AVP leading Manulife’s global payroll and rewards operations for 40,000 employees. Driving governance, transformation, vendor performance, and high - performing international teams.
About the role
- Dayforce Payroll consultant supporting Align HCM’s HR and payroll transformation projects. Delivering remote implementations, configuration, testing, training, and post-go-live client support.
Responsibilities
- Support clients through the full Dayforce HCM implementation lifecycle, from discovery workshops and requirements gathering through configuration, testing, training, deployment, and go-live
- Configure and optimize Dayforce Payroll using best practices and client-specific requirements
- Partner with client stakeholders to understand business processes, identify improvement opportunities, reduce complexity, and support compliance
- Facilitate client workshops, requirements sessions, demonstrations, and working sessions
- Support testing, payroll balancing, parallel testing, and cutover activities
- Develop and maintain requirements, configuration, testing, and other project documentation
- Provide post-go-live support and knowledge transfer
- Troubleshoot configuration and functional issues and collaborate with project teams on solutions
- Share Dayforce best practices and contribute to consulting-team knowledge sharing
- Collaborate with project managers, consultants, technical teams, and client stakeholders across multiple workstreams
Requirements
- 2+ years of hands-on Dayforce implementation experience, including strong Dayforce Payroll experience
- 3+ years of HCM systems experience in consulting, HRIS, payroll, or a related field
- Experience with business process mapping, requirements gathering, system configuration, testing, and implementation
- Hands-on experience supporting payroll balancing, testing, and cutover activities
- Strong understanding of HR and payroll processes and ability to translate business requirements into Dayforce solutions
- Excellent client-facing and communication skills, including ability to lead workshops, build client trust, and explain complex concepts clearly
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a consulting environment
- Experience with SaaS-based HCM platforms
- Ability to work independently in a remote consulting environment with distributed project teams
- Willingness and ability to engage on a contract basis when a suitable opportunity becomes available
- Clearly defined current or upcoming availability, including expected notice period and potential contract start date
- Ability to commit to agreed project schedules and deliverables
- US and Canada candidates: ability to travel for client engagements as needed, up to 10%
- Philippines candidates: travel is not required
- Valid authorization to work in the respective country
- Visa sponsorship is not available
- Dayforce certification strongly preferred but not required
- Nice to have: experience with Dayforce HR, WFM, Recruiting, Benefits, or Onboarding modules
- Nice to have: consulting or professional services experience
- Nice to have: North American client experience
- Nice to have: integrations or system-issue troubleshooting experience
- Nice to have: mentoring or supporting junior consultants
Benefits
- Remote work with the tools and support needed to succeed
- Exposure to diverse client environments and opportunities to deepen Dayforce expertise
- Collaboration with experienced HCM consultants
- Variety of meaningful and challenging client implementations
- Consideration for future client engagements aligned with skills, experience, and availability
- Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
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