees
- Built, structured, and restructured teams into high-performing units
- Delivered trainings and on-the-job coaching at the highest level
- Focused on individual psychology, management development, new work, supervision, systemic coaching, and organizational development
- Applied leadership principles based on appreciation, trust, responsibility, and a "Let's Start Things" mentality
- Aimed to provide team members with clear direction and sense of purpose to create sustainable value for the organization
Franziska N.
Last position:
HR Project Manager at Onyx Power
- HR project manager for the implementation of personnel strategy to achieve transformation and decarbonization goals in the course of coal phase-out
- Sparring partner for the Head of HR and local teams to establish harmonization in decentralized structures
- Responsible for due diligence, compliance and transition planning in collaboration with legal department and works councils
- Sparring partner for HRBPs and the payroll team to promote efficiency projects, empowerment and best practices
- Responsible for HR projects in organizational redesign, talent planning and HR controlling
Niko W.
Last position:
Strategic HR & Reward Partner at Freelancer
2024–2025: Strategic Total Rewards project to launch a new corporate total rewards function, including organizational design, job architecture, job grading, salary range design, job benchmarks, design of total rewards key processes, implementation of SuccessFactors Compensation Module at Bauer Media Group, Hamburg
2023–2025: International job grading review (job grading with Hay, market benchmark, salary positioning analysis) for 5 000 employees and 750 jobs worldwide at KWS Berlin GmbH, Berlin
2023–2024: Job grading project within the context of implementing a new in-house collective agreement for 1 700 employees and 400 different jobs (job architecture, job grading with Hay, salary and cost analyses) at ASML Berlin GmbH, Berlin
2023: Realign annual objective setting and bonus (development of objective scorecard, design of variable remuneration, benchmark with external market, communication & change) at Klingele Papierwerke GmbH & Co. KG, Remshalden
2023: Compensation & benefits project to create a job map and salary system (including external benchmark) at Emnify GmbH, Berlin
2022: Strategic reward project to define a job architecture and benefit scheme at Comgy GmbH, Berlin
2022: HR set-up of OpenRad Germany (carve-out; former part of medneo Group), Berlin
2022: Creation of a job architecture (job description, job evaluation, job levels), implementation of a salary benchmark and definition of career paths at MCL IT GmbH, Böblingen
2022: Redesign of the compensation & benefits model (job grading, salary benchmark, benefit review) at kbrw SAS, Paris, France
2021–2022: Improvement of the people experience (including Workday improvements), the HR organization and HR processes at Mister Spex SE, Berlin
2021–2022: Interim Head of People Operations, Compensation & Benefits and HR IS at Mister Spex SE, Berlin
Permanent clients: TUCOWS Inc. (Toronto, Canada); bibliotheca Group (Cheadle, UK); QAD Europe Group (Warsaw, Poland); Epredia Group (Kalamazoo, Michigan, US); FIRST Event & Marketing Group (Dublin, Ireland)
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Statistics of experts using Workday
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
16 years (Germany: 20 years)
Position duration
1.7 years (Germany: 2.1 years)
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Human Resources, Project Management, Business Intelligence
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Retail
Certification focus areas
Human Resources, Project Management, Strategy
Bachelor's degree or higher
92% (Germany: 82%)
Master's degree or higher
54%
Doctorate
8% (Germany: 10%)
Certifications per freelancer
1 (Germany: 3)
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 99%)
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Berlin are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates of experts in Berlin using Workday
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Workday experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (89%)
- Professional Services (84%)
- Retail (53%)
- Media and Entertainment (47%)
- Food and Beverage (42%)
- Transportation (37%)
- Telecommunication (37%)
- Automotive (32%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Workday at a glance
Workday is a cloud platform for human capital management, financial management, planning and analytics. Companies use it to manage workforce data, recruiting, payroll-related processes, expenses, procurement and financial reporting in one connected environment. Its configurable business processes support changing organisational structures without traditional on-premise software.
Core applications
Workday HCM covers worker records, organisation management, absence, talent, recruiting and compensation. Workday Financial Management supports accounting, reporting, revenue, expenses, procurement and projects. Planning, Prism Analytics and Adaptive Planning extend the platform with modelling, data analysis and decision support for HR and finance teams.
Ecosystem and integrations
Strong Workday specialists understand configuration as well as the surrounding systems and data flows. Common delivery areas include:
- Workday business processes, security groups and role-based access
- Workday Studio, Enterprise Interface Builder and integrations
- REST and SOAP APIs, web services and report-based data exchange
- Payroll, identity, finance, CRM and data warehouse connections
- Reporting, calculated fields, dashboards and analytics
When companies need specialists
Companies bring in freelance Workday professionals during implementation, rollout and post-go-live change. They also help when internal teams face a tenant restructure, acquisition, audit requirement, integration backlog or a release that affects critical processes. In Berlin, on-site workshops may matter for transformation programmes, while many configuration and testing tasks work well remotely.
What strong experts deliver
A capable specialist translates business requirements into maintainable configuration rather than forcing every need into custom work. They document decisions, control security carefully, test end-to-end business processes and prepare clear materials for administrators and users. They can also manage data loads, reconciliation, release readiness and handover across HR and finance teams.
Selecting the right fit
Look for experience with the relevant Workday modules, tenant configuration and the client’s integration landscape. Ask for examples of comparable implementations, issue resolution and stakeholder communication, not only certification details. Language expectations should be agreed early for teams in Berlin, especially when workshops, training or process discovery involve German-speaking users.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Workday, in one place.
Workday is used to manage human resources, finance, planning and analytics through a cloud platform. Companies commonly use it for worker data, recruiting, talent, absence, accounting, procurement, reporting and connected business processes.
Workday HCM and SAP SuccessFactors both support core HR, talent and workforce processes, but their configuration models, integration approaches and surrounding ecosystems differ. The better choice depends on the organisation’s finance landscape, operating model, reporting needs and existing SAP footprint.
Workday Financial Management or HCM expertise is often strengthened by skills in APIs, Workday Studio, data migration, identity management and reporting. Knowledge of payroll interfaces, finance processes, testing and change management can be equally important for a project’s outcome.
Workday project needs vary by scope, module complexity and the quality of existing documentation. A specialist for a focused report or integration may need a different background from one leading a multi-country implementation, tenant redesign or major transformation.
Workday work is often suitable for remote collaboration because configuration, documentation, testing and many workshops use shared systems. On-site sessions in Berlin can still help with process discovery, stakeholder alignment, training and decisions involving sensitive organisational change.
Workday freelancers should be assessed against the exact modules, integrations and delivery phase involved. Review relevant project examples, their approach to security and testing, documentation habits, communication style and ability to explain configuration choices to business stakeholders.
Workday can cover substantial HR and financial management requirements, but organisations may still retain local payroll, tax or specialist finance systems. Integrations must account for data ownership, timing, security, reconciliation and local operating needs.
Workday integrations are reliable when data mappings, error handling, authentication, monitoring and ownership are clearly defined. Strong specialists also test realistic business scenarios, protect sensitive data and provide documentation that internal teams can maintain after handover.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Workday in their recent projects is 111 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 884 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Workday in their recent projects, 92% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 54% hold at least a Master's degree, and 8% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Workday in their recent projects have 16 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.7 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Workday in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (21%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Workday in their recent projects are Information Technology (89%), Professional Services (84%), and Retail (53%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Workday in their recent projects are Human Resources (95%), Project Management (63%), and Business Intelligence (42%).
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