Temp - Project Manager

Quality Carriers, Inc. (QC®) is a premier transportation solutions company in North America. QC and its subsidiaries provide expertise in bulk liquid chemical, intermodal and dry bulk transportation, logistics management, tractor and trailer repair and maintenance, commercial tank wash services, and more. QC has built a reputation for safety, reliability, honesty, quality, and industry expertise by providing top of the line transportation solutions for industry leading manufacturers.

The Temp – Project Manager will serve as the strategic lead for the technological evolution of the payroll function, specifically focused on maximizing the ROI of UKG Pro. This role will act as the bridge between Payroll, IT, and external UKG partners to identify operational gaps, reduce redundant manual processes, and engineer automated workflows while simultaneously processing the day to day payroll cycle (along with the Payroll team currently consisting of a manager and three coordinators). This role requires experience processing payroll to identify gaps and reduce manual processes.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Perform end\-to\-end payroll processing within UKG Pro, including data entry, time clock verification, gross\-to\-net calculations, and final payroll transmission.
• Provide support for employee inquiries regarding pay stubs, tax withholdings, and deductions, providing high\-touch customer service.
• Conduct a deep\-dive assessment of the current UKG configuration to identify underutilized features, process bottlenecks, and manual "shadow" processes.
• Design and implement streamlined workflows within UKG to eliminate manual data entry, reduce errors, and ensure 100% data integrity.
• Partner with Internal IT and UKG technical consultants to design, test, and deploy robust API integrations and file feeds between UKG and internal business systems.
• Document current\-state vs. future\-state requirements. Identify where the system fails to meet business needs and advocate for technical solutions or configuration changes.
• Manage the end\-to\-end lifecycle of payroll projects, including timelines, stakeholder communications, UAT (User Acceptance Testing), and post\-go\-live support.
• Act as the primary point of contact for UKG professional services, ensuring project deliverables are met on time and within scope.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• 3\-5 years of payroll processing in UKG.
• Proven experience managing or implementing UKG Pro (formerly UltiPro).
• Deep knowledge of UKG reporting (Business Intelligence), workflow configuration, and system administration.
• 3\-5 years of experience leading complex HRIS or Payroll projects.
• Understanding the logic of integrations, data mapping, and how APIs function.
• Excellence in translating complex technical requirements into clear updates for non\-technical stakeholders.

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma required
• Bachelor’s degrees preferably in Business Administration, Finance, Information Technology, or Human Resources.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: This is a full\-time on\-site position, and days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. One remote day per week may be available, depending on project needs.

Travel: 0%

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office and computer equipment.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The employee will regularly and repetitively be required to talk, hear, sit, type, reach and grasp in a typical office environment.

This position may require standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping or crouching. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items up to 20 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Quality Carriers, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.