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Dayforce Executive Compensation (FY24)

CDAY · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2024

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Chief executive, fiscal 2024
David Ossip
Median of the other named officers
$7,264,382
5 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 2, 2025

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What changed from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024
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Chief executive total compensation — David Ossip: $13,591,865$18,596,544 (36.8% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Dayforce's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for David Ossip, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, came to $18,596,544 in fiscal 2024. Ossip's total was 36.8% higher than the $13,591,865 reported for fiscal 2023.
What was Dayforce's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders recorded 80.1% support for the say-on-pay proposal at the meeting held May 2, 2025 for fiscal 2024.
Which companies are in Dayforce's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Atlassian Corporation, BILL Holdings, Inc., Datadog, Inc., Five9, Inc. and HubSpot, Inc., among others. Companies named in the Peer Group Used in Determining TDC October 2024 – Present include Dynatrace, Inc., Fair Isaac Corporation and Guidewire Software, Inc.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
David Ossip
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Christopher Armstrong
Executive Vice President, Chief Customer Officer
Joseph Korngiebel
Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy, Product, and Technology Officer
Stephen Holdridge
President, Chief Operating Officer
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
David Ossip
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Leagh Turner
Former Co-Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
Stephen Holdridge
President, Chief Operating Officer
Samer Alkharrat
Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer
Christopher Armstrong
Executive Vice President, Chief Customer Officer
Joseph Korngiebel
Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy, Product, and Technology Officer
Noémie Heuland
Former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
David Ossip
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Holdridge
President, Chief Operating Officer
Joseph Korngiebel
Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy, Product, and Technology Officer
Christopher Armstrong
Executive Vice President, Chief Customer Officer
Samer Alkharrat
Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer
Jeremy Johnson
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2024
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
AlkharratPSU
AlkharratPSU
ArmstrongPSU
HoldridgePSU
HoldridgePSU
JohnsonPSU
JohnsonPSU
KorngiebelPSU
KorngiebelPSU
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2024 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Christopher ArmstrongRSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
David OssipRSU
Option
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
Option3/8/2031
RSU
RSU
RSU
Joseph KorngiebelRSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
Stephen HoldridgeRSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
Jeremy JohnsonRSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
Samer AlkharratRSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
RSU
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2024
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Gerald Throop
Lead independent director
Brent Bickett
Thomas Hagerty
Deborah Farrington
Linda Mantia
Ganesh Rao
Ronald Clarke
Andrea Rosen
David Ossip served on the board in fiscal 2024 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer
Board equity retainer
Total board retainer
Lead independent director premium
Audit committee chair
Compensation committee chair
Nominating and governance chair
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2024
  • Atlassian Corporation TEAM
  • BILL Holdings, Inc. BILL
  • Datadog, Inc. DDOG
  • Five9, Inc. FIVN
  • HubSpot, Inc. HUBS
  • Paychex, Inc. PAYX
  • Paycom Software, Inc. PAYC
  • Paylocity Holding Corporation PCTY
  • Pegasystems Inc. PEGA
  • PTC Inc. PTC
  • RingCentral, Inc. RNG
  • Smartsheet Inc. SMAR
  • Splunk Inc. SPLK
  • Tyler Technologies, Inc. TYL
  • Unity Software Inc. U
  • Workday, Inc. WDAY
  • Workiva Inc. WK
Peer Group Used in Determining TDC October 2024 – Present
  • Dynatrace, Inc. DT
  • Fair Isaac Corporation FICO
  • Guidewire Software, Inc. GWRE

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2024May 2, 2025=
2023April 26, 2024=
2022April 28, 2023=
2021May 3, 2022=
2020April 27, 2021=
2019April 28, 2020=
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Citations

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278 figures on this page: 272 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints.
272 cited to the filing
6 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001725057-25-000080
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001725057-25-000064
    Director Compensation · Executive Compensation Tables · Outstanding Equity Awards as of December 31, 2024
  3. 0000950170-24-049078
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0000950170-24-030002
    Executive Compensation Tables
  5. 0000950170-23-016393
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0000950170-22-007429
  7. 0001564590-21-022541
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001564590-20-020508
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Peers Dayforce discloses

The companies named in CDAY's own disclosed peer group.

Atlassian CorporationBILL Holdings, Inc.Datadog, Inc.Five9, Inc.HubSpot, Inc.Paychex, Inc.Paycom Software, Inc.Paylocity Holding CorporationPegasystems Inc.PTC Inc.RingCentral, Inc.Smartsheet Inc.Splunk Inc.Tyler Technologies, Inc.Unity Software Inc.Workday, Inc.Workiva Inc.Dynatrace, Inc.Fair Isaac CorporationGuidewire Software, Inc.

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APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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