Acumen, LLC · 3 days ago
Business Systems Analyst, UKG
Mesa, AZ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expAcumen is one of the nation's leading fiscal agents offering innovative financial management services. The Business Systems Analyst for UKG is responsible for managing the UKG system behavior for timekeeping and payroll, ensuring compliance and accuracy through effective configuration and governance.
ConsultingGovernmentInformation Technology
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
Demonstrates excellence in work standards, is tenacious in completing tasks
Able to effectively problem solve and make decisions. To include resolving crisis situations and developing resolutions between parties
Works well with other team members and departments
Demonstrates the ability to interact and cooperate using respectful relations in order to efficiently accomplish mutual goals and assignments
Requests support from team with ample time to accommodate the support request in order to meet deadlines
Ensures effectiveness in processes to achieve/seek best practice
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
Direct experience with UKG (multiple implementations strongly preferred)
5+ years of experience in business systems analysis and/or enterprise SaaS platform configuration ownership (timekeeping/payroll strongly preferred)
Demonstrated experience translating policy and operational workflows into system rules/configuration with strong attention to auditability and risk
Experience leading functional testing/UAT (scenario design, defect triage, go/no-go readiness)
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to diagnose issues at the configuration/workflow/data level
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including ability to push back respectfully and arbitrate tradeoffs
Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team
Preferred
Experience supporting multi-state operations and/or compliance-heavy environments
Familiarity with payroll/tax/GL impacts and reconciliation concepts (functional understanding)
Experience with change governance and release management in SaaS enterprise platforms
Experience creating durable documentation standards for configuration and system behavior
Experience working with cross-functional teams in a tech and healthcare environment
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Generous paid time off
Incentive bonuses to those who qualify
Company
Acumen, LLC
Acumen, LLC works to improve the information provided to policymakers who design and revise welfare, health, education, labor, and business programs at the national, state, and local levels.
501-1000 employees
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