Payroll Consultant - UKG Pro
PEPL • Atlanta, GA • Contractor
Posted on Tue, Aug 4, 2026
The ideal candidate has extensive hands-on experience processing payroll within UKG Pro, understands payroll tax compliance, audits payroll data for accuracy, and provides exceptional support to employees and clients. This role requires someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, can manage multiple payroll cycles simultaneously, and proactively identifies opportunities to improve payroll processes.
Key Responsibilities
Payroll Processing
- Process weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payrolls utilizing UKG Pro.
- Review payroll data for completeness and accuracy prior to processing.
- Audit earnings, deductions, taxes, garnishments, benefit deductions, and direct deposits.
- Validate employee data including new hires, terminations, promotions, transfers, compensation changes, and leave transactions.
- Ensure payrolls are processed accurately and within established deadlines.
- Process off-cycle payrolls, manual checks, retroactive payments, bonus payrolls, commissions, and special payroll runs.
- Reconcile payroll totals before transmission.
- Maintain employee payroll records within UKG Pro.
- Configure and maintain payroll earnings and deduction codes.
- Support payroll system testing following updates and enhancements.
- Troubleshoot payroll processing issues within UKG Pro.
- Assist with system optimization and recommend process improvements.
- Maintain security and confidentiality of payroll information.
- Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations.
- Verify tax withholding accuracy.
- Assist with payroll tax reconciliations.
- Review quarterly and annual payroll tax reporting.
- Support year-end processing including:
- W-2 preparation
- Year-end balancing
- Payroll reconciliations
- Tax adjustments
- Maintain compliance with wage and hour laws.
- Process employee benefit deductions.
- Audit benefit enrollments against payroll deductions.
- Reconcile health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, and retirement deductions.
- Process 401(k) contributions and employer matches.
- Coordinate payroll deductions with Benefits Administration.
- Process wage garnishments.
- Maintain child support orders.
- Administer tax levies.
- Process creditor garnishments.
- Ensure compliance with federal and state garnishment regulations.
- Perform payroll balancing prior to payroll submission.
- Reconcile payroll registers.
- Prepare payroll reports for Finance and HR.
- Complete General Ledger payroll reconciliations.
- Assist Accounting with month-end payroll accruals.
- Research and resolve payroll discrepancies.
- Respond to employee payroll inquiries.
- Resolve paycheck discrepancies.
- Explain payroll deductions and tax withholdings.
- Provide excellent customer service while maintaining confidentiality.
- Identify opportunities to automate payroll processes.
- Document payroll procedures and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Participate in payroll audits.
- Recommend improvements to payroll workflows.
- Stay current on payroll legislation and UKG Pro enhancements.
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 3–5+ years of payroll processing experience.
- Minimum 2 years of hands-on UKG Pro payroll processing experience.
- Experience processing multi-state payroll.
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations.
- Experience with payroll reconciliations.
- Strong understanding of payroll deductions and benefits administration.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- High attention to detail.
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP).
- UKG Pro certification or advanced user experience.
- Experience processing payroll for multiple legal entities or FEINs.
- Experience supporting payroll implementations or system upgrades.
- Knowledge of General Ledger integrations.
- Experience with timekeeping integrations.
- Experience with HRIS systems.
- Public accounting or payroll service bureau experience.