Workday Experts in Germany
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Serkant Türemiş
Last position:
Interim Manager, License Controlling at Tonies GmbH
- Prepared and reviewed quarterly royalty settlements for licensors across music, publishing and media brands, including minimum guarantees, recoupment, returns reconciliation and process optimisation.
- Reconstructed historical licensing data for an external audit by a major US studio, covering music publishing and recorded music across ROW and AUS, and coordinated the resulting statements with the licensor.
- Supported the reconciliation of music royalties with the German collecting society and its international hub for 2018 to 2024.
- Assessed licensing data for accruals and provisions, and structured metadata for contract negotiations.
- Designed target processes and SOPs for a royalty automation tool and accompanied testing during rollout.
Daryoosh Dehestani
Last position:
FP&A Data & AI Architect at Epta Group
Scope: Embedded as FP&A Data & AI Architect within the Finance function of a major European refrigeration manufacturer, leading the transformation of manual, fragmented financial reporting into an automated, governance-driven intelligence platform. Driving the shift from Excel-based controlling to structured data architecture, Power BI analytics, and AI-assisted financial operations.
Financial Data Integrity & ERP Governance
- Initiated and led GL vs. subledger reconciliation investigations, identifying and resolving structural mismatches between General Ledger and subledger data that had gone undetected prior to engagement
- Conducted asset analysis to identify items missing from General Ledger postings, surfacing gaps in fixed asset tracking and period-end completeness
- Validated SAP reports, establishing baseline data quality standards for Finance team consumption
- Established systematic SAP data validation framework ensuring ongoing integrity between ERP postings and downstream reporting outputs
Finance Reporting Transformation
- Designed and implemented a structured Transformation Project approach for converting manual Finance reports into fully automated processes
- Created and owns the Data Reporting Audit Log; a centralized tracking system capturing report owners, stakeholders, data sources, manual effort estimates, and automation opportunity scores across the Finance function
- Mapped the full reporting landscape identifying quick-win automation targets and strategic Power BI migration candidates
- Actively reducing manual Excel and PowerPoint dependency across FP&A workflows; replacing point-in-time snapshots with live, governed data models
Power BI & Analytics Enablement
- Introduced and presented Power BI as the strategic reporting platform to Finance leadership, building internal buy-in for the BI transformation roadmap
- Designed initial Power BI architecture aligned with SAP, Salesforce and Oracle data structures and FP&A reporting requirements
- Established report ownership, governance documentation, and data lineage standards enabling sustainable self-service analytics across the Finance team
Transformation Infrastructure & Collaboration
- Configured and deployed Jira as the transformation project management hub, establishing structured sprint workflows, backlog management, and progress visibility for Finance IT initiatives
- Proposed and initiated a dedicated FP&A Communication & Transformation Hub, a structured cross-functional forum aligning Finance, IT, and business stakeholders around the reporting transformation roadmap
- Positioned the Finance function as an active driver of data governance and digital transformation within the broader organization
Outcomes
- GL/subledger reconciliation gaps identified and investigation framework established within first two weeks of engagement
- Data Reporting Audit Log deployed; first structured inventory of Finance reporting landscape in company history
- Power BI transformation roadmap presented and approved by Finance leadership
