Principal Workday Integration Consultant

Workday Integration.
Done right.

I help organizations design, build, and optimize Workday integrations — leveraging Workday Studio, Extend apps, Orchestrations, Core Connectors, and REST APIs to streamline HR, payroll, and finance processes.

11+
Years
9
Certifications
16+
Implementations
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Imran Anwar — Principal Workday Integration Consultant

Clients include

Nike Citi Bank 3M Manulife Loblaws Brookfield Indeed Intact Insurance Lafarge Solventum Carvana Shoppers Drug Mart Ontario Health Handshake University of Waterloo IA Insurance Holt Renfrew Business Wire Carters Mission Square Dotmatics Algonquin College Metropolitan Commercial Bank Fairstone Dental Corp Indian River State College Endicott College Tera
30K+ Worker population on a single payroll extract
80K+ Workers supported across HCM, Payroll & Benefits
30+/mo Onboardings automated via a Workday Extend app
16+ Full-cycle implementations

What I Do

End-to-end Workday integration expertise across all major integration types and industries.

Workday Integrations

Studio, Core Connectors, EIBs, RaaS, PECI/PICOF, and Cloud Connect. End-to-end integration delivery across HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Recruiting, and Financial modules using SOAP/REST, XML, XSLT, and JSON.

API, Security & Reporting

SOAP/REST API design and consumption, Workday security role configuration, business process setup, calculated fields, custom BIRT reports, and Report Writer. Clean data — accurate output.

Workday Extend & Orchestrations

Custom Workday apps built with Extend and REST APIs. Automated multi-system workflows via Orchestrate. Also experienced with Mulesoft and SnapLogic for broader integration landscapes.

Implementation & Team Leadership

Full-cycle delivery from requirements and system interface specs through UAT and go-live. Led integration teams of up to 15 developers. Mentorship, workshops, and best practice documentation.

Signature Work

A few engagements that show the depth of the work — the advanced Studio, Extend, and Orchestration solutions most teams need but few consultants have built end to end.

XSLT 3.0 Streaming for 30,000+ Employee Payroll

Insurance
Manulife · Workday Studio · Payroll (PECI/PI)
ChallengeA 30,000+ employee payroll extract was too large for standard in-memory Studio processing.
SolutionBuilt DART-compliant Studio integrations using XSLT 3.0 streaming transformations, plus transaction-log strategies to cut runtime for high-volume populations.
ResultReliable payroll extracts at scale where conventional processing was not viable — delivered DART-clean.

Workday Extend App: Contingent Worker Onboarding

Retail / Auto
Carvana · Workday Extend · Custom Business Objects + REST APIs
ChallengeA manual Google Forms onboarding process took ~half a day per worker across HR, IT, and management.
SolutionDesigned an Extend app handling both net-new contingent-worker creation and inactive-worker reactivation, with reporting pages for worker data, application logs, and event logs.
Result30+ onboardings per month automated; the multi-team handoff chain eliminated entirely.

Event-Driven Architecture: Listener Service + Message Queue

Enterprise
Cognizant (Nike, 3M, Apple) · 80,000+ workers
ChallengeScheduled-poll integrations added latency, and downstream systems had intermittent availability.
SolutionImplemented Studio Listener Service for event-driven inbound processing and Workday Message Queue Service for guaranteed exactly-once async delivery during outages.
ResultNear real-time data exchange with no lost messages — all integrations delivered DART-clean.

Experience

11+ years delivering Workday integrations for enterprise clients across North America.

