Job Title: Time and Attendance Analyst
Job Location: Dallas Texas (HYBRID)
Job Type: 9 months Contract
Job Description:
This North American Transportation and Logistics industry leader has an immediate 9 month contract opportunity in North Dallas for a Time & Attendance Analyst. This position requires working in the North Dallas/Addison office 2 days per week (Wednesdays and Thursdays). The Time & Attendance Analyst role serves as SME and point of contact for time & attendance issues and support. Will be responsible for maintaining time & attendance timecards and accruals by ensuring work rules and time calculations are in line with standard and union compliance. Responsibilities include ensuring data integrity through audits and report writing. This role will report to and partner with Time & Attendance Manager for issue resolution and identify opportunities to drive business process improvements in efficiency and quality. This position leverages knowledge of industry best practices to document and maintain proper segregation of controls to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).
Required Skills & Experience
- 2+ years of Time and Attendance experience with any Time & Attendance software (ADP eTIME preferred but open to Kronos, UKG, Workday, Workforce Management, Workforce Now, etc.)
- Time and Attendance experience with a minimum of 5,000 employees. Union Time & Attendance experience is preferred.
- Experience/knowledge with State FSLA Laws, including CA.
- Intermediate to advanced experience with MS Excel, including pivot tables and vLookups.
- Strong bias for action with a demonstrated track record of owning and delivering solutions successfully.
- Experience working with unions and complex work rules and calculations a plus, but not required.
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, including experience working directly with users and collaborating across internal teams to deliver complex projects.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze data, draw conclusions, and develop actionable recommendations.
- Ability to balance the demands of projects, maintenance, support, and customer expectations in a fast-paced environment with minimal guidance.
- Self-starter, able to drive work forward within an agile environment.
- High tolerance for ambiguity, challenge, and change.
- Ability to show composure in difficult circumstances.
- Understanding of pay calculations, payroll processes, pay standards and wage and hour laws.
- 2+ years' experience working with database reporting systems, word processing and spreadsheet software experience (ie, Access, Word, Excel) including writing documentation that describes installation and operating procedures and the ability to write complex formulas and calculations.
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, including experience working directly with users and collaborating across internal teams to deliver complex projects.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze data, draw conclusions, and develop actionable recommendations.
- Ability to balance the demands of projects, maintenance, support, and customer expectations in a fast-paced environment with minimal guidance.
- Self-starter, able to drive work forward within an agile environment.
What You Will Be Doing
- Provide first level support to end users of time & attendance, acting as a liaison between end users and Third-party Support. Support provided will include but is not limited to; troubleshoot issues, problem solving, resolving, reporting and end user training.
- Monitor data integrations to time & attendance software and make necessary updates to ensure data integrity,
- Ensure timely updates to associate information for seamless payroll processing,
- Assist with User Acceptance Testing in time & attendance software through implementation period.
- Conduct regular audits to ensure data integrity through testing of system changes and report writing.
- Provide support and issue resolution for end users via ticketing system.
- Create and maintain process documentation and desk references.
- Develops and manages special projects as identified by the Time & Attendance Manager.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.