Description

Senior QA / Test Analyst – Dayforce | Payroll & Workforce Management

📍 Location: Fully remote – candidates must be able to work within US/Canada time zones.

💼 Contract: Freelance

📅 Start date: ASAP

We are currently looking for a Senior QA / Test Analyst with strong Dayforce experience to join a large-scale HCM transformation project.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software testing and quality assurance, combined with hands-on experience testing Dayforce Payroll and Workforce Management (WFM) functionalities.

🔎 Your Responsibilities

Testing & Validation

  • Validate Dayforce configurations against business and functional requirements.
  • Execute end-to-end testing across Payroll, Workforce Management, Time & Attendance, Scheduling, Absence Management and HCM processes.
  • Plan and execute SIT, UAT, Regression Testing and Payroll Parallel Testing.
  • Validate inbound and outbound integrations between Dayforce and connected systems.
  • Verify data flows, mappings, calculations, transformations and reconciliation results.
  • Ensure configurations and processes meet expected business outcomes.

Test Case Development

  • Create detailed test cases, test scripts and test scenarios based on business requirements.
  • Translate business processes into structured and traceable test scenarios.
  • Maintain traceability between requirements, configurations and test cases.
  • Prepare and manage test data required for testing activities.

Defect Management

  • Identify, document and track defects through resolution.
  • Collaborate with functional consultants, Payroll SMEs, Business Analysts, integration teams and developers to investigate issues.
  • Perform defect retesting and validate fixes.
  • Participate in defect triage and provide regular testing status updates.

Payroll & Workforce Management Testing

  • Validate payroll calculations including earnings, deductions, taxes, overtime, premiums, shift differentials and union rules.
  • Test schedules, timesheets, attendance policies, punch processing, leave management and pay rules.
  • Validate payroll and WFM integrations with upstream and downstream systems.
  • Ensure compliance with defined payroll and workforce management requirements.

Documentation & Reporting

  • Document test results, evidence, defects and testing metrics.
  • Provide clear reporting on testing progress, risks and issues.
  • Support test planning, execution and sign-off activities.

🎯 Required Experience

  • 5+ years of experience in QA / Software Testing.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience with Dayforce testing.
  • Proven experience testing Dayforce Payroll and Dayforce Workforce Management (WFM).
  • Strong understanding of payroll processing, time & attendance, scheduling, absence management and labor rules.
  • Experience testing integrations, APIs, flat files and data conversions.
  • Strong experience creating test cases, test scripts and traceability matrices.
  • Experience with testing and defect management tools such as Azure DevOps (ADO), Jira or similar.
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

⭐ Nice to Have

  • Experience with large-scale Dayforce implementations or HCM transformation programs.
  • Experience with Payroll Parallel Testing and reconciliation.
  • Experience in complex or unionized workforce environments.
  • Experience working in Agile or hybrid project environments.
  • Dayforce certification is an asset.

If you are a Dayforce QA professional looking for your next challenge and enjoy working at the intersection of business requirements, functional configuration and technical solutions, we would be happy to hear from you!

📩 Interested? Please send me your CV or feel free to reach out directly to discuss the opportunity.

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