Dayforce HR Specialist

About the job

Title: Ceridian Dayforce HR Specialist

Specialty: HRIS / Dayforce Configuration

Remote / Hybrid / Onsite: Remote

Location: Remote — U.S. EST and CST Preferred

Our client is an organization seeking a hands-on Ceridian Dayforce HR Specialist to join its team on a contract basis. This remote opportunity is expected to last 6–12 months.

Are you a Dayforce specialist who enjoys building solutions, solving configuration problems, and seeing changes through to production? This role is designed for someone who wants to work directly in the platform, deliver enhancements across multiple modules, and take ownership of the work from requirements through testing and release. You'll have the opportunity to apply your Dayforce expertise across HR workflows, compensation, approvals, and other business-critical processes.

Contract Duration

6–12 months. Start anticipated in early November 2026.

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.