Director of HRIS – Payroll

Responsibilities

• Serve as system owner and primary practitioner for UKG Pro (HCM and Payroll) and UKG Pro Workforce Management (timekeeping and scheduling)
• Lead enterprise configuration strategy: earnings codes, pay rules, work rules, business rules, org structure, security roles, workflows, and integrations
• Design and deploy new UKG modules and system enhancements; evaluate and adopt platform releases
• Produce SOPs, training materials, and rollout communications for managers, employees, and downstream HR partners
• Manage the manager-level UKG help-desk and serve as the escalation point for system issues
• Define and execute the 12-month UKG roadmap, balancing optimization work, new module deployment, and acquisition integration
• Maintain configuration governance and change-control standards to prevent sprawl as the portfolio grows
• Personally execute multi-state, multi-entity bi-weekly payroll for the first six months in role
• Transition transactional payroll execution to payroll specialists over a structured 90-day plan, retaining final sign-off authority on every cycle
• Onboard, train, manage, and oversee the offshore payroll team; design the control structure, KPIs, and escalation thresholds that govern the function
• Resolve escalated payroll issues, exceptions, and off-cycle items requiring judgment
• Manage payroll tax accounts and ensure timely, accurate filings (federal, state, and local)
• Ensure multi-state payroll compliance across 40 active states, including SUI, SIT, local taxes, garnishments, ACA, multi-state withholding, and reciprocity rules
• Oversee quarterly and year-end processing (W-2s, 941s, state filings, ACA 1095-C) and any required amendments
• Partner with HR, Legal, and Finance on worker classification matters (W-2 vs. 1099) and lead remediation as needed
• Lead internal and external payroll audits; maintain audit readiness year‑round
• Design and build proactive compliance monitoring within UKG — configuration controls, automated audit reports, and exception alerts that surface multi‑state tax, classification, and wage‑and‑hour issues before they become liabilities
• Build and maintain reporting infrastructure in UKG Pro BI, including operational dashboards and KPI metric reporting on payroll accuracy, integration health, compliance status, and headcount
• Establish and enforce data integrity standards across UKG Pro and Workforce Management
• Deliver reporting to HR, Finance, and business operations leaders — including dashboards that give individual business operators visibility into their own headcount, payroll, and HR metrics
• Partner with the integration team on each new operating company’s UKG onboarding, ensuring data, configuration, and processes are migrated cleanly and that newly acquired employees are set up correctly for HR and payroll
• Design configuration patterns that scale to 10–15 acquisitions per year without creating earnings code, pay rule, or org structure sprawl
• Maintain a clean, auditable system of record as the portfolio grows

• 5+ years of direct, hands‑on UKG Pro and Workforce Management experience
• 10+ years of progressive payroll and HRIS experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, Information Systems, or related field required
• Proven experience operating in multi‑state, multi‑entity environments
• Experience in high‑growth and/or acquisition‑driven organizations, regularly onboarding and integrating large numbers of new employees