Project Payroll (Dayforce)

Seeking a Project Payroll (Dayforce) specialist to come in and assist with a wider company (Retail) payroll transformation journey. This is a 6-month, rolling, remote specialist role!

Client Details

Our Client

• Large national presence
• Over 10,000+ across UK and Ireland
• Main hubs in major cities including London and Reading, Berkshire
• Large, close-knit supportive payroll team (mixture of BAU and project work)
• Multiple award winning organisation

Description

Project Payroll (Dayforce)

• Payroll Reporting

  • Develop, validate, and maintain payroll reports within Dayforce.
  • Analyse payroll data for accuracy, compliance, and trend insights.
  • Support audit requirements by producing timely and accurate payroll outputs.

• Parallel Running

  • Execute and compare Dayforce parallel payroll runs against legacy system outputs.
  • Identify discrepancies, analyse variances, and support resolution of issues.
  • Document findings and ensure payroll accuracy prior to go-live.

• System Uploads

  • Prepare and validate bulk data uploads into Dayforce (employee data, pay components, timesheets, etc.).
  • Ensure data integrity by performing pre- and post-upload quality checks.
  • Collaborate with technical teams to troubleshoot upload errors or formatting issues.

Profile

Project Payroll (Dayforce)

• Immediately available or on short notice
• Payroll discrepancy spotting exposure
• Experience with parallel runs, uploads and managing multiple work-streams
• Strong communicator, organised and deadline driven
• Respond well to change and project requirements
• Work well with multiple departments - HR, Finance and the wider team
• Happy for an interim contract (minimum 6 months)
• Dayforce payroll exposure is ESSENTIAL
• Strong proficiency in bulk data prep (Excel, CSV's etc.)

Job Offer

Project Payroll (Dayforce)

• Competitive day rate - Pay + Holiday
• Rolling 6-month contract (start date ASAP)
• Remote working
• Base: Home but office option in Reading
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Flexible working hours (early starts and early finishes, if needed)