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I'm Muhammad Ashar, a passionate digital creator specializing in immersive experiences across game development, website design, and both 2D and 3D art and animation. With years of hands-on experience, I take pride in delivering high-quality, creative solutions that bring ideas to life. Whether you're looking to build a captivating game, design a modern and responsive website, or create eye-catching visuals and animations, I offer end-to-end services tailored to your specific needs. My Services: Game Development: Designing and developing engaging games for various platforms. Website Development: Creating clean, responsive, and user-friendly websites. 2D & 3D Art: Crafting visually stunning artwork and models for games, media, and more. Animation: Producing dynamic animations that enhance storytelling and audience engagement. Graphic Design: Delivering impactful designs for branding, marketing, and digital media. I'm committed to blending creativity with technology to help bring your vision to life. Let’s work together to turn your ideas into reality.

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Devashish C.

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NEW DELHI, India

$45 USD per hour

I specialize in Business Analysis, Business Process Re-engineering and Business Process Automation based on my Engineering background, a rich hands-on job experience across various business functions in Manufacturing industries, a rich Business Consulting experience in Project Management in the Engineering & Construction business vertical as well as Business Consulting experience in Sales in various kinds of business domains. Software used: Google sheets & Google Forms, Excel, Power BI, Power Pivot, Looker (Google Data Studio), Tableau, PowerPoint. This is how I can add value to your business: * Data processing - Ingenious usage of advanced functions & formulas in Google sheets and Excel. * Data analysis - Business analysis, KPI Metrics trend analysis, Financial analysis, Statistical analysis, Forecasting etc. * Data visualization - Automated Tabular / Graphical Reports, Multi-chart Dashboards, Management level Dashboards etc. * Business Process Re-engineering - PDCA management method for control and continual improvement of processes through informed decision making and enhancement of business strategies based on insightful Business Analysis. * Business Process Automation - Ingenious customized tools usable on mobile devices / desktops to enable Operational efficiency improvements including Digital Transformation, Streamlining of business process workflows and Integration of related Business Processes with the usage of Google sheets / Excel. Business processes covered (expanding horizons): * Sales / Service >> Sales Funnel Management, Lead to Opportunity conversion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Commissions / Incentives. * Work Order management >> Work Order Scheduling, Work Order progress tracking, Work Order Cost (Budget vs Actuals). * Manufacturing >> Demand Planning & Scheduling, Order Management, Production Management, Inventory Management, Quality Management (Supplier, In-process, Finished Goods & Customer), Purchasing, Shipping cost optimization, Integrated ERP system. * Retail >> Demand Planning & Scheduling, Order Management, Inventory Management, Purchasing, Shipping cost optimization, Integrated ERP system. * Project Management >> Project scheduling, Project progress tracking, Project Cost (Budget vs Actuals). * Time Management >> Payroll / Work-day / Work-hour processing. * Performance Management >> Call Centre Performance Tracking. * Financial Analysis. * ERP / Integrated software architecture. * Medical Clinic / Hospital Management. * Property Management (Leasing & Sales). * Restaurant Management >> Recipe Management, Sales Mix & Food Cost controls. * Vehicle Dealership Job Order Management.

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Xiang Z.

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$40 USD per hour

I specialize in Excel and VBA/Macro, Office Script in Excel, Word, and Outlook with 20+ years experience. I will perform any tasks in MS office to automate your business. Excel, VBA macros, custom forms, charts, condition formatting, absolutely any request will be satisfied in time. Services Offered: ✅VBA Macros Automation for Excel, Outlook, and Word, Office Script. ✅Excel and Google Sheets, PDF forms ✅Formatting, Conditional formatting. ✅Data Analysis. ✅Power Query ✅Approximately lookup/match/search ✅Customer Defined Function: Create new functions to execute special requirements, which cannot be done by Excel built-in functions. ✅Creating User Forms. ✅Charts, flow chart, organization chart, Gantt chart..... ✅Pivot Tables. ✅Dashboard ✅Dynamic table and chart: The content of the table and chart will change dynamically according to different options. ✅Barcode, QR code generation ✅Inventory system ✅Different file conversion: Word, Excel to PDF, PDF, image to Word, or Excel. ✅Data entry with 100% of accuracy. ✅AutoHotkey in office automation

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Manuel Luis M.

