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System Engineer

Akkodis
Chicago, IL Contractor
POSTED ON 2/7/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/8/2025

Akkodis is seeking a UKG (Kronos) System Engineer for one of our clients located in Pittsburgh, PA; Chicago, IL; or Erie, PA.


Rate Range: $55.00/hour to $60.00/hour; the rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.


For this particular assignment, must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.


Candidate must be within 50 miles of either Pittsburgh, Chicago, or Erie, as the candidate will be expected to come into the office a few times per month (3-5 times approximately).


Description:

Our best-in-class HR Technology team transforms the way HR enables the business and workforce. This role will play a pivotal role in leading new processes and enhancements to support Timekeeping, Payroll, Benefits, and more.


As a member of the HR Technology team, you will be responsible for administering, enhancing, and supporting all HR Technology Integrations and should have technical knowledge to do so. Our main IT systems are Workday and UKG/Kronos. The role serves as a technical point of contact for continued maintenance and configuration of modules and will ensure data integrity, testing of system changes, report writing and process improvement opportunities.


UKG/Kronos experience is a MUST. Workday is preferred but not absolutely required.


Personal Requirements:

  • Minimum 3 years’ experience working technically with Kronos/UKG.
  • 5 yrs Hands-on experience with time clock setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
  • 5 yrs. Hands-on experience implementing at least one of the following HCM modules: Benefits, Payroll, Time & Labor, Compensation, Absence Management (preferably in Workday).
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, project management experience, ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver business needs on timeline.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders and colleagues at all levels of the organization.


Daily Work:

  • Identify opportunities for process enhancements and automation within the HR function, driving efficiency and effectiveness, with a focus on time and attendance workflows.
  • Collaborate with HR business unit and IT business unit to foster idea exchange and knowledge sharing around time and attendance systems and integrations.
  • Design standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure standardization across HR Technology Team, particularly for time and attendance management.
  • Configure Workday Time & Labor, Payroll, and Benefits modules to meet business needs, ensuring accurate time tracking and payroll processing.
  • Collaborate with facilities and IT teams to ensure time clocks are properly installed, maintained, and integrated with Workday, UKG, and other time and attendance applications.
  • Mentor and guide HR Technology team members on Workday time and attendance functionality, providing knowledge transfer for continued improvements.
  • HR Timekeeping, Payroll and Benefits Integrations.
  • Understand and enhance the current mapping of HR systems for timekeeping, payroll and Benefits.
  • Update local state and country level integrations to meet the new configuration changes as decided by business teams and governing entities.
  • Lead design meetings of enhancements with IT and HR business teams.
  • Lead Workday to UKG Dimensions bi-directional integration setup.


Ongoing Responsibilities:

  • Work directly with the corporate business and IT stakeholders to gather requirements and design solutions for time and attendance systems and integrations.
  • Develop, test, support, and deploy integrations specific to meeting business requirements for time and attendance.
  • Analyze release updates to understand impacts of feature changes, in relation to clients' existing time and attendance integrations.
  • Accountable for data integrity, including data quality and data extracts related to time and attendance.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adjust to changing demands or needs of the business.
  • Ability to assess and design system functionality, and actively participate in the entire project life cycle: requirement gathering, configuration, testing, training, deployment, and change management.
  • Analyze and provide technical support for issues related to the time and attendance integrations designed, as well as other HR application-related support needs; provide thoughtful resolutions or measures to prevent reoccurrences.


Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or "STEM" majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) or equivalent experience.


If you are interested in this role, then please click APPLY NOW. For other opportunities available at Akkodis go to www.akkodis.com


Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled


Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.


To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit https://www.modis.com/en-us/candidate-privacy/


The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:


· The California Fair Chance Act


· Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance


· Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers


· San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

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