Benefits Implementation Consultant
Next Generation Inc.
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dallas • Texas • United States
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About the role
- Develop and manage project plans to ensure timely, on-budget delivery of Dayforce Benefits implementations
- Lead benefits-focused client discovery sessions, document requirements, and translate them into Dayforce configuration
- Configure Dayforce Benefits modules, including plan setup, eligibility rules, enrollment rules, rates, and employee self-service
- Support and lead open enrollment planning, configuration, testing, and client readiness activities
- Facilitate solution design, configuration, unit testing, integration testing, training, and deployment activities related to benefits
- Conduct consulting sessions (phone, video, or in person) and prepare meeting notes and deliverables
- Partner closely with Project Managers to provide updates on tasks, timelines, deliverables, risks, and dependencies
- Advise clients on Dayforce and benefits administration best practices to maximize efficiency and employee experience
- Collaborate with internal teams, client stakeholders, and third-party vendors (carriers, brokers, integrations)
- Ensure accuracy and integrity of employee and benefits data
- Perform benefits data audits and recommend corrective actions
- Provide post‑go‑live consulting support for benefits administration and open enrollment cycles
- Support benefits-related integrations and file feeds, including carrier interfaces
- Serve as a subject-matter expert for Dayforce Benefits functionality
- Support Organizational Readiness activities, including employee communications and enrollment readiness
- Review client benefits policies and plan designs and provide recommendations aligned with industry best practices
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Human Resources, or a related field
- 3–5 years of software or HRIS implementation experience with a strong focus on Benefits Administration
- Hands-on experience implementing benefits and open enrollment within SaaS/Cloud HCM platforms
- Experience with one or more of the following systems: Ceridian Dayforce (preferred), Workday, UKG, ADP, Ultimate, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, or other benefits administration systems
- Strong understanding of benefits administration processes, including eligibility, enrollments, life events, and open enrollment
- Experience supporting or leading annual open enrollment cycles
- Experience in business process mapping; change management experience is a plus
- Working knowledge of benefits-related data files, integrations, and interfaces
- Proficiency in SQL and XML is a plus
- Strong Microsoft Office skills
- Ability to manage multiple clients and project workstreams simultaneously
- Strong facilitation skills for workshops and client-facing sessions
- Highly detail-oriented, organized, and comfortable working independently
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and time-management skills
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment (especially during open enrollment seasons)
- Willingness to travel on a limited basis
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Dayforce Benefits configurationbenefits administrationSaaSCloud HCM platformsbusiness process mappingSQLXMLdata auditsintegration testingopen enrollment
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationtime-managementfacilitationorganizationaldetail-orientedindependent workclient managementproblem-solvingchange management