About us

Facts & Figures

Globally, we employ more than 9,000 people to look after over 25 million of our customers’ employees on behalf of 130,000 businesses.
Ceridian's UK and Ireland business has over 1000 colleagues supporting over 5000 customers and their 1.7 million employees.
We provide service in fifteen languages from our multilingual centre in Glasgow.
Our HR services range from payroll through to integrated HR outsourcing, employee benefits and Employee Assistance Programmes.
In 2012 we won three Payroll World Awards for our service and technology: Payroll Provider, Payroll Software Product and Technology Development of the Year for our Auto-Enrolment Solution. We were voted Payroll Outsourcing Provider of the Year in 2006, 2007 and 2010.
Ceridian UK pays over £19bn a year, and pays over 14% of the high street.

From multi-national to small start-up, Ceridian enables your HR development journey. Our decades of global experience help you increase quality, reduce risk, boost revenue, and lower cost.

Everything we do revolves around people-driven activities. We focus solely on the transactional aspect of HR, freeing up our customers’ time, by doing the following:

getting the basics right – providing strong foundations on which to build
finding and realising value – helping our customers identify, build and deliver a business case
supporting change – assisting our customers in making step changes in their business

Our Senior Leaders
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- Doug Sawers
- David Woodward
- Jeremy Campbell
- Nick Laird
- Jacqueline Raison
- Ross Tracey
- Nick Treston
Our Senior Executives
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- Ian Walters
- Iain McGregor
- Amanda Walker
- Sonia Dempster
- Steve Hawley
- Stuart Stephen
- Peter Howley
Accreditations & Awards
- Global Outsourcing 100
  
  Ceridian is proud to be recognised as one of the world’s top outsourcing service providers for eight years running. Ceridian was judged worthy of recognition by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).
- Sarbanes-Oxley
  
  Our clients outsource some or all of their financial and HR processes. For some clients, this means their auditors require SAS-70 Type II reports. These provide independent evidence that we operate effective financial controls to satisfy the Sarbanes-Oxley standards. Read more about what SOX means and how Ceridian operates under these principles.
- Six Sigma
  
  To further support our aim of business excellence and continuous improvement, we operate a company-wide Six Sigma programme focused upon process improvement through targeted Six Sigma projects and activities. Ceridian uses Six Sigma methods, tools and measurements to achieve near-elimination of defects from processes and products.
- BACS Approved Bureau
  
  Ceridian is approved by BACS as a Bureau operating to the highest standards.
- Investors in People
  
  We are proud of our status as an Investors in People accredited employer.
- Microsoft Gold Partner
  
  In November 2005 Ceridian in the UK was named as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. This means we have passed the highest level of requirements from Microsoft and have demonstrated the most robust, efficient and scalable implementations of our technology.
- CIPP Payroll Services Provider of the Year 2010
  
  Ceridian was awarded the prestigious award of Payroll Services Provider of the Year for 2010 by the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals.
- Simon Parsons
  
  Simon Parsons was awarded the Payroll Alliance Award for Advancing the Payroll Profession in 2010. He was equally awarded the prestigious award of Payroll’s Person of the Year in 2006 by the CIPP.
- Payroll World Awards 2012 Winner
  
  Ceridian was named Payroll Provider of the Year and winner of Payroll Software Product of the Year and Technology Development of the Year at the Payroll World Awards 2012.
- Pay & Benefits Awards 2013 - Highly Commended
  
  Ceridian was highly commended for four Pay & Benefits Awards in 2013: Product of the Year, Service Provider of the Year, Software Provider of the Year, and Payroll Team of the Year.
- CIPP Awards 2012 Shortlist
  
  Ceridian was shortlisted for four CIPP Awards in 2012: Service Provider, Manager (Paul Thickett), Individual (Michael Sharples & Ewan Adamson), and Software Product of the year.
- UK Pensions Awards 2013 Shortlist
  
  Ceridian has been shortlisted for two UK Pensions Awards 2013: Auto-enrolment Innovation & Technology Innovation of the year.
- Ceridian Experts Recognised in Payroll Top 50 2013
  
  Simon Parsons, David Woodward and Melissa Goddard of Ceridian have all been named in the Payroll World Top 50 2013 which celebrates and honours outstanding professionals that have made an impact on payroll in the past year.
Our Partners
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