Dayforce HR Specialist

Required Skills & Experience

• 4–6+ years of hands-on experience configuring and building in Ceridian Dayforce.
• Experience configuring at least three Dayforce modules, including HCM/Core HR and additional functional areas.
• Demonstrated experience independently building forms, workflows, and approval chains in a production environment.
• Direct experience with Dayforce compensation configuration, including compensation cycles, pay structures, salary grades/ranges, earnings setup, or eligibility rules.
• Ability to translate business requests into configuration solutions and deliver routine changes independently.
• Strong troubleshooting skills involving workflow logic, security, permissions, organizational structures, and data.
• Experience testing configuration changes, documenting results, and supporting production releases.
• Strong written communication, organization, and attention to detail.
• Ability to handle confidential employee and compensation information responsibly.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Dayforce certifications or formal training.
• Experience supporting a multi-module Dayforce implementation or deployment.
• Knowledge of integrations, imports, data loads, and related configuration dependencies.
• Dayforce reporting and analytics experience.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow, Jira, or similar ticketing and change management tools.
• Experience in multi-entity, multi-state, or union environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

What You Will Be Doing

You will configure, test, document, and release Dayforce enhancements across HR and related functional modules.

The role emphasizes hands-on execution, independent decision-making, accuracy, and consistent delivery.

Tech Breakdown

• Ceridian Dayforce HCM / Core HR
• Workforce Management
• Payroll and Compensation
• Recruiting and Onboarding
• Talent and Performance
• Benefits
• Reporting and Analytics
• Forms, workflows, approvals, security roles, and organizational structures
• Testing, release management, and production troubleshooting

Daily Responsibilities

• Build, modify, and retire forms with appropriate field logic, validation, conditional visibility, routing, and notifications.
• Configure workflows for employee lifecycle events and other HR business processes.
• Create and maintain approval hierarchies, delegation rules, backup approvers, and conditional routing.
• Implement compensation configuration changes involving pay structures, salary ranges, review cycles, budgets, earnings, and eligibility.
• Deliver enhancements across multiple Dayforce modules based on business priorities.
• Investigate and resolve workflow, security, configuration, and data issues.
• Develop and execute test scenarios, including edge cases and role-based scenarios.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing and support releases and post-release issue resolution.
• Maintain configuration documentation, workflow diagrams, decision logs, job aids, and release notes.
• Manage a queue of enhancement requests while maintaining turnaround time, quality, and change control.
• Support Dayforce release testing and adjust configurations when necessary.
• Communicate progress, dependencies, and risks to relevant business partners.

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan