Dayforce HRIS & Payroll Systems Lead

Nufarm; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nufarm is seeking an experienced HRIS & Payroll Systems Analyst (Dayforce) to join our Global Enterprise IT team in Malaysia. You will lead SIT and Parallel Run testing, ensure payroll data accuracy, and transition to ongoing Dayforce support after go-live.

Be the liaison between Payroll SMEs, IT, and implementation partners, maintaining system stability and driving continuous improvement across the payroll landscape.

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in Business/IS/Engineering/Finance or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience in business analysis, requirements gathering, and stakeholder engagement.
• Hands-on experience with Dayforce Payroll or comparable HRIS/payroll system.
• Strong understanding of payroll processes, awards, compliance, and payroll rules.
• Experience coordinating or executing Systems Integration Testing and Parallel Run testing.
• Experience developing test scenarios, scripts, and data-validation or reconciliation processes.
• Knowledge of IT processes including incident management, change control, and release management.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.
• Ability to work with Payroll SMEs, technical teams, vendors, and partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate Systems Integration Testing across payroll and connected systems.
• Define and execute the Parallel Run testing approach, validating Dayforce payroll outcomes against legacy systems.
• Develop test scenarios, scripts, reconciliation processes, and data-validation frameworks.
• Track testing progress and manage defects, risks, dependencies, and resolutions.
• Provide status reports, insights, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Elicit, analyse, and document payroll, system, and integration requirements.
• Identify gaps between business requirements, payroll outcomes, and system configuration.
• Support Payroll SMEs in understanding Dayforce functionality, capabilities, and limitations.
• Facilitate collaboration between Payroll SMEs, HR, IT Applications, and partners.
• Provide post-go-live Dayforce support by triaging incidents and enhancement requests.

Skills

Business analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Payroll knowledge

Requirements gathering

Documentation

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Dayforce

SIT Testing

Parallel Run

Data Validation

Job description

Nufarm is seeking an experienced HRIS & Payroll Systems Analyst (Dayforce) to join our Global Enterprise IT team in Malaysia. You will lead SIT and Parallel Run testing, ensure payroll data accuracy, and transition to ongoing Dayforce support after go-live.

Be the liaison between Payroll SMEs, IT, and implementation partners, maintaining system stability and driving continuous improvement across the payroll landscape.