- Jira-based project governance live; Finance transformation now tracked with full sprint visibility
Technologies: SAP FI/CO · Power BI · DAX · SQL · Excel (advanced) · Power Query (M) · Power Automate · VBA · Jira · Microsoft 365 · SharePoint · Salesforce (Sales Data) · Oracle HCM · Python
Vicenco Kenk
Last position:
ITSM Project Manager (self-employed)
Unified ITSM framework
- Definition of a company-wide ITSM target picture
- Introduction of a uniform service structure across all business units
SLA and OLA management
- Building a standardized SLA framework
- Definition of service classes (Business Critical, Standard, Low Priority)
- Introduction of OLAs between internal teams
- Building meaningful SLA reporting
- Definition of KPI and service dashboards for business units
Service portfolio management
- Definition of service descriptions
- If needed, preparing possible cost and service billing
Ticketing & processes
- Incident management
- Uniform ticket categories
- Standardized prioritization
- Escalation matrix
- Automations
- Self-service optimization
Request fulfillment
- Service catalog across all business units
- Approval workflows
Problem management
- Introduction of root cause analysis
- Known error database
- Problem review process
Complete asset management concept
- Hardware lifecycle management
- Software lifecycle management
- Leasing lifecycle
- Mobile device lifecycle
- Monitor lifecycle
- Phone lifecycle
Processes
- Procurement
- Goods receipt
- Inventory
- Assignment
- Return
- Disposal
- Leasing return Goal: single source of truth for all assets
CMDB design
- Definition of all configuration items:
- Workplace
- Notebooks
- Monitors
- Mobile phones
- Printers
Infrastructure
- Servers
- Firewalls
- Switches
- WLAN
- Storage
- Backup systems
Cloud
- Azure resources
- Microsoft 365
- SaaS services
Relationships
- User ↔ Asset
- Asset ↔ Service
- Service ↔ Infrastructure
- Location ↔ Asset
- Goal: make all service dependencies visible
Software asset & license management
- License management concept
- License balancing
- Compliance reporting
- Microsoft license management
- Adobe license management
- SaaS management
- Contract management
- Renewal management
Interfaces & automation Existing systems
- Workday
- Joiner
- Mover
- Leaver
TESMA
- Leasing data
- Contract data
Matrix42
- Asset synchronization
- User synchronization
Active Directory / Entra ID
- User management
Microsoft 365
- License assignment
- Group management
Dormakaba
Access processes
Lifecycle services
Monitoring platforms
- PRTG
- Palo Alto
- Cisco
Reporting & KPI framework
- Definition of a management dashboard
- KPIs
- Ticket volume
- SLA fulfillment
- MTTR
- First resolution rate
- Asset accuracy
- License compliance
- Change success rate
- Service availability
- Degree of automation
Network redesign support
- Governance
- Support of the network redesign from an ITSM point of view
- Definition of affected services
- Change management structure
- Communication concept
CMDB integration
- Recording of all network components
- Service mapping
- Dependency analysis
Validation of documentation and knowledge base articles
- Network documentation
- Operations documentation
- Standard changes
Monitoring & event management
- Target picture
- Central monitoring concept
- Event management process
- Alerting strategy
- Escalation model
Systems
Cisco
Palo Alto
Fortinet
Rubrik
Veeam
Matrix42
Azure
Microsoft 365 Automation
Ticket creation from monitoring
Escalations
Standard actions
Audit, compliance & information security
- ISO 27001 consulting
- TISAX consulting
- NIS2 preparation - consulting
- Audit-ready processes
- Documentation structure
- Evidence tracking in Matrix42
Roadmap
- 12-month roadmap
- Prioritization of all measures
- Quick wins
- Medium-term projects
- Long-term target picture
- Documentation
Nick Schäfer
Last position:
Interim HR Manager & HR AI Consultant at Nick's Advisory
I founded Nick's Advisory to make HR management, HR project delivery, and AI expertise available to companies on a temporary basis when internal capacity or experience is lacking.
