Revenue (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]

Summary of Disaggregation of Revenue

Disaggregation of Revenue

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
	(Dollars in millions)
Revenue:
Cloud
Dayforce
Recurring	$	160.3	$	122.7	$	456.2	$	369.3
Professional services and other		38.4		35.1		113.2		108.8
Total Dayforce revenue		198.7		157.8		569.4		478.1
Powerpay
Recurring		20.7		18.6		61.5		56.6
Professional services and other		0.2		0.3		0.8		0.8
Total Powerpay revenue		20.9		18.9		62.3		57.4
Total Cloud revenue		219.6		176.7		631.7		535.5
Bureau
Recurring		34.0		26.8		101.4		82.8
Professional services and other		3.6		0.9		9.0		1.4
Total Bureau revenue		37.6		27.7		110.4		84.2
Total revenue	$	257.2	$	204.4	$	742.1	$	619.7

Schedule of Changes in Deferred Revenue

Deferred revenue primarily consists of payments received in advance of revenue recognition. The changes in deferred revenue were as follows:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021			2020
	(Dollars in millions)
Deferred revenue, beginning of period	$	24.4		$	25.5
New billings		399.6			313.2
Acquired billings		17.0			—
Revenue recognized		(394.0	)		(312.4	)
Effect of exchange rate		(0.5	)		(0.2	)
Deferred revenue, end of period	$	46.5		$	26.1