Payroll Design and FLSA Testing Consultant

Title: Payroll Design and FLSA Testing Consultant

Site Locations: Tampa, FL 33607, Madison, NJ 07940, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Duration:6 Months

Hybrid Schedule

Pay Rate: $35.71/hr. on w2

Job Description

Position Overview
• We are seeking an experienced Payroll Design & FLSA Testing Consultant to support payroll compliance, process design, requirements gathering, and testing activities.

• The consultant will work with Payroll, HR, Time & Attendance, Finance, and vendor teams to assess requirements, design payroll solutions, validate calculations, and support payroll transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities
• Gather and document payroll business requirements and process designs.
• Review and enhance payroll processes, controls, and governance.
• Analyze impacts to FLSA overtime, regular rate calculations, bonuses, premium pay, and payroll compliance requirements.
• Support payroll design activities related to:
o Earnings and deductions
o Time integration requirements
o Payroll interfaces and data flows
o Wage type and earnings code design
o Payroll controls and compliance requirements
o Payroll operational procedures and handoffs
• Develop process flows, business requirements documents (BRDs), and functional specifications.
• Create and execute payroll test plans, test scripts, and validation scenarios.
• Lead System Testing, UAT, Parallel Testing, and payroll reconciliations.
• Track testing defects and coordinate resolution with internal and vendor teams.
• Support payroll transformation, optimization, and automation initiatives.

Required Qualifications
• 3 -4 years of payroll design, payroll implementation, or payroll testing experience.
• Strong knowledge of FLSA, overtime regulations, and payroll compliance requirements.
• Experience gathering payroll requirements and documenting future-state processes.
• Experience supporting payroll system implementations or enhancements.
• Strong payroll testing and reconciliation experience.
• Experience working with ADP GlobalView, Workday, SAP Payroll, or similar platforms.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Experience
• Payroll transformation and process engineering initiatives.
• Global payroll environments.
• Payroll integrations with HR, Time & Attendance, Benefits, or Finance systems.
• Payroll automation and continuous improvement projects.
• CPP certification preferred.