Certified Time & Attendance Specialist in ADP Workforce Now®

Demonstrate your time and attendance expertise with the Certified Time & Attendance Specialist in ADP Workforce Now certification. Developed by the industry-leading HCM solutions provider, this credential equips professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to apply payroll best practices, navigate ADP Workforce Now with confidence, and execute critical Essential Time processes with accuracy and efficiency.

Eligibility Criteria: 

• You must be a current client using ADP Workforce Now with practitioner access. 
• You must have a minimum of 6 months in the product as a practitioner and have gone through one full year end cycle. 
• Your company must use the ADP Essential Time timekeeping product.

See the Program Guide here for more information.

Preparation Course and Study Resources

This Program Outline will help you prepare for the Certified Time & Attendance Specialist in ADP Workforce Now Exam. The program is made up of self-paced eLearning courses, 1 virtual instructor led sessions and optional office hours.  

It requires you to spend approximately 1-2 hours/week for 6 weeks to complete the courses in your assigned learning path in myLearning@ADP. Once you have completed all required coursework you will complete a practice exam, and then the certification exam itself. The certification exam is assigned to you after passing the practice exam with a score of 85% or higher.  To pass the certification exam you must score 80% or higher. 

This program has defined durations for each phase: 6-weeks to complete the coursework, 2-weeks to pass the practice exam, 2-weeks to pass the final exam. 

Topics include preparing for the ADP Certified Time & Attendance Specialist Exam, managing employees’ reported time, maintaining employee information, managing schedules, and preparing for payroll processing.

Exam Description and Topics

The ADP Certified Time & Attendance Specialist in ADP Workforce Now exam is made up of approximately 50 multiple-choice questions and is based on concepts and experiences that should be familiar to a proficient Time practitioner with at least six months’ experience, including year-end, using ADP Workforce Now. The concepts and topic areas of the exam are derived from a training analysis study.

The approximate percentage of questions in each area is shown in the following list:

I. Employee Maintenance (26%)

II. Managing Employees' Reported Time (30%)

III. Configuring and Managing Schedules (12%)

IV. Running Reports (10%)

V. Preparing for Payroll Processing (16%)

VI. Configuration and System Maintenance (6%)

Note: This program may contain courses or exam questions that refer to features that your company does not frequently or currently use.