UKG Pro/Dimensions Consultant - Payroll & TA Specialist

Gagan Chowdary Patibandla

UKG/Kronos Consultant

Senior UKG Consultant with 5+ years of experience delivering enterprise-scale UKG Pro and UKG Dimensions implementations. Expert in Time & Attendance, Payroll, Scheduling, Core HCM, Integrations, and Reporting, with a proven record of optimizing workforce operations, ensuring compliance, and improving payroll accuracy. Trusted advisor to HR, Payroll, IT, and Operations leaders across complex, multi-location organizations.

Over 5 years of hands-on experience implementing, configuring, and supporting UKG Pro and UKG Dimensions solutions across diverse industries.

Extensive expertise in Time & Attendance, Scheduling, Payroll, Core HCM, Benefits, and UKG Reporting modules.

Led end-to-end UKG implementations, including requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support.

Performed detailed business process analysis to align UKG solutions with organizational policies, compliance requirements, and workforce needs.

Configured complex pay rules, accruals, shift differentials, overtime calculations, and scheduling rules to ensure accurate workforce management.

Supported Payroll processing, including earnings, deductions, taxes, retro calculations, and reconciliation to ensure timely and compliant payroll cycles.

Designed and executed data migration strategies, including data extraction, cleansing, validation, and loading from legacy HR and payroll systems.

Developed and maintained integrations between UKG and third-party systems using APIs, flat files, and middleware solutions.

Built custom reports, dashboards, and analytics to provide actionable insights for HR, Payroll, and leadership teams.

Conducted system testing (unit, integration, UAT) and resolved defects to ensure stable and accurate UKG deployments.

Delivered end-user training, documentation, and knowledge transfer to drive system adoption and reduce support dependencies.

Provided ongoing post-go-live support, troubleshooting issues, optimizing configurations, and implementing continuous improvements.

Partnered closely with HR, Payroll, IT, and Operations stakeholders to ensure seamless system alignment and business continuity.

Ensured compliance with labor laws, union rules, and organizational policies, reducing audit risks and payroll discrepancies.

Recognized for delivering scalable, user-friendly workforce solutions that improve operational efficiency, compliance, and employee experience.

Mentored junior consultants and enforced UKG best practices, improving delivery quality and configuration standards. Education

Mahatma Gandhi Institute Of Technology - India

Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering - India

University Of North Texas - USA

Master’s in Information Science - USA

Experience

Hyundai Capital, Irvine, CA (Remote)

Role: Senior UKG Consultant

Responsibilities:

Dec 2023 - Till date

Led multi-phase UKG Pro and UKG Dimensions implementations for mid-to-large enterprises, supporting HCM, Payroll, and Workforce Management modules.

Designed complex pay and work rules, including union contracts, premiums, overtime, retro logic, and exception handling.

Configured advanced accrual engines with tiered balances, carryover, proration, and service-based eligibility.

Implemented optimized scheduling models (rotations, pattern schedules, self-service bidding, labor forecasting).

Delivered end-to-end payroll configuration, covering earnings, deductions, taxes, garnishments, and statutory compliance.

Executed large-scale data migrations, ensuring 100% reconciliation accuracy for historical payroll and time data.

Built and supported UKG integrations using APIs, SFTP, and flat files for benefits, GL, banking, and finance systems.

Developed advanced UKG BI & Cognos reports, enabling leadership to track labor costs, compliance, and workforce trends.

Led parallel payroll testing and UAT, performing variance analysis and resolving discrepancies pre-go live.

Mentored junior consultants and enforced UKG best practices, improving delivery quality and configuration standards.

Authored and optimized calculated fields, custom expressions, and business rules within UKG Dimensions to automate workforce policies.

Built advanced UKG BI and Cognos reports, leveraging joins, prompts, calculated measures, and scheduling for automated distribution.

Supported parallel payroll testing and UAT cycles, performing variance analysis, root-cause investigation, and corrective configuration changes.

