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About the Role

BDO’s Sydney Digital Consulting team is seeking a Senior Consultant to help clients successfully transition to the Dayforce platform and improve their payroll, workforce management, and employee lifecycle processes. This role involves leading high-quality Dayforce payroll implementations across the full lifecycle, from requirements gathering and solution design to configuration, testing, stakeholder engagement, and client readiness. You will contribute to complex client engagements, mentor consultants, and deliver practical, compliant, and sustainable outcomes.

Responsibilities

Lead the successful implementation of Dayforce payroll solutions for BDO clients, ensuring delivery is aligned to agreed scope, timelines and quality standards.
Partner with client stakeholders to gather, document and validate functional requirements, translating business needs into effective system design.
Configure payroll rules, awards, classifications, allowances, leave provisions, timesheets and workforce management settings to support accurate and compliant outcomes.
Provide clear project status updates, including risks, issues, dependencies and recommended resolution pathways.
Support organisational readiness activities to help clients prepare for successful rollout, adoption and transition to business-as-usual operations.
Deliver effective client training and knowledge transfer to enable teams to confidently perform day-to-day activities.
Manage multiple client and project engagements simultaneously while maintaining strong delivery discipline and stakeholder confidence.
Capture lessons learned and best practices to strengthen internal delivery capability and improve the client experience.
Maintain current Dayforce knowledge through release training, product updates and relevant certifications, acting as a trusted subject matter expert.
Travel to client site (as required)

Requirements

More than two years’ experience in systems implementation, ideally with successful delivery of payroll, workforce management or HCM solutions.
Strong process mapping and business analysis capability, with the ability to identify improvement opportunities and design efficient future-state workflows.
Sound analytical judgement to assess client requirements, identify pain points and recommend fit-for-purpose solutions aligned to business objectives.
A strong commitment to quality, best practice and regulatory compliance across payroll and implementation delivery.
Proven capability leading client workshops and meetings, facilitating productive discussions and presenting solutions with confidence.
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to build trust across client and internal stakeholder groups.
A developing or established reputation as a trusted payroll or HCM subject matter expert who can guide both clients and colleagues.

Skills

Dayforce platform
Payroll implementation
Workforce management
Employee lifecycle processes
Requirements gathering
Solution design
Configuration
Testing
Stakeholder engagement
Client readiness
Process mapping
Business analysis
Analytical judgement
Client workshops
Meeting facilitation
Presentation
Communication
Relationship-building
Subject matter expert

Location

Sydney

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior Consultant
More than two years’ experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience

Benefits

Health and wellbeing benefits
Social benefits
Financial benefits
Professional development benefits
Fitness challenges
Exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance
Gym memberships
Wellness facilities
Travel perks
Retail discounts
Employee referral rewards
Study support
Enhanced family support
Cultural leave
Religious leave
Options to purchase additional leave
Community initiatives involvement
On the job training
Formal development programs

About the Company

BDO is a global professional services firm connected to local markets.
We inspire others, to go further.
We create together, to reach higher.
We build trust, to lead purposefully.
BDO is a growing and market leading professional services firm.
Our national and global footprint provides opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services.
Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways.
Our culture is underpinned by our core values (One, Bold, Human, Heart and Strive).

Equal Opportunity

We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer for 2025-2026 by Diversity Council of Australia and a 2024-2025 Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).
BDO is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment practices. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview process, we encourage you to contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruitment@bdo.com.au