Dayforce combines employee records, payroll, scheduling, time tracking, and talent management.
Move an accepted hire into first-day readiness
Finn completes new-starter administration across Dayforce and the team's operating tools.
Typically handled byHR onboarding coordinator
Starts when
An accepted offer has an HR-approved start date.
What Finn handles
Read the approved employment terms and collect the employee's required onboarding information through the authorized channel.
Create the supported Dayforce employee setup and assign forms, orientation and first-week requirements.
Initiate approved access and equipment requests in Microsoft Entra and ServiceNow, then coordinate the Outlook orientation schedule.
Confirm the saved employee record and completed setup, and tell the manager exactly what remains outstanding.
The result
The new starter has a recorded employee setup and coordinated first-day arrangements with visible exceptions.
Close timecard exceptions before payroll
Finn resolves missing timekeeping administration through the normal employee and manager decisions.
Typically handled byTime and attendance administrator
Starts when
The payroll cutoff approaches with incomplete timecards.
What Finn handles
Review Dayforce time entries and schedules to identify missing punches, explanations and approvals.
Ask employees for the specific missing facts and prepare the supported corrections.
Obtain the manager's required approval before applying corrected time or exception coding.
Confirm the updated period and deliver the payroll-ready exception report with unresolved items clearly separated.
The result
The timekeeping period contains approved corrections and payroll receives a current, accountable input set.
Take leave from request to confirmed schedule
Finn carries an absence request through its decision and operational updates.
Typically handled byWorkforce administration coordinator
Starts when
An employee requests leave or reports a supported absence.
What Finn handles
Read the relevant Dayforce balance, leave policy and schedule, then collect the dates and required information.
Submit the request with the appropriate context and route the approval to the responsible manager.
Record the decision and update permitted scheduling and Outlook calendar details when the absence is approved.
Send the employee confirmation and verify the recorded leave and any agreed coverage arrangements.
The result
The absence reaches a recorded decision and the approved schedule reflects the agreed dates.
Coordinate an approved shift change
Finn completes scheduling administration around a worker's availability change.
Typically handled byWorkforce scheduler
Starts when
An employee requests a shift swap or a manager identifies a coverage gap.
What Finn handles
Read Dayforce schedules, employee availability and the employer's staffing and qualification rules.
Collect the affected employees' agreement and present the permissible change to the designated manager.
After approval, save the supported schedule change and notify the employees through the agreed channel.
Confirm their acknowledgment and check that the current roster contains the approved assignment.
The result
The roster reflects a confirmed, approved change without silently assigning overtime or changing employment terms.
Run the payroll administration cycle
Finn prepares payroll inputs and follows the authorized Dayforce processing result through reconciliation.
Typically handled byPayroll coordinator
Starts when
The scheduled payroll cycle opens.
What Finn handles
Collect approved time, employee changes and required pay inputs for the current period.
Resolve missing administrative information and present calculated results and exceptions to the payroll owner.
After the owner approves release, complete the authorized processing actions using Dayforce's payroll workflow.
Reconcile recorded completion and reports, then communicate any unresolved employee or funding issue to its owner.
The result
The payroll cycle has a recorded processing result and reconciled control report; payroll judgment stays with authorized staff.
Complete benefits enrollment administration
Finn coordinates employee benefits selections and missing paperwork through the recorded enrollment outcome.
Typically handled byBenefits coordinator
Starts when
A new-hire, annual enrollment or authorized life-event window opens.
What Finn handles
Identify eligible employees and send the employer's approved enrollment information and deadlines.
Collect employee-selected elections and required documents without recommending or selecting coverage for them.
Route eligibility or exception decisions to the benefits team and submit the completed enrollment through the enabled process.
Check the saved enrollment status and related administrative records, then deliver confirmation or the precise unresolved requirement.
The result
Employees have recorded benefit elections or clear outstanding requirements, and the benefits team has a reconciled enrollment list.
Apply an approved workforce change
Finn executes the administrative consequences of an authorized transfer, promotion or reporting change.
Typically handled byHR operations specialist
Starts when
HR approves an effective-dated employee change.
What Finn handles
Read the approved position, manager, location and pay instructions from the decision record.
Update supported Dayforce employee fields and obtain required payroll review for compensation effects.
Coordinate approved access, equipment and reporting changes through Microsoft Entra and ServiceNow.
Confirm the effective-dated records and send the approved communication to the employee and affected teams.
The result
The employee's approved change is recorded consistently and downstream administrative work is tracked to completion.
Run a required-learning completion cycle
Finn handles enrollment, reminders and evidence around training assigned by the employer.
Typically handled byLearning administrator
Starts when
HR assigns a required learning program to an eligible employee group.
What Finn handles
Read the approved audience, course requirements and due dates from Dayforce's enabled learning process.
Enroll the eligible employees and send access instructions with reminders based on recorded completion status.
Resolve routine access problems through ServiceNow and route content or accommodation issues to the learning owner.
Verify recorded completions, update the training report and notify managers only about the appropriate outstanding requirements.
The result
The learning cycle ends with recorded completion evidence and an actionable list of unresolved training requirements.
Complete the departure administration checklist
Finn coordinates an HR-authorized departure without deciding the termination or final-pay terms.
Typically handled byHR offboarding administrator
Starts when
HR records an authorized departure date and instructions.
What Finn handles
Prepare the employee-specific Dayforce checklist from the approved departure instructions and applicable employer process.
Record supported lifecycle updates and route final pay and benefits decisions to their authorized owners.
Execute approved Microsoft Entra access-removal requests and follow ServiceNow equipment-return records.
Confirm completed actions, deliver approved employee information and retain clear owners for outstanding payroll or asset obligations.
The result
The departure has an evidenced administrative closeout and a precise list of remaining obligations.
Connection setup
Set up the connection around your work.
Contact Finn to discuss the records your workflow needs and the actions you want it to perform.
Your team chooses what Finn can access, what agents can change, and when a person must approve the work. The connection needs the appropriate account access and permissions from Dayforce.
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