Services:
- HR interim management: taking over the HR business partner or HR manager role during restructuring, growth, or a vacant leadership position, on a daily or hourly basis
- HR consulting: projects around reorganization, talent acquisition, separation processes, and building HR structures
- AI consulting for HR teams: selection, introduction, and use of AI tools in HR processes
Alma Andresen
Last position:
HR Digitalization Project Lead at Ayvens / Société Generale Group
Negotiation and conclusion of company agreements on Workday & other topics I Consulting and implementation of labor law projects in the HR context I Translating complex labor and co-determination law issues into practical solutions I Workday
Navin Hathiramani
Last position:
Interim Recruiting Manager at Opmobility
- Business area: Automotive / exteriors
- Lead recruiter for all plant areas (technicians, operators, engineers - blue and white collar)
- Supporting central talent acquisition for manager and back-office positions
- IT/HR systems: SuccessFactors, SAP HCM
- Creating reports on recruiting activities and maintaining and customizing the applicant management system (ATS/HRIS)
- Conducting telephone and virtual interviews to make an initial assessment of candidates
- Creating and publishing job ads on internal and external platforms to attract candidates
- Managing candidates from application to contract drafting
- Actively sourcing and recruiting candidates through various business platforms (e.g., LinkedIn, XING, Stack Overflow)
- Supporting department heads in selecting suitable candidates and optimizing interview processes
- Employer branding and personnel marketing
- Advising HR management on all matters related to the recruiting process and strategic talent acquisition
- Reviewing and evaluating applications as well as organizing and moderating interviews with departments
Jeanette K.
Last position:
Employee Relations Specialist (Interim) at Fujitsu Germany GmbH
- Primary point of contact for works councils
- Design & negotiation of company agreements & policies
- HR labor support during transformation, restructuring & organizational changes
- Coaching and training managers on works council relations and co-determination rights
Ulrike Wolter
Last position:
Interim HR Business Partner at Industrial Company
Syed Abdul
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.
Kevin Guhl
Last position:
Interim Senior HR Manager at Symrise AG
- Preparing HR documents
- Conducting employee meetings
- Managing employee master data in Workday
- Managing employee master data in SAP
- Works council work
- Participating in company meetings
Hoa Josef Nguyen
Last position:
AI Architect and Enabler at Inhouse / AI Business
Technologies: n8n, Notion, OpenAI API, Claude, MS AI Foundry, MS CoPilot Studio, MS CoPilot, LLM, Node.js, Vercel, LangGraph, PostgreSQL, pgEdge, pgvector, Docker, LangChain, Ollama, Open WebUI
- Continuous evaluation and prioritization of internal automation needs
- ~20 AI agents in active use: research, content pipelines, document processing
- 5 n8n workflows for automated data and process control
- Architecture built on the same principles as in customer projects: state management, event-driven orchestration, API integration
- Ongoing operation and further development
Johanna Lamberts
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
Andreas Adloff
Last position:
Workday Reengineering Project Lead at DSV Gruppe
- Analyze existing configuration
- Compare to HR process and organizational designs
- Develop redesigns and roll-out plans
- Adjust security concept
- Perform testing and implementation
- Prepare documentation and hand-over
Yogesh Malik
Last position:
Principle Architect – User Experience Design at Intelliswift India PLC
Project: Neura Belden BHVA (Belden HI vision Virtual Assistance)
- Translated AI agent concepts into 4 distinct user workflows (General, Redundancy, Network, VLAN agents).
- Designed 6 game-changing features with technical specifications: Predictive Issue Resolution, Cost Optimization Engine, Compliance Automation, Cross-Agent Orchestration, Knowledge Transfer Mode, Root Cause Analysis 2.0.
- Contributed reusable UX patterns and lightweight standards for experimentation-first AI environment: single-file HTML/CSS/JS prototypes, semantic accessibility, responsive grid layouts, and clear component structure enabling rapid future POC iterations.
- Translated early AI concepts into intuitive user workflows and interaction models for 4 specialized agents, focusing on clarity, trust-building, and progressive disclosure to surface complex AI capabilities.
- Documented design trade-offs in accessible language for non-designers.