Automated recurring administrative tasks using SQL queries, data extracts, and Excel macros to improve reconciliation efficiency and accuracy.

Partnered with client IT teams on single sign-on (SSO), role-based security, and environment management (DEV, TEST, PROD).

Delivered structured post-go-live optimization, including performance tuning, rule refactoring, and enhancement backlog prioritization.

Mentored junior consultants by reviewing configuration logic, integration specs, and test evidence, ensuring adherence to UKG best practices and delivery standards.

Alqian Technologies, Delhi, India May 2021 – Dec 2022 Role: UKG Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

Designed scalable UKG Dimensions Time & Attendance architectures to support high-volume, multi-location enterprise workforces.

Implemented advanced work rule logic using conditional expressions, rule chaining, and exception-based triggers.

Configured pay code transformations and mapping logic to align time capture with downstream payroll systems.

Developed complex accrual calculations, including anniversary-based grants, negative balances, and policy-driven caps.

Applied labour compliance rulesets leveraging geofencing, punch rounding, attestation prompts, and audit trails.

Created optimized shift differential logic using rule hierarchies, time-of-day premiums, and multi-job assignments.

Built custom BI and WFM reports using calculated fields, filters, prompts, and scheduled distribution workflows.

Performed end-to-end testing cycles, including regression, integration, and payroll-impact validation with detailed test scripts.

Conducted root-cause analysis on time-to-pay discrepancies by tracing data flows across Dimensions, payroll exports, and GL files.

Utilized SQL queries and data extracts to validate time data accuracy, accrual balances, and exception trends.

Delivered structured role-based training, including administrator configuration labs and self-service user guides.

Supported UKG quarterly releases and patches, analyzing release notes, validating impacts, and executing production cutovers.

Implemented security roles, access profiles, and audit controls to enforce data privacy and segregation of duties. Mphasis, Hyderabad, India Dec 2019 – Apr 2021

Role: UKG Analyst

Responsibilities:

Implemented advanced work rule logic using conditional expressions, rule chaining, and exception-based triggers.

Configured pay code transformations to align time capture with downstream payroll systems.

Developed complex accrual policies, including anniversary-based grants, negative balances, and caps.

Applied labor compliance controls, including geofencing, punch rounding, attestations, and audit trails.

Built custom BI and Workforce Management reports with calculated fields and automated distribution.

Conducted regression, integration, and payroll-impact testing across releases and enhancements.

Delivered administrator and end-user training, improving system adoption and reducing support requests.

Supported UKG Pro Core HR, Payroll, and Time Management in production environments with strict SLAs.

Configured employee lifecycle workflows for hires, transfers, and terminations.

Managed payroll calendars, earning/deduction sequencing, and off-cycle payrolls.

Performed payroll validation and reconciliation using control totals and variance analysis.

Provided Tier-2 support, resolving configuration, integration, and calculation issues.

Maintained SOPs, configuration documentation, and troubleshooting runbooks.

Supported system upgrades with impact analysis and regression testing. Technical Skills

UKG Platforms: UKG Pro, UKG Dimensions.

Workforce Management: Time & Attendance, Scheduling, Accrual Management, Pay Rules, Work Rules, Shift Differentials, Labor Categories.

Payroll Systems: UKG Payroll, Earnings & Deductions, Retro Payroll, Garnishments, Tax Localization, Payroll Reconciliation.

Core HCM: Employee Lifecycle Management (Hire, Transfer, Termination), Job & Position Management, Benefits Administration.

Reporting & Analytics: UKG BI, Cognos Analytics, Workforce Analytics, Custom Reports, Dashboards.

Integrations: REST APIs, Flat File Integrations, SFTP, Middleware, Payroll & Benefits Vendor Integrations, GL Interfaces.

Data Management: Data Migration, Data Mapping, Data Validation, Data Reconciliation, Historical Payroll & Time Data.

Programming / Querying: SQL Queries, Calculated Fields, Custom Expressions, Business Rules.

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