Payroll System Administrator at Regional Transportation District in Denver, Colorado

Job Description:

At Regional Transportation District (RTD), We make lives better through connections!

When you join RTD, you will be among dedicated employees exhibiting RTD's values of passion, respect, diversity, trustworthiness, collaboration, and ownership. RTD is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of our diversity value statement, we encourage our employees to honor diversity in thought, people, and experience. Come join RTD on this great journey to be the trusted leader in mobility, delivering excellence and value to our customers and community.

RTD Employee Benefits: https://www.rtd-denver.com/careers/benefits

(RTD Represented Employee Benefits: Please refer to the Labor Agreement included in the above link for details.)

This position is responsible for managing the UKG Pro Workforce Management timekeeping application and integrations with external systems. This includes configuration, integration development, version/feature implementation, and on-going support as a subject matter expert on all aspects of the application.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

ESSENTIAL:

• Performs all functions related to the administration of the UKG Pro WFM timekeeping application and interfaces.


• Serves as the functional subject matter expert/contact point associated with application issues, enhancements, workflows, and user role configurations.


• Troubleshoots, analyzes, and resolves complex application issues, escalating to IT technical team members or UKG if required.


• Performs ongoing analysis and documents the requirements for business and site-specific time tracking and pay policies, ensuring compliance with collective bargaining unit agreements, RTD policies, and State and Federal regulations.


• Monitors the application environment to ensure continued software functionality, identify operational inefficiencies, and manage data integrity issues.


• Configures UKG Pro Workforce Management to best meet RTD time capture and payroll processing requirements, ensuring company standards, policies, and objectives are met.


• Configures Pro Workforce Management Display and Access Profiles to ensure roles and permissions are being properly assigned to users.


• Develops, documents, and maintains integrations with Workday and other downstream applications using Boomi and ETL products.


• Reviews upcoming version release documentation for new functionality, potential impacts, and options to optimize existing processes and integrations accordingly.


• Works collaboratively with business process owners and end users to understand workflows and develop effective solutions within the application.


• Develops and manages testing scenarios and methodologies to demonstrate system functionality, including the creation and upkeep of testing documentation.


• Creates and maintains end-user documentation and training procedures.


• Works with management and the business intelligence group to define and standardize key metrics/KPIs across the organization, ensuring consistent and comparable data for analysis.


• Maintains an understanding of budgeted, planned, forecasted, and actual hours, providing insights for operational efficiency.


• Participates in training to stay updated on the UKG Pro Workforce Management application and relevant labor laws/regulations.


• Ensures Timekeeper, Advanced Scheduling, Absence Management and Attendance Application areas are operating accurately, effectively and reflects required business rules.


• Proactively creates reports, analyzes data and identifies opportunities for continuous improvement and scalability.


• Maintains schedule reports, workflow notifications, home page, and time clock functionalities.


• Performs maintenance (configuration, re-configurations, upgrades, enhancements, implementation) defines test plans, scripts and leads Integration and user acceptance testing activities as well as promoting changes to production.


• Performs periodic user security and access audits.


• Monitors and edits employee profiles/demographics in compliance with stakeholders directions. Sets up new employee groups, establishes and updates delegation profiles and monitors issues, configures pay rules or accrual policies according to Payroll and HR directions.


• Develops and Maintains interfaces to other enterprise applications with Boomi integrations or other programming languages/tools.


• Monitors Interfaces between Pro WFM, Workday, and other Enterprise systems.


• Documents processes, procedures, and system configuration, coordinating and managing tasks for system maintenance with Internal and external providers, follows Technology Project Management methodology standards, maintaining logs and documenting resolution of all Pro WFM incidents.


• Reviews communication and training materials to ensure technical accuracy, assisting where necessary to develop materials in support of system navigation and changes.


• Provides support for various internal and external audit functions.

OTHER:

All job-related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a closely related field or experience preferred.


• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in a payroll application support position for a medium or large organization, which includes experience in a system administration role for UKG timekeeping software such as WFC, Dimensions, and Pro WFM.


• Current Boomi certification (required).


• Knowledge of current federal, state, and local statutes and regulations affecting payroll practices, to include IRS tax regulations and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).


• Experience in using and understanding the flow of transactions with integrated and automated payroll systems.

OR:

An equivalent combination of education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent problem solving skills.


• Proficient with Microsoft Office.


• Ability to efficiently manage time and workload requiring minimal supervision.


• Strong written and verbal communications skills, with the ability to convey technical information to all levels of application users in a specific, clear, and concise manner.


• Ability to perform, resolve and audit complex payroll analytical problems with accuracy.


• Ability to demonstrate initiative.


• Ability to manage time and workload effectively which includes planning, organizing, and prioritizing with attention to detail.


• Ability to pay close attention to detail, ensuring strict accuracy in all aspects of tasks, assignments, projects, and reports.


• Ability to use sound judgment and maintain the strictest of confidentiality.


• Ability to create and deliver end user training.


• Demonstrated experience with cloud technologies and utilizing APIs.


• Demonstrated proficiency with the Boomi platform.


• Current UKG Integration training for Boomi developer access.


• Ability to troubleshoot pay rules/ work rules and general UKG timekeeping configurations.


• Strong understanding of how to create/modify/run reports and create Dataviews in UKG Pro WFM.


• Knowledge and understanding of Business Intelligence concepts.


• Must be able to interact effectively and professionally with internal and external customers, including all levels of management.


• Advanced knowledge of UKG Pro WFM integrations, APIs, and Boomi middleware.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
 

The work environment and physical demands described here are representative of those required by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodations.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and color vision.


• The work environment is a typical office environment with minimal exposure to excessive noise or adverse environmental issues.

CAREER MAP:

Based on job performance, experience, education and position availability the next step on the career map for this position may be:  

Senior Accounting Manager

We are considering all applications for this position up until the position close date of 4/23/2025. For consideration, please be sure to apply before the posting end date.

EEO POLICY AND ADA ACCOMMODATIONSRTD is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless to the race, sex, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. RTD is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, promotions, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to our Employment ADA Coordinator Kris Frazier at adarequests@rtd-denver.com, or the Talent Acquisition team at rtd.ta@rtd-denver.com. 

Pay Range:

$77,437.00 - $109,380.25 Annual

RTD is an Equal Opportunity Employer, please see our EEO policy ( https://www.rtd-denver.com/sites/default/files/files/2022-12/EEO%20Policy%20Statement-%20UPDATED.pdf )

RTD posts a compensation range that represents a good faith estimate of what RTD anticipates paying for the position at the time of posting.  Starting salary is based on the candidate’s relevant and verified education, training and work experience.  Applicants should submit all relevant and verifiable education, training and work experiences at the time of application.

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