Senior Manager, Ceridian Dayforce Practice

Putting people first, every day

BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust.

In turn, we offer an award-winning environment that fosters a with a high priority on your personal and professional growth.

Your Opportunity

BDO Digital is looking for a new Senior Manager for our Ceridian Dayforce Business, with the ability to work from anywhere in Canada.

As one of Ceridian’s first Dayforce System Integrator partners for HCM, BDO has established a strong presence in North America, as one of Ceridian’s most strategic partners.

Our team has been rapidly growing, having increased 5x in 2022 with a rapidly expanding base of clients. Specifically, the Senior Manager will own the following responsibilities :

Oversee project delivery, ensuring consistent application of BDO quality and project management standards, and overall project milestones are met.

In partnership with BDO industry leaders, our Ceridian Dayforce Practice Leader, and our National Technology Leader, assist in building a market plan to grow BDO’s presence in the HCM market and scale our opportunity pipeline

Further build the capabilities of the delivery team, through attracting additional experienced Dayforce practitioners to BDO and developing talent new to the Dayforce ecosystem

Drive strategic sales pursuits, leveraging the core team to prepare and deliver proposals, sales support material, demos & POCs, etc.

Monitor and manage the financials of projects, driving profitability and mitigating risk

Understand current trends in HCM processes and technologies, both current and future, and apply this knowledge in building BDO’s presence in the Canadian HCM market.

Drive team culture through embodying a spirit of optimism, curiosity and

How do we define success for your role?

You demonstrate BDO's core values through all aspect of your work : Integrity, Respect and Collaboration

You understand your client’s industry, challenges, and opportunities; clients describe you as positive, professional, and delivering high-quality work

You identify, recommend, and are focused on effective service delivery to your clients

You share in an inclusive and engaging work environment that develops, retains & attracts talent

You actively participate in the adoption of digital tools and strategies to drive an innovative workplace

You grow your expertise through learning and professional development.

Your experience and education

Experience in a similar role overseeing a practice or team responsible for cloud technology implementations. Experience overseeing teams responsible for HCM implementations is preferred (Dayforce, ADP, UKG, Workday, Oracle or SAP is preferred)

Experience overseeing HCM project delivery

Experience driving sales pursuits, business development, demos and POCs is preferred

Deep understanding of project financials and project governance to drive quality and mitigate risk

Experience communicating with C-level executives

Experience attracting talent, coaching and mentoring is required

Exceptional presentation skills for internal / external purposes

Ability to listen and effectively communicate orally and in writing with clients and colleagues