Job Title: Senior Project Manager - UKG/Kronos Workforce Management (Finance)

Location: Anywhere in the US

Duration: Long-term

Job Description:

Acts as the PM representing the Finance organization, likely partnering closely with the CFO's team. Leads implementation activities related to timekeeping, payroll, labor costing, financial controls, and downstream financial impacts. Guides business stakeholders through adoption and process changes associated with the Kronos/UKG platform. These are not pure PM roles. The ideal candidates are likely business-savvy implementation PMs who have previously led UKG/Kronos and/or Workday transformations, rather than traditional PMs who only manage schedules and status reports.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive project planning, execution, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
• Coordinate Finance, Payroll, IT, and vendor teams.
• Ensure payroll and labor-related processes are configured and tested appropriately.
• Facilitate requirements gathering, process design, testing, training, and go-live readiness.
• Manage project timelines, dependencies, and issue resolution.

Minimum Education and Experience:

No degree or certification requirement is stated by the client. Strong Project Management experience leading large-scale enterprise software implementations. Subject matter expertise in UKG/Kronos Time & Attendance. Subject matter expertise in payroll processes. Subject matter expertise in workforce management systems. Subject matter expertise in finance operations. 8+ years' Project Management experience (per the target profile). Multiple UKG/Kronos implementations (per the target profile). Strong executive stakeholder management (per the target profile). Able to work at both the strategic and detailed execution levels (per the target profile).

Preferred Qualifications:

Ideally possesses Workday Finance and Payroll experience. Healthcare industry experience preferred. Healthcare provider experience preferred (per the target profile).

Soft Skills:

Strong executive stakeholder management and communication. Business-savvy – able to guide stakeholders through adoption and process change, not only manage a plan. Comfortable operating at both strategic and detailed execution levels.

Skills:

Skill Required/ Desired Amount of Experience

• Project Management experience (per the target profile). 8+ Years
• Project Management leading large-scale enterprise software implementations. Years
• UKG/Kronos Time & Attendance – subject matter expertise. Years
• Multiple UKG/Kronos implementations delivered. Years
• Payroll processes – subject matter expertise. Years
• Workforce management systems – subject matter expertise. Years
• Finance operations – subject matter expertise. Years
• Executive stakeholder management. Years
• Coordinating Finance, Payroll, IT and vendor teams. Years
• Requirements gathering, process design, testing, training and go-live readiness. Years
• Labor costing and financial controls within a timekeeping implementation. Years
• Workday Finance and Payroll. Desired Years
• Healthcare industry – ideally a healthcare provider. Desired Years