Patrick Uwiß
Last position:
Senior Recruiting Manager (Interim) at Viega GmbH & Co KG
- Operational and strategic recruiting & talent acquisition in Finance, Global Sales & IT
- High-volume recruiting for professional and management positions domestically and internationally
- Support for country offices in Latvia, Lithuania, UK, Italy, Czech Republic & Germany
- Process-based end-to-end recruiting with new approaches in Employer Branding and Candidate Attraction
- Close collaboration with the Employer Branding team and HR & hiring managers
- Conducting interviews & evaluations together with the department
- Salary and contract negotiations
- Tools: SAP-SuccessFactors, Shopfloor, MS 365, VonQ
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Statistics of experts using Workday
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years
Position duration
2.1 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Human Resources, Project Management, Information Technology
Top industries
Professional Services, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Human Resources, Project Management, Information Technology
Bachelor's degree or higher
81%
Master's degree or higher
54%
Doctorate
10%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
99%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Germany 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 Germany 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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
Workday scope
Workday is used for HR, finance, payroll, and planning in one cloud system. Companies bring in specialists to shape processes, clean up data, and support day-to-day changes without disrupting operations.
Common work
- Workday HCM setup and process changes
- Workday Financial Management support
- Reporting, dashboards, and security roles
- Integrations with payroll and other business systems
- Testing, tenant maintenance, and release support
Ecosystem fit
Strong Workday professionals know the product areas around HCM, Payroll, Recruiting, Time Tracking, and Financials. They also work with EIB, business process configuration, calculated fields, custom reports, and security design. In Germany, they often support global teams that need clear handover and structured documentation.
When to bring help
Freelance expertise helps when a rollout is moving, a module needs tuning, or an internal team is overloaded. It is also useful for migrations from older HR or finance tools, integrations that fail at the edges, and audit-sensitive changes that need a careful review.
What strong specialists do
Good specialists do more than click through setup screens. They ask how the business runs, translate it into Workday logic, and verify the result in testing. They document decisions, protect security, and keep changes consistent across tenants.
How teams work
Workday work can be remote, on-site, or mixed. For Germany-based programs, language expectations usually depend on the team and business users, while the system work itself stays the same. Clear access, stable test data, and direct feedback loops matter more than location.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Workday, in one place.
Workday is a cloud suite for human capital management, finance, payroll, recruiting, and planning. Companies use it to run core employee and finance processes in one system, with shared data and controlled workflows. It is common in larger organizations that need structured processes and strong reporting.
Workday is often chosen for its unified HCM and finance model, while SAP SuccessFactors focuses more narrowly on talent and HR processes. Oracle HCM Cloud is another broad option, and the right choice usually depends on existing systems, finance needs, and integration landscape. A freelancer should be able to explain the trade-offs clearly, not just know one menu path.
A strong Workday specialist usually knows process design, security roles, reporting, and integrations. Depending on the project, experience with payroll interfaces, data migration, testing, and stakeholder training also matters. For global programs, clear documentation and change control are just as important as configuration skill.
The right depth depends on the task. Small report fixes or tenant updates may need a focused specialist, while a rollout, reorganization, or complex integration needs someone who has handled end-to-end Workday delivery before. Look for proof of similar scope, not just general HR or finance background.
Yes, much of Workday delivery can be handled remotely because configuration, testing, and reporting do not require constant on-site presence. On-site time can still help during workshops, discovery, or cutover support, especially when business users want direct collaboration. For Germany-based teams, remote work is common when access and communication are well organized.
Ask which modules they have actually configured, what tenant work they have delivered, and how they handle testing and release changes. For Workday, it also helps to ask about security design, report building, and past integrations with payroll or other business systems. The best answer is specific to your scope, not generic product talk.
Look for clear examples of business problems solved in Workday, not just lists of modules. Strong professionals explain the process, the risks, and how they validated the result in a test tenant. Good documentation, calm troubleshooting, and attention to security are reliable signs of quality.
Workday configuration often covers business processes, security groups, calculated fields, reports, and integrations. It may also include data loads, condition rules, and tenant maintenance around new releases. A solid freelancer knows where to configure, where to test, and where a process should stay simple.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Workday in their recent projects is 114 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 910 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Workday in their recent projects, 81% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 54% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Workday in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Workday in their recent projects are German (99%), English (99%), and French (37%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Workday in their recent projects are Professional Services (84%), Information Technology (68%), and Manufacturing (55%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Workday in their recent projects are Human Resources (85%), Project Management (76%), and Information Technology (61%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Workday
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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