Carvana
Dec 2025 – Present
Senior Workday Extend & Orchestrations Consultant
  • Built 5 Orchestrations automating HR/IT events across Workday, ServiceNow, and payroll.
  • Delivered an Extend app handling 30+ contingent-worker onboardings per month.
Intact
Feb 2025 – Nov 2025
Senior Workday Consultant
  • Stepped in mid-project to own deliverables across HCM, Payroll, Benefits, and Recruiting.
  • Diagnosed and fixed production integration failures in Studio, EIB, Extend, and Orchestrations.
Manulife
Jun 2024 – Feb 2025
Senior Workday Consultant
  • Delivered XSLT 3.0 streaming payroll integrations for a 30,000+ employee population.
  • Built a manager-facing Total Compensation Statements app in Workday Extend.
Cognizant
Dec 2021 – Jun 2024
Principal Workday Consultant
  • Technical ownership of integration architecture for Nike, 3M, Solventum, Apple, and Indian River State College (80,000+ workers).
  • Built Listener Service / Message Queue event-driven integrations and Extend apps — all DART-clean.
PwC Canada
Apr 2014 – Jul 2020
Manager, Workday Practice
  • Led 10+ full-cycle deployments across Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Higher Education, Insurance, and Government.
  • Managed a 15-developer team; built the practice's initial Workday Extend capability.

Earlier: Workday Integration Consultant at CrossCountry Consulting and Indeed, on a 13-year full-stack software engineering foundation (C#, .NET, JavaScript).

Workday Certified

Active Certifications 9
Workday Extend
Workday Orchestrate for Integrations
Workday Integration
Workday Studio
Cloud Connect for Third-Party Payroll & Payroll Interface
Workday Financial Integration
Workday Cloud Connect for Benefits
Workday Medium Enterprise (Launch Approach)
Mulesoft MCD Integration & API Associate
16+ Implementations
11+ Years Experience
10+ Industries
9 Certifications

Frequently Asked Questions

What does a Workday integration consultant do?
A Workday integration consultant designs, builds, and maintains the data flows between Workday and other systems — payroll providers, benefits carriers, banks, ServiceNow, and finance platforms. That spans Workday Studio, Core Connectors, EIBs, RaaS, PECI/PICOF, Workday Extend, and Orchestrations, plus the security configuration and business processes that support them.
What's the difference between Workday Studio and Workday Extend?
Workday Studio is the integration toolset for moving and transforming data between Workday and external systems (using XSLT, web services, and mediation patterns). Workday Extend is a platform for building custom applications inside Workday — with custom business objects, REST APIs, role-based security, and automated workflow steps. Studio integrates; Extend builds net-new apps. I work across both.
What is a Workday Orchestration?
Orchestrations are low-code, event-driven automations on the Workday Extend platform. They trigger on Workday events (a job title change, a tax election update) and chain steps across systems — for example, syncing a worker's updated title from Workday to ServiceNow automatically, with no scheduled batch job.
What makes your Workday integration work different?
Depth on the advanced side of the platform: production XSLT 3.0 streaming for large-file processing beyond memory limits, Message Queue Service for guaranteed async delivery, and Studio Listener Service for event-driven integration — capabilities most Workday consultants haven't worked with directly. Every integration is delivered DART-clean, backed by a 13-year software engineering foundation.
Which industries have you worked in?
Across 10+ industries including Financial Services, Higher Education, Government, Power & Utilities, Insurance, Retail, Mining, Health, and Hiring & Background Check — for clients such as Nike, 3M, Apple, Manulife, Intact, Ontario Health, Loblaws, and Carvana.
Are you available for contract or remote engagements?
Yes. I'm based in Canada and available for contract and advisory Workday integration engagements, working remotely with teams across North America. The fastest way to start is to get in touch.

About Imran

I'm a Principal Workday Integration Consultant based in Canada, specializing in complex Studio, Extend, and Orchestration solutions. Over the course of my career I've architected scalable integration ecosystems across 10+ industries — turning tangled systems into seamless ones.

When I'm not deep in a Workday tenant, I'm somewhere new. Eleven countries explored so far, with the twelfth already in my sights. Travel sharpens the way I think about problems — different contexts, different constraints, better solutions.

Off the clock, you'll find me on the sidelines cheering for my son, the family's future pro striker. Soccer dad life is serious business.

Available for contract roles. Let's integrate your business while I plan my 12th stamp.

Industries Served
Higher Education Financial Services Government Power & Utilities Insurance Retail Mining Health Hiring Background Check
Technology Stack
Workday Studio Core Connectors EIBs REST APIs Workday Extend Orchestrations .NET XML / XSLT JSON

Ready to work together?

I'm available for contract and advisory engagements. Let's discuss your Workday integration needs.

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