Andrew Rayner

CEO of Thistle Tavern

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

About

Experienced Technology Professional with a demonstrated history of working in the human resources and payroll industry. Skilled in Microsoft Excel, SQL, Customer Service, and Computer Science. Strong professional with a Bachelor’s Degree focused in Computer Science from Robert Gordon University.

Experience

  • Thistle Tavern (On-site)
    • Chief Executive Officer
      Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Co-Owner
      Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • iiPay (Full-time · 3 yrs 3 mos)
    • Senior Technical Consultant
      Feb 2023 - Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    • Implementation Integration Consultant
      Jan 2022 - Jan 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • activpayroll (6 yrs 3 mos)
    • Integrations Lead
      Dec 2020 - Dec 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Product Management of integrations with UKG Pro, Cornerstone On Demand, Sage People, Workday. Management of team of Integration Specialists.

    • Business Analyst
      Apr 2019 - Dec 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos

      In my role as a Business Analyst I continued my focus on client HRIS Integration implementations, and working on process improvements around our integrated solutions with clients. This included implementation of new configurable processes for Single Sign On and Automated File Processing which reduced these tasks from taking a week of IT developer time to taking minutes for a member of the team to implement. I was also assigned as the Project Manager of a large bespoke client project, working with stakeholders at activpayroll and the client on a regular basis. I have been involved with the setup of solutions surrounding UKGPro, Workday and Sage People connectors.

    • Trainee Business Analyst
      Oct 2017 - Apr 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

      In my role as a Trainee Business Analyst I focus on client HRIS Integrations to activpayroll's Payroll network, and implementing the activ8 suite of tools with our clients. The technical knowledge I gained from my roles in the IT Department have helped to design compliant end-to-end processes on many sizeable projects. Project Management of a payroll project with headcount over 500 people.

  • IT Assistant at McCalls Ltd
    Sep 2011 - Sep 2015 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    Website front-end maintenance, system maintenance, sql database maintenance

  • Web Design Intern at Boundary Creative
    Jun 2011 - Sep 2011 · 4 mos

    Web design internship