Deloitte
Dayforce Payroll Senior Consultant
To help our clients and our people excel
Finance and accounting
Full-time
Office | Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Visa sponsorship · No
Mid Level · A role for someone with some well-developed knowledge and skills they can bring to the role and team. Typically within 2-5 years of experience.
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Why Deloitte
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About the role
What will your typical day look like? As a Dayforce Payroll Senior Consultant your typical day will involve applying your payroll domain knowledge to configure and optimise Dayforce or equivalent systems like SAP, Workday, or Oracle, ensuring compliance and efficiency. You will design and configure tailored payroll solutions during project implementations, setting up pay rules and tax configurations. Your day will include frequent interactions with senior stakeholders, clients, and team members. You will facilitate workshops, gather requirements, and provide functional advice. You will continue to engage in training and certification maintenance to stay up to date with the latest system updates and payroll legislation. Additionally, you will ensure optimal use of the functionality by integrating Dayforce with related modules, enhancing user experience, and delivering customer-centric solutions. About the team The Dayforce practice team at Deloitte thrives on an inclusive energetic, and collaborative culture that significantly enhances our performance and client satisfaction. We value each team members contributions, fostering an environment of mutual respect and support. This inclusiveness ensures diverse perspectives are considered, leading to innovation solutions tailored to client needs. Enough about us, let's talk about you You will be someone with a genuine interest in both the human and technical side of HR, payroll and workforce management technology. While you’ll certainly have deep expertise in payroll, you’ll need to bring an aptitude for consulting in a client-facing environment.
_Requirements: _
- Proven experience (min. 2 years) as a senior consultant implementing, supporting or client working with payroll solutions.
- Experience in interpreting, formalising, and communicating requirements in a business analyst or functional consultant role.
- Specialist knowledge in Dayforce payroll or equivalent technology, however ‘hands on’ direct experience in Dayforce would be a major advantage.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport with clients and internal teams.
- Demonstrated problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
- Detail-oriented mindset, ensuring accuracy and quality in project deliverables.
- Tertiary level qualifications in Business, HR, IT or related areas are advantageous.
What you'll be responsible for
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Payroll Processing and Administration
Process payroll through banking or other software, calculating payroll amounts, and resolving payroll related inquiries
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Accounting and Financial Systems Management
Oversee and maintain financial systems, troubleshoot issues, and implement system upgrades or enhancements to optimize efficiency
Skills you'll need
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Service orientation
Actively seeks and develops strategies to help key stakeholders
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Numerical problem solving
Works with numerical information and performs mathematical calculations to solve problems
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Attention to detail
Accurately identifies and rectifies discrepancies or errors that exists in information and deliverables
Meet the team
Team administers the Firm’s tax compliance, along with partner tax compliance, partner corporate compliance and all matters in relation to partner payroll, partner insurance and admissions and retirements of partners. This role will have a key focus on Firm tax.