Remote UKG Payroll Implementation Specialist (Part-Time)

LaserAway; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 59,000; Part time

Job summary

LaserAway is seeking an experienced Payroll Specialist to provide hands-on support during our transition from ADP to UKG. Working under the Payroll lead and implementation team, this role will assist with data preparation, payroll testing, reconciliation, documentation, and initial payroll processing.

The project moves from semi-monthly to biweekly payroll and a new Saturday–Friday workweek. This position will complete assigned tasks using approved requirements, templates, and testing plans.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on payroll experience, including payroll data review and reconciliation.
• Experience with earnings, deductions, payroll taxes, overtime, commissions, benefits deductions, and timekeeping inputs.
• Experience using a payroll or HRIS platform and comparing payroll reports to identify discrepancies.
• Intermediate Excel proficiency, including sorting, filtering, formulas, lookups, and pivot tables for payroll reconciliation.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and ability to handle confidential employee information.
• Ability to complete defined tasks independently, follow established procedures, communicate findings clearly, and escalate questions promptly.
• Availability for agreed part-time work hours and scheduled meetings within the Eastern Time business day.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review employee and payroll data using templates; identify missing or inconsistent information.
• Compare ADP and UKG payroll reports to validate earnings, deductions, taxes, and employee balances.
• Execute payroll test scripts and parallel payroll comparisons; record results and unresolved items.
• Review timekeeping inputs and payroll calculations against approved requirements.
• Maintain testing logs, issue trackers, and supporting records per project procedures.
• Document approved payroll procedures and workflows; update job aids as directed.
• Assist with payroll data review and reconciliation during cutover and initial UKG cycles.
• Research routine payroll discrepancies and route issues to Payroll lead or partner.
• Support the Payroll team with documentation as processes move to regular use.

Skills

Payroll data review

UKG familiarity

Excel proficiency

Data reconciliation

Timekeeping inputs

Tools

UKG Payroll

ADP Workforce Now

HRIS

Job description

LaserAway is seeking an experienced Payroll Specialist to provide hands-on support during our transition from ADP to UKG. Working under the Payroll lead and implementation team, this role will assist with data preparation, payroll testing, reconciliation, documentation, and initial payroll processing.

The project moves from semi-monthly to biweekly payroll and a new Saturday–Friday workweek. This position will complete assigned tasks using approved requirements, templates, and testing plans.