The Global Payroll Association Awards celebrate excellence in the payroll industry, recognising outstanding achievements and innovations.
Being shortlisted for this award underscores Zalaris and Ryanair's commitment to leveraging cutting-edge cloud technology and best practices to enhance payroll efficiency and accuracy.
Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, embarked on a large project to migrate thousands of employees across ten countries to a new centralised SAP SuccessFactors cloud-based payroll system. This transformation was essential to support Ryanair’s growth trajectory, which includes operating over 600 aircraft and managing more than 27,000 employees.
The new system, implemented with Zalaris who are recognised as a SAP gold partner, has revolutionised payroll processing, providing a single source of truth for all payroll data and significantly improving efficiency.
Stephen Burr, Executive Vice President of Zalaris UK & Ireland, expressed his excitement about the nomination, “Zalaris and Ryanair are thrilled that the project has been recognised by the Global Payroll Association for this transformative work. This nomination is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the teams, who have worked tirelessly to deliver a solution that not only meets but exceeds our client's expectations.”
“This achievement highlights what #teamZalaris can accomplish in collaboration with knowledgeable, partner-focused customers. My sincere thanks to everyone who has worked diligently to turn the vision of fully digitised payroll into reality.” says Hans-Petter Mellerud, CEO and founder of Zalaris.
The winners of the Global Payroll Association Awards will be announced at the annual awards ceremony, which will take place on 5th June 2025, in Warsaw, Poland.
For more information about the awards, please visit Global Payroll Association Awards 2025.
To read more about this exemplary multi-country transformation click here.
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Stephen Burr, Executive Vice President Zalaris UK & Ireland
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About Zalaris:
Zalaris is a global SAP Partner offering a wide range of SAP-based HR & Payroll solutions and services. Our core focus is our SAP Qualified Partner-Packaged Solution PeopleHub, a comprehensive HR and Payroll cloud solution. PeopleHub is optimised to meet the specific needs of our customers. With flexible and robust smart-shoring options and capabilities, we deliver comprehensive, high-quality consulting services that offer excellent value for money and lower risks.
Zalaris specialises in helping mid-sized organisations transform their HR and & Payroll operations by adopting SAP SuccessFactors solutions, and offers consulting, implementation, integration, and support services.
Simplify work life. Achieve more. For more information about us, go to zalaris.com.
About Ryanair:
Ryanair Holdings plc, Europe’s largest airline group, is the parent company of Buzz, Lauda, Malta Air, Ryanair & Ryanair UK. Carrying c.200m guests p.a. on approx. 3,600 daily flights from 90+ bases, the Group connects 230+ airports in 37 countries on a fleet of 612 aircraft, with a further 340 Boeing 737s on order, which will enable the Ryanair Group to grow traffic to 300m p.a. by FY34. Ryanair has a team of over 27,000 highly skilled aviation professionals delivering Europe’s No.1 operational performance, and an industry leading 39-year safety record. Ryanair is one of the most efficient major EU airlines. With a young fleet and high load factors, Ryanair targets 50grams of CO₂ per pax/km by 2031 (a 27% reduction).