Senior Associate - Dayforce Implementation

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Workforce Transformation

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

The Opportunity

Join our Acceleration Center India and help shape the future of business for our diverse client portfolio across geographies and jurisdictions. You’ll work at the heart of global teams across Advisory, Assurance, Tax and Business Services—solving real client challenges through connected collaboration. We’ll help you grow your skills so you can go further. With hands-on learning, cutting-edge tools and an inclusive culture, this is your opportunity to do inspiring work that makes a difference—every day.

As a Senior Associate - Dayforce Implementation you will support end-to-end Dayforce HCM implementation work across core HR, time and attendance, payroll, benefits, talent management, data conversion, integrations, reporting, testing, cutover, and post-go-live activities. This role sits within our Advisory practice and offers the chance to work on client-focused workforce technology projects that help organizations improve operational efficiency and adapt their HR processes through Dayforce solutions.

As a Senior Associate you will manage assigned workstreams, break down complex implementation challenges, and guide junior team members while building meaningful client connections and developing your personal brand within a fast-moving delivery environment. In this role at PwC, you will gather requirements, support solution design and configuration, validate data migration and testing activities, and collaborate across project teams to translate business needs into workable Dayforce outcomes.

Responsibilities

- Managing assigned Dayforce implementation workstreams across Core HR, Time and Attendance, Payroll, Benefits, Talent Management, integrations, reporting, testing, and post go-live support
- Translating client requirements into Dayforce solution designs, configuration workbooks, process maps, and test scenarios
- Facilitating discovery sessions to gather business rules, current-state processes, organizational structures, and data flows
- Configuring Dayforce modules and documenting system settings, dependencies, and design decisions
- Supporting data migration through extraction coordination, mapping, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and issue resolution
- Collaborating with technical teams on inbound and outbound integrations, interface testing, data flow validation, and defect resolution
- Planning and executing functional, system integration, user acceptance, regression, and end-to-end business process testing
- Validating payroll parallel results, analyzing variances, and reconciling calculation outcomes during testing and cutover
- Preparing project documentation, status updates, decision logs, defect logs, and action trackers for client and internal review
- Advising clients on Dayforce capabilities, regulatory requirements, process standardization, automation opportunities, and compliance impacts
- Mentoring junior team members on implementation methodology, documentation standards, testing activities, and client delivery tasks
- Supporting cutover planning, deployment readiness, knowledge transfer, and transition to managed services

What You Must Have

- Hands-on experience configuring Dayforce in at least one primary module (Core HR, Time & Attendance, Payroll, Benefits, or Talent Management), with working knowledge of cross-module dependencies.
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 4 years of experience
- Oral and written proficiency in English required

What Sets You Apart

- Dayforce certification in one or more modules, including Core HR, Time & Attendance, Payroll, Benefits, or Talent Management.
- Experience with Dayforce implementation across core HCM modules
- Supporting data conversion, integrations, reporting, and testing activities
- Facilitating client workshops and gathering business requirements
- Managing assigned workstreams through design, configuration, and deployment
- Mentoring junior team members and reviewing deliverables
- Familiarity with HR transformation and workforce technology initiatives

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

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