Poonam Dariyani

Project Management professional with 9+ years of experience leading enterprise HCM, HRIS, payroll, and integration initiatives across North American and global environments. Experienced in managing full implementation lifecycles from discovery and design through configuration coordination, data conversion, testing, cutover, go-live, and stabilization. Strong record of directing cross-functional teams, presenting to senior and C-suite stakeholders, managing RAID items and change control, and delivering complex programs within scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.

Hands-on experience across Dayforce, ADP, SAP-related HR/payroll environments, Workday, and third-party integrations.

Project Manager - Payroll, HRIS & Integrations at Sazerac (2026-02 – 2026-06)

• Led payroll, HR, and integration workstreams across planning, requirements, design, configuration coordination, testing, cutover readiness, go-live, and post-production stabilization.
• Built and maintained integrated project plans, work breakdown structures, milestone schedules, RAID logs, decision trackers, and status dashboards to keep business and technical teams aligned.
• Partnered with Payroll, HR, Finance, IT, functional consultants, developers, and external vendors to define requirements, resolve dependencies, and coordinate upstream and downstream system impacts.
• Directed UAT, payroll validation, parallel-run reconciliation, and defect triage; prioritized issues by payroll impact, assigned owners, monitored remediation, and secured business sign-off.
• Managed data conversion and interface readiness by coordinating source-to-target mapping, file validation, integration testing, reconciliation, and production-readiness checkpoints.
• Presented delivery status, risks, decisions, and recovery options to senior leaders and Steering Committee stakeholders, escalating critical issues early to protect the go-live schedule.
• Coordinated cutover activities, communications, training readiness, contingency planning, and hypercare support while driving timely closure of post-go-live payroll and integration issues.

Project Manager / Service Consultant - HCM, HRIS & Payroll at Ceridian / Dayforce (2023-06 – 2026-02)

• Led end-to-end Dayforce HCM implementations covering Payroll, Core HR, Benefits, Workforce Management, Time, Performance, and Talent for North American clients.
• Facilitated discovery and design workshops, translated complex business and statutory requirements into actionable delivery plans, and coordinated configuration with functional consultants.
• Managed payroll setup and validation for earnings, deductions, taxation, records of employment, W-2 requirements, year-end processing, and related compliance needs.
• Owned implementation governance from kickoff through stabilization, including project schedules, scope, budgets, resources, RAID management, change control, and executive reporting.
• Directed cross-functional teams across Payroll, HR, Finance, IT, data, integration, and vendor groups, improving accountability and accelerating issue resolution.
• Oversaw data migration and integrations through mapping, conversion validation, test-cycle planning, reconciliation, and legacy-to-Dayforce transition readiness.
• Led UAT and parallel payroll activities, managed defect triage and retesting, monitored acceptance criteria, and coordinated stakeholder sign-offs before production deployment.

Project Manager & Integrations Lead - HCM, HRIS & Payroll at Sheridan College (2022-06 – 2023-06)

• Managed delivery of complex HCM, HRIS, payroll, SAP-related, and Workday initiatives, aligning project objectives, scope, deliverables, schedules, budgets, and quality standards.
• Worked with product managers, business analysts, developers, QA teams, and business stakeholders to gather requirements and convert them into structured project plans and implementation workstreams.
• Led integration planning and execution across HR and payroll systems, coordinating technical dependencies, interface requirements, test cycles, and production-readiness activities.
• Allocated resources, monitored team progress, facilitated governance meetings, maintained clear stakeholder communication, and managed risks and change requests to protect scope and schedule stability.

Project Manager - HCM, HRIS & Payroll at Comptrak (2021-10 – 2022-06)

• Led large, complex client-interface and implementation projects, managing multiple concurrent workstreams through Agile and Waterfall delivery approaches.
• Created project charters, work breakdown structures, schedules, resource plans, budgets, milestone plans, responsibility matrices, risk plans, status reports, and post-implementation reviews.
• Managed project teams of 5-10 developers, business analysts, testers, programmers, and functional managers while removing impediments and maintaining focus on delivery commitments.
• Owned issue and risk management, change control, financial tracking, capacity planning, vendor coordination, and formal handoff to client service delivery teams.
• Presented biweekly program financials, schedule performance, resource capacity, risks, and decisions to vice presidents, C-suite leaders, and client stakeholders.
• Partnered with engineering, operations, and business teams to define strategy, balance technical and business priorities, and coordinate cross-application dependencies.

Project Manager / Implementation Specialist - HCM, HRIS & Payroll at ADP Canada (2018-07 – 2021-09)

• Managed end-to-end delivery of complex ADP HCM, HRIS, and payroll implementations, ensuring alignment with client requirements, timelines, budgets, and quality expectations.
• Facilitated scope definition, requirements gathering, solution planning, and stakeholder alignment with product managers, business analysts, developers, QA teams, and client leaders.
• Led configuration and business validation for complex payroll structures, including multi-state and multi-province taxation, earnings, deductions, garnishments, benefits, and year-end processing.
• Managed HCM module delivery across Core HR, Benefits, Time & Attendance, Talent, Reporting, payroll, and third-party integrations.
• Oversaw data migration, parallel payroll testing, reconciliation, defect resolution, and acceptance activities to improve payroll accuracy and reduce go-live risk.
• Managed resources, project documentation, quality controls, change requests, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communications throughout the implementation lifecycle.
• Tracked implementation KPIs and client experience measures, including quality metrics, client satisfaction, and NPS, and used results to drive process improvements.
• Advised clients on payroll compliance, process optimization, statutory requirements, system adoption, and automation opportunities.

Business Analyst - Implementations at Unipath Specialty Laboratory Ltd. (2016-08 – 2018-04)

• Facilitated workshops, interviews, and stakeholder meetings to gather, analyze, prioritize, and document business, functional, and technical requirements.
• Mapped current- and future-state processes, identified gaps and inefficiencies, and translated business needs into specifications, process flows, and implementation documentation.
• Maintained requirements traceability from discovery through design, development, testing, deployment, and post-implementation review.
• Served as liaison between business and technical teams, supported solution validation and UAT, and presented findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.

Master in Human Resource Management in Human Resource Management

Master of Commerce in Finance and Accounting

Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and Accounting