About

Arif Shaikh is an Assistant Manager at Citi with over 12 years of experience in HR technology. He is a skilled professional with strong communication and interpersonal skills, coupled with expertise in development on Workday, HRMS, Business Intelligence tools, Automation, and Re-engineering using VBA. Arif is currently leading an offshore development team at Citi, responsible for designing, optimizing, and implementing various reporting and analytics solutions primarily within the Workday system. He is accountable for designing, building, and supporting Workday reports, including report writer and creating custom reports using calculated fields. Arif identifies optimization and automation opportunities and supports strategic initiatives related to Workday. He ensures timely and high-quality delivery by managing day-to-day delivery of automation work of individuals on the team, conducting regular project meetings, design reviews, etc. Arif also supports the HR Analytics function on key strategic initiatives, including enhancing HR scorecards processes and methodologies and supporting HR peers with reporting best practices. He researches, troubleshoots, and assists with resolving HR data-related concerns. Arif participates in the design phase of the project like Review of Business Requirement Documents (BRD) and Review of Functional Requirements Documents (FRD) for Archival tools. He plans, designs, and executes User Acceptance Testing activities (UAT). Arif has previously worked as an Analyst at Bank of America, where he provided application support in accordance with standard guidelines within the agreed SLAs. He also worked as a Software Engineer at Quinnox Consultancy Services Ltd, where he did reporting using BI Tool (Microstrategy 9) and provided Level 2 Support for the same tool. Arif developed an application in MS Access 2010 and provided Level 3 support for the same by creating Forms, Macros, Queries, and VBA. Arif holds a Graduate degree in Science from Mumbai University. He has a diverse tech stack that includes Big Data, Software Engineering, and QA. Arif's relevant experience and expertise make him an asset to any organization he works for.