Services Consultant Principal
2 weeks ago
Posted Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM | Expires Monday, March 31, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Dayforce is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region.
Our award-winning Cloud HCM platform offers a unified solution database and continuous calculation engine, driving efficiency, productivity and compliance for the global workforce.
Our brand promise - Makes Work Life Better TM - reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.
Location: Work is what you do, not where you go. For this role, we are open to remote work and can hire anywhere in Australia and New Zealand.
About the opportunity
The Principal Service Consultant guides the overall design and delivery of the Dayforce HCM solution to meet customer requirements and provides oversight and direction to project team members in the execution of project activities in all stages of the implementation lifecycle (planning, discovery, design, configuration, testing, deployment, post go-live support).
The Principal Service Consultant works closely with the Project Manager to plan the project and identify critical dependencies. Project responsibilities include facilitation of customer requirements gathering, design of the Dayforce solution to meet documented customer requirements, setting and managing customer expectations, providing guidance and design/configuration oversight to other project resources, identifying risks and communicating issues to the Project Manager.
What you'll get to do
Provide Implementation Services to customers:
- Support the project team in the validation of customer's business requirements and mapping to Dayforce functionality.
- Design and document innovative solutions to solve customers' business needs.
- Guide the configuration of the Dayforce application to meet customer's business requirements.
- Act as subject matter expert (SME) on strategic implementations.
- Lead internal project meetings and provide status on progress of activities and deliverables.
Contribute to Internal Implementation Initiatives:
- Design and document solutions and contribute to a solutions repository.
- Document best practices and share with the Practice.
- Lead the subject matter expert (SME) program in at least one area of expertise (Payroll & WFM).
- Regularly participate in internal process improvement initiatives.
Focus on Continuing Education:
- Contribute to internal knowledge share; review questions and provide feedback on a continuous basis.
- Participate in Continuing Education sessions; lead Implementation best practice sessions.
- Complete new release training on a timely basis; be fully versed on new and/or enhanced functionality in each product release.
- Mentor consultants on best practice implementation of new product features and functionality, including new customer end to end implementations.
- Support the sales cycle through solution review and feedback and assistance with scoping and estimation.
- Participate in prospect discussions regarding solution overview and implementation considerations.
Skills and experience we value
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- Master's degree or post graduate coursework an asset.
- 10+ years of experience in human capital management applications consulting.
- 5+ years in Consultant role with Dayforce HCM.
- Solid experience in business process mapping.
- Experience in change management an asset.
Technical Skills Requirements:
- Proficient in Microsoft Office products.
- Internal expert with software in a SaaS / Cloud computing environment including experience with HRIS.
- Solid understanding of relational databases and SQL an asset.
- Experience with one or more of the following applications in addition to Dayforce HCM: SalesForce.com, SAP, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Kronos, Workbrain/Infor, RedPrairie/JDA, Ultimate, Oracle HR/Payroll, PeopleSoft, iChris or Preceda.
- Ability to effectively implement all Dayforce HCM modules.
- Expert knowledge of common human capital management (HCM) business practices.
- Deep understanding of different industries and how Dayforce implement best practices apply to the customer's business practices.
- Deep Dayforce product knowledge in at least two Dayforce HCM modules (Payroll, WSS, T&A, Leave etc.), as demonstrated through multiple implementations.
Functional Skills Requirements:
- Excellent customer relationship and business acumen.
- Demonstrates full competence in business function.
- Ability to engage with multiple projects & customers at the same time and manage competing priorities.
- Excellent organization, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Ability to lead and facilitate customer and internal workshops and sessions.
- Ability to mentor junior consultants and guide solution configuration through peer reviews and other QA activities.
- Ability to provide implementation scoping and solution guidance in the sales cycle.
What would make you really stand out
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent presentation skills; able to adjust content and presentation style to different audiences.
- Ability to establish credibility and rapport with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
- Ability to work within project teams and collaborate cross-departmentally.
- Ability to communicate effectively with functional and technical resources, Product Management and Development.
- Creates formal networks involving coordination across groups.
- Ability to influence customers to modify current business practices, as required.
What's in it for you
Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.
We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.
Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth. We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits.
With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares, we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life. Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself.
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