UKG Pro WFM Product SME

Motion Recruitment; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a senior UKG Pro WFM Product SME to lead configuration and policy translation for a Kronos WFC to UKG Pro WFM migration, ideally at a higher education institution. This hands-on role requires deep product knowledge and collaboration with UKG consultants.

You will own the configuration workstream, map legacy pay rules and security profiles, and support go-live, stabilization, and UCLA knowledge transfer.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Kronos/UKG workforce management experience across design, configuration, implementation, upgrades and support.
• Hands-on UKG Pro WFM configuration: Timekeeping, Calculated Accruals, Attendance, Leave, Advanced Scheduling, holidays, and related rules.
• Experience configuring complex pay and accrual rules for union/CBAs and for California labor regulations.

Responsibilities

• Legacy review of current WFC setup and identification of items to carry into Pro WFM.
• Fit-gap analysis and recommendation of Pro WFM configuration changes.
• Review and validate business requirements and policy documentation; maintain RTM from requirements to configuration.
• Build and maintain customer-owned configuration: pay rules, work rules, accruals, holidays, attendance, and scheduling.
• Map WFC codes to Pro WFM equivalents and support data mapping.
• Provide input to integration design and ensure proper documentation of decisions.
• Support testing and defect triage; assist with SIT, UAT, and go-live readiness.
• Transfer knowledge to UCLA System Administrators during go-live and stabilization.

Skills

Kronos WFC

UKG Pro WFM

Timekeeping

Calculated Accruals

Attendance

Leave

Advanced Scheduling

Security Profiles

Display Profiles

RTM/Traceability

Tools

Paragon tools

Data Import Tool

Device Manager/UDM

SQL

Job description

UKG Pro WFM Product SME/Contract/Remote

Initial term of 6 months; extension expected through go-live and stabilization

Remote

A senior UKG product expert who has led, or held a key role in, at least one migration from Kronos Workforce Central to UKG Pro WFM, preferably at a higher-education institution. The Product SME owns the organizations configuration workstream: translating policy and bargaining-agreement requirements into Pro WFM design, shaping and delivering configuration alongside UKG's consultants, and serving as consultant for how Pro WFM should be used. This is a hands-on functional role with technical depth in the product.

Knockout Criteria

1. Led or held a key configuration role in at least one full-lifecycle Kronos WFC UKG Pro WFM (Dimensions) migration, through go-live.
2. Hands-on UKG Pro WFM configuration in the last two years: pay rules, work rules, pay codes, Calculated Accruals, business structure and labor categories, Function Access Profiles, Display Profiles.
3. Configured pay and accrual rules for union / collective bargaining agreements, ideally under California labor regulations.
4. Hands-on Kronos WFC (v6.x-8.1.x) configuration sufficient to read and rationalize the legacy setup.

Key Responsibilities

• Legacy review: assess the current WFC setup (pay rules, work rules, accrual policies, attendance, labor levels, security) and identify outdated or unused items that should not be carried into Pro WFM.
• Fit-gap analysis: partner with UKG to identify configuration changes required by functional differences between WFC and Pro WFMand recommend how to configure Pro WFM to meet company policy.
• Requirements: review, refine and validate business requirements, use cases and policy/procedure documentation for all in-scope employee groups, including represented groups. Own the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) from requirement through configuration decision; the QA / Test Analyst extends it to test cases.
• Configuration: build and maintain customer-owned configuration — pay rules, work rules, pay codes, accrual and leave policies, attendance, holidays, overtime, schedule patterns, business structure and labor categories, FAPs, Display Profiles, data access and Cross Reference Tables.
• Functional data mapping: own the functional mapping of WFC pay codes, labor levels and accrual codes to their Pro WFM equivalents and t= earnings codes. (Technical field mapping and conversion loads are owned by the Integration Developer.)
• Integration design input: provide product and policy input to the integration/interface design document, including the labor-transfer and cost-center design that feeds Maximo labor billing.
• Documentation: document project assumptions, risks and configuration decisions; contribute to the project scope document and configuration workbooks.
• Testing: unit-test own configuration before handing it to the QA / Test Analyst, who owns the test workstream; support SIT, parallel payroll and UAT by triaging configuration defects and confirming fixes.
• Go-live: support cutover, go-live and stabilization; transfer knowledge to UCLA System Administrators.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of Kronos/UKG workforce management experience covering design, configuration, implementation, upgrades and support.
• Led or held a key role in at least one full-lifecycle Kronos WFC UKG Pro WFM migration, including fit-gap analysis, configuration, data validation and go-live readiness.
• Hands-on UKG Pro WFM configuration: Timekeeping, Calculated Accruals, Attendance, Leave, Advanced Scheduling, business structure and labor levels, holidays, overtime and rounding rules.
• Hands-on Kronos WFC (v6.x-8.1.x) configuration: Timekeeper, pay rules, work rules, pay codes, accrual policies, Attendance, Leave, Attestation.
• Security and setup experience: Function Access Profiles, Display Profiles, Data Access Profiles, Hyperfinds, Genies and Cross Reference Tables.
• Experience configuring complex pay and accrual rules for union / CBA populations and for federal and California labor regulations.
• Strong requirements-analysis skills; able to turn policy documents into configuration and traceable requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with technical and business audiences; comfortable leading workshops with HR, Payroll and union-facing stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• WFC Pro WFM migration experience in higher education.
• UKG Pro WFM certifications (Timekeeping, Advanced Scheduling, Workforce Dimensions).
• Experience with WFC Activities and Advanced Scheduler where these are in scope.
• Experience with Setup Data Manager, Paragon tools, Data Import Tool, Process Manager / Workflow, Device Manager / UDM and InTouch clocks.
• Working understanding of Pro WFM integration patterns (Boomi / Integration Hub, REST APIs, legacy WIM) sufficient to design with the Integration Developer — building integrations is not required.

Key Skills and Tools

Kronos WFC v6.x-8.1.x, UKG Pro WFM (Dimensions), Timekeeper, pay rules, work rules, Calculated Accruals, Attendance, Leave, Attestation, Advanced Scheduler, Hyperfinds, Genies, FAPs, Display Profiles, CRTs, labor levels and business structure, Setup Data Manager, Paragon tools, Device Manager / UDM, SQL (read/validate), requirements traceability, fit-gap analysis, UKG Launch methodology.

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP's Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.