Dayforce Consultant - HR / Payroll / WFM

Dayforce Consultant | Solution OversightRemote (UK)Salary: £60,000 - £80,000 + Package

Our client is a leading HCM consultancy and implementation partner supporting customers through complex Dayforce transformation programmes.

The business has a strong pipeline and is continuing to grow its Dayforce delivery capability.

The culture is collaborative, pragmatic and delivery-focused. They value consultants who can work closely with customers, challenge constructively, solve problems calmly and help shape high-quality delivery standards.

The Role

As a Lead Dayforce Consultant, you will directly impact the quality, consistency and success of Dayforce implementations across a range of customer programmes.

You will own:

• Lead full-suite Dayforce implementation activity across multiple modules, ensuring customers receive joined-up, practical and scalable solutions.
• Run workshops, support design sessions, guide customers through key decisions and provide credible advice across the Dayforce implementation lifecycle.
• Stay hands-on across configuration, solution design, discovery and troubleshooting while keeping sight of the wider end-to-end solution.
• Review design decisions, identify risks, support QA activity and help ensure implementations are delivered to a high standard.
• Lead module/workstream activity across Core HR, Payroll, WFM, Advanced Scheduling, Time & Attendance and wider Dayforce modules.
• Support complex customer issues, identify root causes and provide calm, practical guidance when projects need senior input.
• Help shape repeatable delivery approaches as the consultancy continues to scale its Dayforce capability.

What You Bring

• Strong hands-on Dayforce implementation experience.
• Broad knowledge across the Dayforce suite, ideally including Core HR, Payroll, WFM, Time & Attendance, Advanced Scheduling, Benefits, Recruitment, Talent, Learning, Performance, Reporting and Integrations.
• Proven experience across end-to-end Dayforce implementations, including discovery, design, configuration, testing, go-live and post-go-live support.
• Strong ability to understand how different modules connect and how decisions in one area can impact the wider solution.
• A consultative approach, with the confidence to guide customers through options, trade-offs and risks.
• Credibility in customer-facing environments, including workshops, design sessions, solution playback, stakeholder management and escalation conversations.
• The ability to challenge clients constructively while remaining pragmatic, calm and solution-focused.
• A broad-thinking, proactive style suited to complex HCM transformation environments.
• Experience working for a consultancy, implementation partner or systems integrator would be highly desirable.
• Dayforce certifications are desirable but not essential.

Compensation

• Salary Range: £60,000 – £80,000 + Package
• Location: Remote, with travel to client sites as required
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Working Pattern: Full-time
• Start Date: ASAP
• Interview Process: 3 stages

👉 Apply now or reach out to Harry Granados for a confidential chat.

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