Senior Time & Attendance / Union Payroll Systems Consultant

Job Description City: Culver City, CA Onsite/ Hybrid/ Remote: Hybrid (3-4 days a week onsite) Duration: 4 months from start date, opportunity to extend Rate Range: Upto $107/hr on W2 Work Authorization: GC, USC, All valid EADs except H1B, OPT, CPT Must Have: 10+ years of experience across payroll, Time & Attendance, and enterprise system implementations Deep experience supporting union payroll and Collective Bargaining Agreements Strong knowledge of overtime, meal penalties, shift premiums, guarantees, minimum calls, and turnaround rules Experience with UKG Pro, Workday, Infor, or similar Time, Payroll, or HCM platforms Time & Attendance system transformation and configuration experience Payroll reconciliation, parallel testing, and data validation experience Integration experience across Time, Payroll, and HCM platforms Responsibilities: Lead end-to-end Time & Attendance transformation initiatives Manage project governance, schedules, risks, dependencies, and delivery Translate union agreements and payroll policies into system rules and configurations Lead requirements workshops with payroll, HR, and business stakeholders Document functional requirements, workflows, business rules, and system requirements Identify process gaps and automation opportunities Support integration design across Time, Payroll, and HCM platforms Validate data flows between Time & Attendance and payroll systems Develop and execute testing strategies, including parallel payroll validation Perform reconciliation between timekeeping and payroll outputs Coordinate system integrators and internal technical teams Support Agile sprint planning, testing, issue resolution, and implementation Ensure payroll data integrity, compliance, and audit readiness Support implementation, training, rollout, and post-production stabilization Qualifications: 10+ years of payroll, Time & Attendance, or payroll systems experience Proven experience leading complex Time & Attendance implementations or transformations Strong functional knowledge of payroll calculations in unionized environments Experience interpreting Collective Bargaining Agreements and translating requirements into system functionality Experience with enterprise payroll and HCM platforms Strong understanding of system integrations and payroll data flows Experience leading functional testing, reconciliation, and parallel payroll activities Experience managing large-scale enterprise technology projects Nice to Have: Entertainment or other highly unionized industry experience Agile delivery experience Experience working with third-party system integrators Payroll compliance and audit experience Large enterprise Time & Attendance transformation experience