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Acumen Fiscal Agent · 14 hours ago

Business Systems Analyst, UKG

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

Acumen Fiscal Agent is a leading provider of fiscal agent services aiming to empower individuals needing home care. They are seeking a Business Systems Analyst to manage the UKG system for timekeeping and payroll, ensuring accurate configuration and compliance with HR policies.

Financial Services

Responsibilities

Own end‑to‑end UKG configuration across timekeeping, pay rules, accruals, payroll calendars, and retro logic

Design and maintain calculation rules that correctly interpret worked time, premiums, and policy exceptions

Serve as final authority on how business requirements are implemented in UKG

Ensure predictable payroll outcomes through deliberate configuration and testing

Own payroll close mechanics, cutoff rules, and audit checkpoints

Partner with Payroll Ops and Tax to prevent defects before they reach production

Translate HR policies into accrual engines that balance compliance with operational reality

Own balance logic, caps, resets, carryover, and corrections

Minimize manual adjustments through system‑first design

Own functional logic for inbound and outbound integrations (EVV, rates, benefits, GL, tax files)

Validate mapping, assumptions, and downstream impact of changes

Ensure failures are visible, explainable, and resolved quickly

Design UAT scenarios that reflect real‑world payroll risk

Define pass/fail criteria and approve or reject releases

Lead change impact analysis and configuration documentation

Establish and enforce UKG configuration standards and guardrails

Reduce vendor dependency through internal expertise

Continuously simplify and harden the platform as programs scale

Posture by familiarizing themselves with all policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines and act

Qualification

UKG configurationPayroll accuracyData integrityUAT leadershipIntegration managementCompliance understandingRisk managementContinuous improvement

Required

Functional ownership of UKG system behavior for timekeeping and payroll

Ability to translate HR/Payroll policies, compliance requirements, and operational reality into accurate, auditable, and scalable configuration within UKG

Experience in leading functional design, configuration governance, and UAT acceptance

End-to-end UKG configuration across timekeeping, pay rules, accruals, payroll calendars, and retro logic

Design and maintain calculation rules that interpret worked time, premiums, and policy exceptions

Serve as final authority on how business requirements are implemented in UKG

Ensure predictable payroll outcomes through deliberate configuration and testing

Ownership of payroll close mechanics, cutoff rules, and audit checkpoints

Partnership with Payroll Ops and Tax to prevent defects before they reach production

Translation of HR policies into accrual engines that balance compliance with operational reality

Ownership of balance logic, caps, resets, carryover, and corrections

Minimization of manual adjustments through system-first design

Ownership of functional logic for inbound and outbound integrations (EVV, rates, benefits, GL, tax files)

Validation of mapping, assumptions, and downstream impact of changes

Ensuring failures are visible, explainable, and resolved quickly

Designing UAT scenarios that reflect real-world payroll risk

Defining pass/fail criteria and approving or rejecting releases

Leading change impact analysis and configuration documentation

Establishing and enforcing UKG configuration standards and guardrails

Reducing vendor dependency through internal expertise

Continuously simplifying and hardening the platform as programs scale

Familiarity with all policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines

Company

Acumen Fiscal Agent

At Acumen Fiscal Agent, we strive to simplify life for veterans, aging adults, and individuals with physical, intellectual, and developmental disabilities by providing fiscal management services that have a positive and long-lasting impact on their lives.

Founded in 1995