What CE Global Partners does

CE Global Partners is a UK-based, technology-agnostic HR and payroll transformation and managed services firm headquartered in Nantwich, Cheshire. The company advises large enterprises undergoing HR and payroll change programmes, operating across the full transformation lifecycle from phase zero preparation through delivery to post-implementation optimisation, while also providing ongoing managed payroll and outsourced HR services. It works with multiple HCM ecosystems (Workday, Oracle, SAP SuccessFactors, Dayforce) rather than reselling any single vendor's platform.

The firm's underlying technology stack is services-led rather than product-led; it does not develop a unified software platform but maintains proprietary automated data migration tooling that connects to legacy HR systems and continually cleanses data to drive predictability, alongside an integration coordination capability that manages design, build, and technical delivery across downstream application owners and IT teams. Its product portfolio is organised into HR Transformation Services (Preparing for Change, Delivering HR Change, Optimising HR Change) and HR & Payroll Services (Customer-side Payroll, Managed UK Payroll, Migrating Payroll, Outsourced HR Services).

CE Global generates revenue primarily through project-based professional services engagements and recurring managed services contracts, with bespoke quote-based pricing on multi-year terms and no publicly disclosed rate cards. Its go-to-market is sales-led and enterprise-focused, targeting FTSE 100 and 250 companies, global law firms, manufacturing organisations, and professional services firms via consultative senior engagement and a website quote request system for UK SMB payroll. Founded in 2015, the company was acquired by Harbor Global in 2026 to expand Harbor's HCM advisory practice.

Name

CE Global Partners

Legal name

CE Global Partners Ltd

Website

https://ceglobalpartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CE Global Partners is a UK-based, technology-agnostic HR and payroll transformation and managed services firm serving FTSE 100/250 companies, global law firms, and other enterprises across advisory, delivery, and ongoing payroll operations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR & Payroll Consulting Services

NAICS

Payroll Services (541214), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services (54121), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Global/Multi-Country Payroll & Cross-Border Payments (BPACAIAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Global Payroll & Multi-Country Payroll Coordination (EOR/PEO Interface) (BPAAAHAE), Global Payroll & Multi-Country Payroll Management (BPACAHAC)

Keywords

• HR transformation services
• Payroll outsourcing
• Managed payroll services
• Payroll migration services
• HR consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Nantwich

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. HR Transformation Consulting: Advisory and consulting services for HR transformation programmes, including phase zero preparation, delivery support, and optimisation services. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements with organisations undergoing HR and payroll system changes.
2. Managed Payroll Services: Fully managed UK payroll outsourcing services handling salary calculations, tax deductions, National Insurance contributions, pension deductions, and statutory reporting. Delivered as an ongoing managed service.
3. Customer-side Payroll Services: Expert payroll resources deployed to run clients' existing payrolls on a temporary or ongoing basis, supporting organisations that have outsourced payroll to manage customer-side responsibilities.
4. Outsourced HR Services: Bespoke global HR outsourcing including day-to-day HR tasks, global mobility administration, and Share Save scheme administration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CE Global Partners delivers technology-agnostic HR transformation and managed payroll services to enterprises. Its offerings span the full transformation lifecycle — phase zero preparation, programme delivery, and post-implementation optimisation — alongside ongoing payroll outsourcing, customer-side payroll resourcing, payroll migration, and bespoke HR outsourcing including global mobility and Share Save administration.

