Enterprise Application (HRIS) Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as system owner and lead administrator for UKG and Workday.
• Personally configure, test, troubleshoot, and optimize HCM, Payroll, Time, and Absence functionality.
• Lead hands-on execution during the UKG-to-Workday implementation, including requirements validation, testing, data review, and stabilization.
• Own post–go-live support, enhancements, release management, and platform governance.
• Ensure system reliability, data integrity, and operational continuity.
• Design, build, monitor, and troubleshoot integrations between HRIS and payroll, benefits vendors, financial systems (including payroll-to-GL), and other enterprise platforms.
• Partner with IT architecture and security teams to ensure compliance with enterprise standards.
• Enforce disciplined change management and release controls.
• Develop and maintain operational and executive reporting across HR and workforce-related financial data.
• Partner with Finance on payroll-to-GL validation, reconciliation processes, and audit support.
• Support Concur (or equivalent expense system) administration and integration alignment as needed.
• Establish and maintain intake, prioritization, testing, and release processes for enterprise application changes.
• Maintain documentation of configurations, integrations, and system controls.
• Ensure compliance with internal control standards, audit requirements, and data governance policies.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business, HR, Finance, or related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting enterprise HRIS platforms.
• Demonstrated configuration experience with UKG and/or Workday HCM (implementation and/or post-production support).
• Experience supporting Payroll and/or Time Tracking modules.
• Experience designing and troubleshooting integrations (EIBs, connectors, APIs, file-based interfaces).
• Understanding of workforce data flows from HRIS through payroll and into GL systems.
• Experience operating within IT governance frameworks (change management, security, architecture standards).
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and cross-functional communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting a UKG and/or Workday transition.
• Experience administering Concur or similar expense management systems.
• Familiarity with payroll-to-GL integrations and financial reconciliation.
• Experience building executive dashboards or operational reporting.
• Workday or UKG certification.