Corusconsulting is looking for Senior UKG Techno-Functional Consultant
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior UKG Techno-Functional Consultant with deep expertise in UKG Workforce Management to support the optimization, stabilization, and transformation of our workforce-management environment across North America.
This is a senior, hands-on consulting role requiring strong functional, technical, and solution-design capabilities. The consultant must be able to independently assess complex business requirements and existing configurations, design scalable solutions, perform hands-on UKG configuration, troubleshoot complex production issues, and provide expert guidance to HR, Payroll, Operations, HRIS, and technology teams.
The successful candidate will serve as a UKG subject-matter expert and trusted advisor, while remaining hands-on in the platform.
Key Responsibilities
UKG Solution Architecture & Functional Leadership
- Serve as a senior UKG subject-matter expert for Time & Attendance, scheduling, attendance, PTO/accruals, and workforce-management processes.
- Assess existing UKG configurations, processes, and architecture and identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, automation, and improved controls.
- Lead complex requirements and solution-design discussions with HR, Payroll, Operations, and HRIS stakeholders.
- Translate business policies and requirements into scalable UKG functional and technical designs.
- Challenge requirements and existing designs where appropriate and recommend solutions based on UKG capabilities and leading practices.
- Provide expert guidance on complex timekeeping requirements including overtime, premiums, shifts, exceptions, schedules, accruals, and attendance policies.
Hands-On UKG Configuration & Technical Expertise
- Independently perform advanced UKG configuration and solution changes.
- Configure and troubleshoot complex pay rules, work rules, accrual/PTO rules, schedules, attendance rules, profiles, security, and related workforce-management functionality.
- Analyze complex system and production issues, determine root cause, and implement sustainable solutions.
- Review existing configuration for design weaknesses, inconsistencies, and unnecessary customization.
- Support and troubleshoot interfaces between UKG and HRIS, payroll, and other enterprise platforms.
- Partner with integration and technical teams on interface design, data mapping, error handling, and production support.
Implementation & Transformation
- Lead the UKG workstream for implementations, enhancements, optimization initiatives, and new business/location deployments.
- Own UKG solution design from requirements through configuration, testing, deployment, and stabilization.
- Develop functional and technical specifications and configuration documentation.
- Define comprehensive testing strategies covering unit, integration, regression, payroll validation, and UAT.
- Lead cutover, go-live, and post-production stabilization activities.
- Identify risks, dependencies, design decisions, and downstream impacts before changes are implemented.
Production Stabilization & Governance
- Act as the senior escalation point for complex UKG production issues.
- Perform root-cause analysis of recurring defects and recommend permanent corrective actions.
- Establish strong configuration, testing, release, and change-management practices.
- Maintain clear documentation of system design and configuration.
- Mentor internal analysts and help strengthen internal UKG capabilities.
- Work effectively with UKG and third-party vendors while maintaining internal ownership of solution design and quality.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- 10+ years of progressive UKG/Kronos experience, with significant hands-on experience in complex enterprise environments.
- Deep expertise in UKG Workforce Management / UKG Pro Workforce Management, with strong knowledge of Time & Attendance and related modules.
- Demonstrated advanced hands-on UKG configuration experience.
- Extensive experience with complex timekeeping, pay rules, overtime, premiums, scheduling, attendance, PTO and accrual configurations.
- Strong understanding of the end-to-end relationship between UKG, HRIS, time management, and payroll.
- Proven experience diagnosing and resolving complex configuration, integration, data, and production issues.
- Experience leading UKG implementations, transformations, upgrades, or major optimization initiatives.
- Ability to independently lead requirements, solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, and stabilization.
- Strong experience working with senior HR, Payroll, Operations, and technology stakeholders.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work with limited direction.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting large, complex, multi-location organizations.
- Experience supporting workforce-management environments across the U.S., Canada, and/or Mexico.
- Experience integrating UKG with SAP, SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, and/or SAP Payroll.
- Experience with large-scale time-and-attendance standardization or policy-harmonization programs.
- UKG certifications or equivalent demonstrated expertise strongly preferred.
Profile We Are Looking For
This is not a junior configuration or support role. We are looking for a seasoned UKG professional who can quickly understand a complex environment, identify design and configuration issues, recommend the right solution, and personally drive that solution through implementation.
The successful consultant will combine deep UKG functional knowledge, strong technical/configuration expertise, enterprise solution thinking, and the ability to operate independently as a senior advisor and hands-on practitioner.
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