Payroll & Time & Attendance Data Conversion Lead – Freelance

Recann; United States; Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Recann requests a Payroll & Time & Attendance Data Conversion Lead for a freelance, multi-country payroll transformation in the US. The role focuses on coordinating US payroll data preparation, migration, validation and reconciliation, working with local payroll teams, global data leads and implementation partners.

Predominantly remote with occasional on-site requirements. You will manage data extraction, cleansing, mapping and transformation, oversee data loads, reconcile balances, and support

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of payroll/HRIS data migration or implementation.
• Strong understanding of US payroll data including taxes, deductions, benefits, and YTD balances.
• Hands-on data extraction, mapping, cleansing, transformation and reconciliation.
• Experience with payroll or Time & Attendance implementation projects.
• Strong Excel skills and familiarity with ETL processes.
• Experience managing mock conversions and data-quality issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and migration of US payroll and Time & Attendance data.
• Identify and document existing payroll, HR and T&A data sources.
• Manage data extraction, cleansing, mapping and transformation activities.
• Coordinate source-to-target mappings and migration templates.
• Oversee mock data loads, identify errors and manage remediation activities.
• Reconcile migrated payroll data, including balances, deductions, taxes and employee information.
• Support payroll parallel runs, cutover planning and final data validation.
• Work closely with HR, finance, IT and external system integrators.
• Maintain data-quality reporting, migration trackers and sign-off documentation.

Skills

US payroll data

Excel skills

ETL processes

Data migration

Stakeholder coordination

Communication

Data reconciliation

US working hours

Tools

UKG

ADP

Paylocity

Paychex

Paycor

Job description

Payroll & Time & Attendance Data Conversion Lead – Freelance

Contract: Initial 3 months, renewable up to 12 months

Start Date: January 2027

Working Arrangement: Predominantly remote, with potential on-site requirements

The Opportunity

We are supporting a global industrial organisation preparing for a major multi-country payroll and Time & Attendance transformation programme.

We are looking for an experienced Payroll & Time & Attendance Data Conversion Lead to manage the US payroll data migration workstream.

The consultant will be responsible for coordinating payroll and HR data preparation, migration, validation and reconciliation, working closely with local payroll teams, global data leads and external implementation partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and migration of US payroll and Time & Attendance data.
• Identify and document existing payroll, HR and T&A data sources.
• Manage data extraction, cleansing, mapping and transformation activities.
• Coordinate source-to-target mappings and migration templates.
• Oversee mock data loads, identify errors and manage remediation activities.
• Reconcile migrated payroll data, including balances, deductions, taxes and employee information.
• Support payroll parallel runs, cutover planning and final data validation.
• Work closely with HR, finance, IT and external system integrators.
• Maintain data-quality reporting, migration trackers and sign-off documentation.

Required Experience

• 5–8+ years of relevant experience in payroll/HRIS data migration or implementation.
• Strong understanding of US payroll data, including taxes, deductions, benefits and year-to-date balances.
• Hands-on experience with data extraction, mapping, cleansing, transformation and reconciliation.
• Experience with payroll or Time & Attendance implementation projects.
• Strong Excel skills and familiarity with ETL processes.
• Experience managing mock conversions, data-quality issues and migration errors.
• Strong communication and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Ability to support US working hours.
• Experience with UKG, ADP, Paylocity, Paychex or Paycor.
• Payroll-to-finance or payroll-to-treasury integrations.
• Experience with payroll parallel testing and cutover.
• Previous experience on large-scale international payroll transformation programmes.

This opportunity is subject to final project award.