Human Resources

Dayforce HRIS Analyst

Hired by Matrix, Inc.Fairfield, NJ🇺🇸United StatesPosted Sep 22, 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority

Mid Senior

Work mode

Hybrid

Location

Fairfield, NJ, United States

Posted

Yesterday

HRISPayrollWorkday

Job Description

At-a-Glance:
Are you ready to build your career by joining one of the world’s largest outdoor media company. If so, our client is hiring a Dayforce HRIS Analyst.
Position Type:

Contract
Hybrid: 3 Days/Week (Hybrid)

Required

Qualifications
- Hands on experience configuring and administering Dayforce
- Strong understanding of payroll and HR processes within an HRIS environment
- Experience configuring union agreements and union payroll requirements including complex pay rules, multiple bargaining units, and union reporting
- Experience with pay codes, time off, time and attendance, and payroll configuration
- Experience troubleshooting and fixing HRIS integrations and file feeds
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Ability to work directly with Payroll and HR stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into system configurations
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting union populations and/or union payroll requirements
- Workday experience, particularly Workday-to-Dayforce integrations
- Experience working in a multi system HRIS environment
- Experience supporting a large, multi-union workforce
Strong hands on experience with Dayforce configuration and administration, particularly in a payroll environment.

Responsibilities:

Dayforce HRIS Analyst to support and improve their Dayforce environment.
Role will work closely with Payroll and HR to maintain system configurations, implement business and union related changes, address existing system issues, and improve the overall functionality and reliability of Dayforce.
Highly hands on role focused on system configuration, setup, maintenance, troubleshooting, and ongoing improvements.
Configure and maintain Dayforce based on payroll and HR business requirements (Modules – Payroll & WFM)
Support and update union related changes within Dayforce for 20+ unions
Configure and maintain pay codes, time off policies, and time and attendance settings
Perform configuration cleanup, system update changes, and ongoing maintenance
Troubleshoot and resolve Workday-to-Dayforce integrations and file feeds, in partnership with the HRIS team
Investigate data and system issues and coordinate solutions with Payroll, HR, and other stakeholders
Own testing and validation of all configuration changes
Document configurations, processes, and changes
Identify opportunities to improve the Dayforce environment and overall payroll processes
Provide ongoing production support for Dayforce related issues and requests