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Profesional con mas de 20 años de experiencia en desarrollo de múltiples soluciones empresariales en Java spring, C, administración de Bases de Datos MySql, Oracle, Adabas, transformación de datos ETL, diseño de cuadros de mando empresariales y captura de datos en planta, En ofimatica, trabajos en Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Access, programacion de macros, VBA avanzado. Administracion de servidores Linux, Apache, Tomcat, etc. Experiencia en sistemas de Registro de Jornada, Control de Accesos, Gestion de Visitas, Captura de datos en planta, y si fuese necesario suministro de relojes de fichar, tornos, pasillos motorizados, barreras, Escaner de DNI's y pasaportes, lectores pasaporte COVID europeo, controladoras de accesos, lectores RFID EM, Mifare, huella, y lectores de códigos de barras 1D y2D (QR).

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Arun Singh R.

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Hi, I’m Arun Singh Rajput — a dedicated virtual assistant helping businesses stay organized, optimized, and ahead. With hands-on experience managing 100+ content uploads for Clikaroo.com, a U.S.-based community directory, I specialize in handling high-volume, detail-oriented tasks that require accuracy, speed, and SEO focus. From real estate listings and job posts to community articles, I deliver polished results using tools like Brilliant Directories, Google Sheets, Excel, Canva, and WordPress. ✅ What I Can Do for You: Accurate Data Entry & Google Sheets formatting Content Uploading (Rentals, Jobs, News, Events) SEO Smart Tags & Keyword Optimization Admin Support & Workflow Assistance Custom Visuals via Canva (optimized to 1200x640 px) Manual Web Research & Lead List Compilation Why You Choose Me: ✔ 100% focus on accuracy, organization, and SEO ✔ Daily availability, on-time delivery, and fast communication ✔ Flexible for one-time tasks or long-term collaboration ✔ Easy to train, adaptable, and client-dedicated Let’s take your tasks off your plate — and turn them into results.

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Aicha R.

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Contabile in uno studio commercialista e di revisione legale di professione. Ho iniziato a collaborare come freelancer in mansioni come copywriter, trascrittrice di audio, scrittrice di testi, inseritrice di dati e grafica pubblicitaria, consulente fiscale e tributario, contabile. Posso aiutarti a: - Redigere un bilancio e riclassificarlo - Scritture contabili ordinarie o di contabilità semplificata - Stesura di un contratto - Creazione di report - Cash flow - Dichiarazioni dei redditi - Dimissioni volontarie - Aiuto nelle domande dei sussidi statali - Naspi - disoccupazione - Impaginare - Migliorare la grafica dei tuoi lavori - Scrivere e trascrivere senza errori grammaticali - Tenere in ordine i tuoi dati aziendali. - Creare power point per la presentazione di servizi e/o prodotti

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Aya H.

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

$50 USD per hour

I am a Human Resources Manager with over 10 years of extensive HR experience in the Middle East. My focus is on delivering results, aligning with commercial goals, and adapting to changing dynamics. I have a deep passion for placing people at the core of organizations and seamlessly integrating HR into the overall business strategy to foster organizational growth. I'm known for my personable and empathetic nature, with a strong sense of humor, purpose, and a 'can-do' attitude. I excel in securing stakeholder support for innovative HR initiatives and have a proven record of mentoring and nurturing internal talent while leading diverse, multicultural teams. Areas of my expertise include, but are not limited to, the following: o Organizational Performance & Culture. o Professional Behavior and Valuing people o Talent Management & Workforce Planning. o Wellbeing at Work o Reward for Performance & Contribution. o Strategies for effective Critical Thinking and Decision-Making o Overall HR Operations.

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How to hire a great freelance Workday Practitioner

A Workday practitioner is a certified consultant who configures, implements, and supports Workday's cloud-based human capital management (HCM), financial management, and payroll applications for enterprise clients. Hiring a freelance Workday practitioner gives organizations on-demand access to specialized expertise across Workday HCM, Workday Financials, Workday Payroll, and integrations without the overhead of a full-time consultant. Whether you are running a fresh deployment, a Phase X expansion, or routine tenant maintenance, a skilled Workday consultant translates business requirements into clean, compliant configuration inside the Workday platform.

