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Syracuse finance committee weighs hiring Mosaic to finish payroll modernization using UKG
Summary
City staff told the Finance Committee the city should complete its payroll modernization by moving to UKG Pro and hiring Mosaic Consulting Group to implement the human capital management system; staff cited recurring errors in the AS/400 system, a 70% rollout of digital timekeeping and an expected June–July completion timeline pending contract terms.
City finance officials told the Syracuse City Finance Committee on Tuesday they plan to finish a long-running payroll modernization by implementing UKG Pro and contracting Mosaic Consulting Group to manage the build-out.
The presentation, led by Josh Siresen, project manager in the API department, and Mike Messer Smith, assistant director of HR, laid out why staff said the city must move away from its legacy AS/400 payroll system toward a vendor-hosted human capital management (HCM) platform. Staff said the change would shorten manual workflows, improve reporting and give employees self-service tools.
"With an actual modern human capital system, it's a few key strokes and a click," Siresen said, explaining that the city would gain faster personnel transactions and better data to manage overtime and scheduling. Messer Smith added bluntly, "We are so tired of dealing with AS 400 and processing paperwork like we're…
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