Is it possible to enter deduction refunds in advance of the payrun?

We recently had a benefits eligibility date issue and several employees were enrolled in advance of when they should have been, we now need to issue refunds for these deductions.

The issue is typically we enter these on paylines during payroll processing; however, the amount of employees impacted is cumbersome and will be time consuming even if multiple team members due the work.

Does anyone have a method they use for entering refunds in advance of payroll? We have tried to get creative and do negative arrears in the test environment; these do not seem to pickup though, is it a matter of how we or entering them or is there an alternative?