Adecco Permanent Recruitment is hiring a Manager - Time & Attendance Transformation for a client based in Porto. This professional will lead the end-to-end migration from the current eTime platform to the UKG Time & Attendance solution. This role will be responsible for project governance, stakeholder management, implementation oversight, risk mitigation, vendor coordination, and ensuring a successful transition with minimal business disruption.

Key Responsibilities

Project Leadership

• Lead the overall Time & Attendance migration programme from eTime to UKG.
• Define project scope, timelines, milestones, governance structure and success criteria.
• Manage project budgets, resources and implementation plans.
• Ensure alignment between HR, Payroll, Operations, IT and external vendors.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary point of contact for senior leadership and project sponsors.
• Facilitate steering committee meetings and project status reviews.
• Drive decision-making and issue resolution across functional teams.
• Manage communication and change management activities.

Implementation Oversight

• Supervise system configuration, testing, data migration and deployment activities.
• Ensure business requirements are accurately translated into UKG configurations.
• Monitor project risks and dependencies.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities.

Compliance & Controls

• Ensure compliance with payroll, labour law and timekeeping requirements.
• Validate audit controls and reporting capabilities.
• Establish post-go-live support and governance processes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Information Systems or related field.
• 7+ years of experience managing HR, Payroll or Workforce Management projects.
• Previous experience leading Time & Attendance implementations or migrations.
• Strong understanding of payroll processes and workforce management operations.
• Experience working with UKG, Kronos, eTime or similar workforce management systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management certification (PMP, Prince2, Agile).
• Previous UKG implementation experience.
• Global or multi-site implementation experience.
• Stakeholder management
• Change management
• Communication and influencing skills
• Problem-solving and decision-making