Dayforce HR/Payroll System Consultant – Contractor

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🌐 United States, Canada, +1 more countries – Remote

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🟡 Mid-level

🧾 Payroll

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Align HCM

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2018

👥 HR Tech

💼 Consulting

☁️ SaaS

HR Tech • Consulting • SaaS

Align HCM is an award-winning human capital management consulting firm specializing in UKG® services. The company offers a comprehensive range of solutions, including end-to-end implementations, workforce management, and optimization of UKG Pro systems. With a dedicated team of certified experts, Align HCM focuses on client success and collaboration, providing tailored services that enhance organizational performance. Their mission centers on putting people first, ensuring that organizations thrive by leveraging advanced HR technology and strategies.

📋 Description

• 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