What does a Workday practitioner do

A Workday practitioner owns the technical and functional configuration of Workday modules so they map to your organization's policies, reporting needs, and compliance obligations. They work across the full project lifecycle: requirements gathering, tenant build, data conversion, testing, training, and post go-live hypercare.

Beyond initial deployment, Workday consultants handle release readiness for Workday's two annual feature updates, optimize existing configurations, and resolve production issues that surface as the business evolves. The deliverables matter commercially because misconfigured Workday tenants directly impact payroll accuracy, compliance reporting, and HR service delivery for thousands of employees.

Core deliverables and services

Workday is a broad platform, and most freelance practitioners specialize in one or more functional areas. Common engagements include:

Workday HCM configuration: Core HR, Compensation, Benefits, Talent and Performance, Recruiting, Learning, Time Tracking, and Absence Management

Workday Financials configuration: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Procurement, Expenses, and Projects

Workday Payroll setup, parallel testing, year-end processing, and tax configuration

Business process framework design, including condition rules, approvals, and notifications

Security configuration: domain and business process security policies, role-based and user-based security groups

Reporting and analytics: advanced reports, matrix reports, composite reports, dashboards, and Workday Prism Analytics

Integrations using EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Studio, and the Workday Web Services (WWS) API

Data conversion using iLoads and Enterprise Interface Builder templates

Tenant management, including sandbox refreshes, configuration migration, and release impact assessments

End-user and administrator training, plus documentation of business processes and configuration workbooks

Tools and methodologies

Experienced Workday practitioners work fluently across the platform's native toolset and follow the Workday Deployment Methodology stages — Plan, Architect, Configure and Prototype, Test, and Deploy. Expect strong working knowledge of:

Workday Studio for complex integrations and transformations

Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) for inbound and outbound data loads

Core Connectors and Cloud Connect for benefits providers, payroll vendors, and identity systems

Calculated fields, custom report writer, and Report Designer

BIRT for pixel-perfect document generation such as offer letters, payslips, and remittance advice

Workday Community for documentation, brainpower, and Kainos Smart or similar testing tools

XSLT, XML, and REST/SOAP for integration development

Industries and use cases

Workday is used predominantly by mid-market and enterprise organizations across financial services, higher education, healthcare, retail, technology, professional services, and government. Typical freelance engagements include net-new Workday implementations, post-go-live optimization projects, mergers and acquisitions tenant work, annual compensation and performance cycle setup, benefits open enrollment configuration, and Workday Adaptive Planning rollouts. Practitioners are also engaged for staff augmentation during large system integrator projects when additional certified resources are needed.

How to evaluate Workday practitioner candidates

Workday is a closed ecosystem — only partners and customers receive training credentials — so verifying real platform experience is essential. Look for these signals on a candidate's profile and proposal:

Workday certifications in the relevant module (HCM, Financials, Payroll, Integrations, Adaptive Planning, Prism). Certifications must be sponsored by a Workday partner or customer organization

Number of full-cycle Workday deployments completed and the role played on each

Specific module depth rather than surface familiarity across many areas

Experience with the deployment methodology phases relevant to your project

Familiarity with current Workday release features (the platform updates twice a year)

Strong functional understanding of HR, finance, or payroll domains, not just configuration mechanics

Sample interview questions you can use directly:

Which Workday modules are you certified in, and when did you last work in a production tenant?

Walk me through how you would design a multi-level approval business process for a job change event with conditional routing.

What is the difference between an EIB, a Core Connector, and a Studio integration, and when would you choose each?

How do you approach security group design to balance least-privilege access with maintainability?

Describe how you handle release readiness testing across two Workday updates per year.

Why hire Workday practitioners on Freelancer.com

Freelancer.com gives you direct access to a global pool of certified Workday consultants, integration developers, and functional specialists across every Workday module. You can post a project on Freelancer.com and receive competitive bids from practitioners in multiple time zones, which is particularly useful for follow-the-sun support, hypercare coverage, or short-burst configuration work. Profiles on Freelancer.com surface ratings, completion rates, written client reviews, and portfolio evidence so you can shortlist practitioners with verifiable Workday delivery experience. Milestone Payments protect your budget, and the platform's chat tools make it straightforward to scope work, share tenant access requirements, and manage deliverables from kickoff to go-live.