Product overview

CE Global Partners is a technology-agnostic HR and payroll consulting firm that provides advisory and delivery services rather than a unified software product. The company offers two main service portfolios: HR Transformation Services (covering preparing for change, delivering HR change, and optimising HR change) and HR & Payroll Services (covering customer-side payroll services, managed UK payroll services, payroll migration, and outsourced HR services). The company helps organisations modernize workforce operations end-to-end, advising on HR technology platforms such as Workday, Oracle, SAP SuccessFactors, and Ceridian without being tied to any single vendor.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Preparing for HR Change (Phase Zero) Phase zero advisory services that enable organisations to fully prepare for HR transformations before signing HR SaaS contracts, ensuring the right parties are involved, challenges are understood, and a clear direction is set.
• Delivering HR Change Customer-side delivery services helping organisations drive HR change from the inside, ensuring internal teams are equipped, milestones are met, and transformation outcomes are owned and sustained.
• Optimising HR Change Post-implementation optimisation services that help organisations get the most out of their HR transformation investment, including delivery of new strategic initiatives and data re-engineering exercises.
• Customer-side Payroll Services Deployment of payroll specialists to run clients' global payrolls on a temporary or ongoing basis, supporting payroll management, vendor management, pension compliance, governance and controls, query resolution and compliance audits.
• Managed UK Payroll Services Fully managed outsourced UK payroll bureau service covering salary calculations, tax deductions, National Insurance contributions, pension deductions, statutory reporting and compliance with UK legislation.
• Migrating Payroll Payroll migration services ranging from defining global payroll strategies to supporting internal teams setting up new payrolls or migrating to a global provider, including pre-migration data quality assessment.
• Outsourced HR Services Bespoke global HR outsourcing integrating with clients' existing technology and processes, including day-to-day HR administration, global mobility administration, and Sharesave scheme administration.

Quantifiable outcome

• Payroll accuracy, compliance, and on-time delivery

Named customers24 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Harbor GlobalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Harbor Global acquired CE Global Partners in 2026. Together, Harbor and CE Global Partners help clients modernize workforce operations end-to-end. The acquisition expands Harbor's HCM advisory practice with specialist HR and payroll transformation capabilities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SD Worx: SD Worx is a European-headquartered payroll and HR services provider serving multi-country clients with managed payroll and HR transformation offerings. It competes head-to-head with CE Global Partners for global payroll migration and managed services mandates across European enterprises.
• Harbor Global: Harbor Global is CE Global Partners' parent company following its 2026 acquisition, and operates an HCM advisory practice that now incorporates CE Global's specialist HR and payroll transformation capabilities. It is the most directly comparable firm given shared ownership, overlapping advisory services, and combined go-to-market.
• Zalaris: Zalaris is a Nordic-headquartered provider of HR and payroll outsourcing and consulting services to multi-country enterprises. It is comparable to CE Global Partners in offering managed payroll, HR transformation, and multi-country payroll coordination services.
• CloudPay: CloudPay provides global payroll services and managed payroll delivery to multinational organisations, including migration support and ongoing payroll operations. It directly competes with CE Global's payroll migration and customer-side/managed payroll service lines.
• Safe Global: Safe Global is a UK-rooted global payroll bureau and managed services provider offering multi-country payroll outsourcing and migration services. It is closely comparable to CE Global's managed UK payroll and payroll migration services, particularly for enterprise UK clients.

Broad incumbents

• Alight Solutions: Alight (formerly NGA Human Resources) is a large US-headquartered HR and payroll services provider offering managed payroll, HR outsourcing, and transformation at global scale. It competes for the same multinational payroll outsourcing and HR transformation mandates as CE Global, but with much broader scope and scale.
• Mercer: Mercer, part of Marsh McLennan, provides HR transformation advisory, workforce consulting, and total rewards consulting to large multinationals. It competes with CE Global's HR transformation practice, though Mercer operates at much broader scale across the full HR agenda.
• PwC (People & Organization): PwC's People & Organization practice advises on HR transformation, workforce change, and payroll modernisation for multinational clients. It competes with CE Global on HCM transformation mandates but operates as part of a much larger global professional services firm.
• KPMG (People & Change): KPMG's People & Change practice delivers large-scale HR transformation, payroll, and workforce consulting to global enterprises including FTSE 100 clients. It competes with CE Global on transformation mandates but with global delivery scale and broader advisory capabilities.

Regional players

• IRIS Software Group: IRIS Software Group is a UK-focused provider of payroll and HR software and managed payroll services, primarily serving UK SMB and mid-market segments. It overlaps with CE Global's UK SMB payroll bureau segment and shares UK geographic concentration, but operates at different scale and segment focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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