Remote UKG WFM Consultant: Attendance & Leave Optimization

INSPYR Solutions; Oak Brook (IL); Remote; USD 83,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Competitive pay

Job summary

INSPYR Solutions is seeking an experienced UKG Workforce Management Consultant to support a UKG optimization and configuration initiative for our client. The role is remote (ET/CT hours) with compensation of $60–$75 per hour, targeting US-based projects.

You will redesign attendance policies, configure payroll rules, enhance leave accruals, and update overtime calculations while translating business requirements into UKG configurations.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience configuring and supporting UKG Workforce Management solutions.
• Strong understanding of attendance policies, attendance points, and corrective action workflows.
• Experience configuring payroll rules, overtime calculations, pay codes, and timekeeping functionality.
• Familiarity with leave management, sick time accruals, and benefits-related configuration.
• Experience developing or modifying workforce management reports.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical configurations.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with business stakeholders.
• Experience supporting system testing, validation, and implementation activities.

Responsibilities

• Attendance Management: Redesign and configure attendance policies, including milestone-based perfect attendance rewards, probationary attendance controls, and standardized corrective action thresholds.
• Employee Notifications & Reporting: Implement automated attendance point notifications and develop reporting capabilities that provide HR visibility into attendance activity, compliance, and reward eligibility.
• Leave & Benefit Accruals: Reconfigure sick leave accrual rules to calculate earned time based on hours worked, supporting consistent accrual practices across the organization.
• Overtime Configuration: Update overtime calculation rules to exclude non-worked pay codes, holiday credits, and other qualifying premium hours in accordance with the revised overtime policy effective January 1.
• System Configuration & Testing: Translate business requirements into UKG configurations, validate system functionality, troubleshoot discrepancies, and support user acceptance testing.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with HR, payroll, and technical stakeholders to ensure requirements are understood, configurations align with business objectives, and implementation milestones are achieved.
• Implementation Support: Assist with documentation, deployment preparation, issue resolution, and post‑implementation stabilization.

Skills

UKG configuration

Attendance policies

Payroll rules

Leave management

Reporting

Translating requirements to configs

Communication with stakeholders

Testing & validation

Tools

UKG Workforce Management

UKG Pro

Job description

INSPYR Solutions is seeking an experienced UKG Workforce Management Consultant to support a UKG optimization and configuration initiative for our client. The role is remote (ET/CT hours) with compensation of $60–$75 per hour, targeting US-based projects.

You will redesign attendance policies, configure payroll rules, enhance leave accruals, and update overtime calculations while translating business requirements into UKG configurations.