Dayforce Application Analyst – Fixed Term

St John Ambulance (Vic); City of Monash; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Salary packaging options: General Exp.

Meals & Entertainment packaging up to

Novated leasing

Discounted Private Health Insurance

Job summary

St John Ambulance Victoria invites applications for a Dayforce Application Analyst to support and optimise our Dayforce HRIS, Payroll and Workforce Management platform. You will act as the system expert, configuring, troubleshooting and delivering improvements across HR, Payroll and IT teams, with involvement in projects and new functionality rollouts.

This role is based at our Notting Hill headquarters in Melbourne, with hybrid work options where appropriate.

Qualifications

• Relevant IT, business, or related qualification or equivalent industry experience.
• Minimum two years' Dayforce experience across Payroll, Workforce Management and HR modules.
• Strong admin/configuration experience in enterprise HCM platforms.
• Ability to troubleshoot, identify root causes, and support integrations.
• Experience with testing, QA and technical documentation.
• Exposure to implementations, upgrades and continuous improvement projects.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Configure, optimise and troubleshoot Dayforce across Payroll, WFM and HR modules.
• Provide ongoing system support to users and teams.
• Work with HR, Payroll and IT to deliver system improvements and new functionality.
• Contribute to technology projects and the rollout of Dayforce features.
• Help ensure our people systems meet evolving organisational needs.

Skills

Dayforce HRIS

HCM Admin

System integrations

QA & documentation

Implementations & upgrades

Analytical skills

Stakeholder engagement

IT/Business background

Education

IT or business degree

Tools

Dayforce

Job description

Join us as an Dayforce Application Analyst and play a key role in supporting and enhancing our Dayforce HRIS, Payroll and Workforce Management platform. Acting as the system expert, you will configure, optimise and troubleshoot the system, provide ongoing support to users, and work closely with HR, Payroll and IT teams to deliver system improvements. You'll also contribute to technology projects, support the rollout of new functionality, and help ensure our people systems continue to meet the needs of a growing organisation.

This role is based at our Notting Hill headquarters.

As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Relevant qualifications in IT, Business or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
• Proven experience supporting and optimising Dayforce across Payroll, Workforce Management and HR modules, minimum two years.
• Strong system administration and configuration experience within enterprise HCM platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot issues, identify root causes and support system integrations.
• Experience with system testing, quality assurance and maintaining accurate technical documentation.
• Exposure to system implementations, upgrades and continuous improvement projects.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder engagement skills with excellent attention to detail.

Don't meet every requirement? At SJAV, we understand that your work and life experiences can be just as valuable. If you're excited about this role but your CV doesn't align perfectly with our job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or one of our many other opportunities.

About St John Ambulance Victoria

St John Ambulance (Vic) has been saving lives and delivering care and compassion throughout Victoria for 140 years. Our people, both paid and volunteer, are the lifeblood of everything we do.

Our people and our clients come from all walks of life. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value the innovation and creativity that diversity of thought brings to our high-performance culture, and we welcome applications from anyone who believes they can deliver the outcomes we are looking for.

Your unique ideas and perspectives are valued so that we best represent the community we serve.

Employee benefits

• Focus on work-life balance including flexible working arrangements
• Excellent salary packaging options including General Expenses up to $15,900, Meals & Entertainment up to $2,650 and Novated Leasing
• Supportive team environment in modern offices
• Hybrid work from home & office model (where appropriate for the role)
• Training and professional development opportunities
• Access to discounted Private Health Insurance

Other Information

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory reference checks, police checks and other probity checks including for some positions a pre-employment medical.

St John Ambulance Victoria is committed to putting the safety and wellbeing of children first, a current and valid Working with Children Check is a mandatory condition of employment.