Role & responsibilities

UKG Ready Functional Consultant Payroll

Key Responsibilities

Payroll Implementation & Configuration

- Lead UKG Ready Payroll module implementations from requirement gathering through go-live.
- Conduct discovery sessions and payroll workshops with business stakeholders.
- Configure payroll earnings, deductions, taxes, garnishments, direct deposits, pay groups, and payroll processing rules.
- Configure payroll calendars, pay frequencies, and payroll controls.
- Document business requirements and solution designs.

Functional Consulting

- Analyze current payroll processes and recommend UKG Ready best practices.
- Provide functional expertise on payroll configuration and compliance requirements.
- Translate business requirements into system configurations.
- Support change requests and enhancement initiatives.

Data Conversion & Validation

- Coordinate payroll data migration activities.
- Validate employee master data, historical payroll records, and payroll balances.
- Perform data reconciliation and audit activities.
- Ensure payroll data accuracy during implementation and testing cycles.

Testing & Deployment

- Develop and execute test scenarios, SIT, UAT, and parallel payroll testing.
- Validate payroll calculations, taxation, deductions, benefits, and accruals.
- Support payroll sign-off and deployment readiness activities.
- Assist with cutover and go-live activities.

Client & Stakeholder Management





- Act as a trusted advisor to payroll and HR stakeholders.
- Conduct solution demonstrations and client training sessions.
- Provide status updates, issue resolution, and escalation management.
- Support knowledge transfer to support and operations teams.

Post Go-Live Support

- Resolve payroll-related issues during stabilization.
- Support payroll audits and compliance requirements.
- Assist with UKG Ready releases and system enhancements.
- Provide production support and troubleshooting.

Required Skills

- Robust experience in UKG Ready Payroll implementations.
- Deep understanding of payroll processes and compliance requirements.

- Expertise in

- Payroll Processing
- Earnings & Deductions Setup

- Tax Configuration

- Direct Deposit

- Garnishments

- Payroll Reconciliation

- Payroll Audits

- Payroll Reporting
- Experience with payroll testing and parallel payroll validation.
- Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Experience

- 4+ years of UKG Ready and/or UKG Payroll experience.
- Experience in multiple end-to-end payroll implementations.
- Experience with data migration and integration validation.
- Knowledge of HR, Timekeeping, and Benefits modules.
- UKG certification preferred.

Qualifications

- Bachelor's Degree in HR, Finance, Business Administration, or Information Technology.
- Payroll certification or UKG certification is an added advantage.

📌 UKG Ready Functional Consultant Payroll (Bengaluru)
🏢 Tech Mahindra
📍 Bengaluru