Ready to bring certified Workday expertise into your tenant? Post a project on Freelancer.com today and connect with skilled Workday practitioners ready to configure, integrate, and support your deployment.

What are the steps to hiring a freelance Workday practitioner?

Hiring a Workday consultant works best when you treat the project brief as a mini statement of work. The clearer you are about modules, tenant access, certifications, and deliverables, the more accurate the bids you receive. The process below walks you through posting, reviewing, and awarding the engagement.

Step 1: Post your project on Freelancer.com

Your project post is the single biggest determinant of bid quality. A precise Workday brief filters for practitioners whose certifications and module depth genuinely match your scope, and prevents bids based on guesswork. Head to the post project page , where you fill in the brief, scope, timeline, and budget before publishing the project for freelancers to bid on.

Specify the Workday modules involved (HCM, Financials, Payroll, Integrations, Adaptive Planning, Prism, etc.)

State whether the work is configuration, integration development, reporting, security, or production support

List required Workday certifications and the minimum number of full-cycle deployments expected

Describe the tenant environment, data volumes, and any third-party systems involved (benefits carriers, payroll vendors, ERPs, identity providers)

Include compliance or localization requirements such as country payroll, tax jurisdictions, or regulatory reporting

Set timeline expectations, including any release window or year-end deadlines, and indicate your budget range

Step 2: Review bids from freelancers

Bids are short proposals, not just price quotes. For Workday work, a strong proposal demonstrates that the practitioner has read the brief carefully, understands the module nuances, and can flag risks before kickoff. Read each bid for technical depth before you compare price.

Look for specific references to the modules, business processes, or integration patterns you described

Check whether the freelancer raises sensible clarifying questions about tenant access, security roles, or test data

Assess whether the proposed approach aligns with the Workday Deployment Methodology phases relevant to your scope

Confirm proposed tooling — EIB, Core Connector, Studio, calculated fields, BIRT — matches the deliverables

Review attached samples such as integration design documents, configuration workbooks, or report specifications

Use Freelancer.com's chat to ask follow-up questions on certifications, recent release experience, and availability before shortlisting

Step 3: Evaluate freelancers and award the project

The final decision combines proposal quality with profile evidence. For Workday practitioners, consistency across multiple engagements matters more than a single impressive credential, because tenants are highly sensitive to configuration mistakes. Weigh the full track record before awarding.

Review portfolio depth across Workday modules and the relevance of past projects to your scope

Check star ratings and the volume of completed projects on the platform

Read written client reviews for signals on communication, documentation quality, and post-delivery support

Confirm verified payment method, completion rate, and on-time delivery rate

Validate Workday certifications and any references the freelancer is willing to provide

Award the project and use Freelancer.com's Milestone Payments to release funds as configuration, testing, and go-live deliverables are completed

What is the difference between a Workday practitioner and a Workday administrator?

A Workday practitioner is typically a certified consultant who designs and configures Workday during implementations or major change projects. A Workday administrator is usually an in-house resource who handles day-to-day tenant operations such as supervisory organization changes, security assignments, and report requests. Many freelance practitioners cover both, but the depth of configuration expertise differs.

Do I need a Workday certification to hire a Workday freelancer?

You do not need a certification yourself, but you should verify that the freelancer holds a current Workday certification in the module you need. Workday certifications are gated through the partner ecosystem, so a candidate listing valid certifications is a strong signal of legitimate platform experience. Ask for the certification name, issue date, and any continuing education status.

Can I hire a Workday practitioner for a one-off project?

Yes. Common one-off engagements include integration builds, advanced report writing, business process redesign, security cleanup, year-end payroll preparation, and release readiness assessments. Define the scope clearly in your brief so practitioners can quote a realistic timeline.

How long does a typical Workday engagement take?

Full Workday HCM implementations generally run several months across the deployment methodology phases, while focused projects such as a single integration, a configuration audit, or open enrollment setup can be completed in a few weeks. Timelines depend heavily on tenant readiness, data quality, and stakeholder availability for design sessions and testing.

Do I need a Workday freelancer or a full implementation partner?

For net-new enterprise deployments, a Workday partner firm is often required because Workday restricts initial implementations to certified partners. For post-go-live optimization, integrations, staff augmentation, reporting, and tenant maintenance, a freelance Workday practitioner is usually the faster and more flexible option.