The Ogilvy Group, LLC Hiring for Pay & Benefits Advisor at London Full Time

We achieve this by breaking down the barriers that restrict talent and ideas, we call this Borderless Creativity.

Which is why our teams work fluidly across 5 capabilities: Advertising, Growth and Innovation, Experience, PR and Influence, and Health. This allows us to not only operate but innovate at the intersection of capabilities and talent. We believe impact and magic lies at this intersection. Ogilvy scales this by seamlessly connecting and accessing the deep cultural expertise of 132 offices in 83 countries.

Our mission: We inspire brands and people to impact the world

How we do it: We innovate and operate at the intersection of people and capabilities

What we do: Borderless creativity

Your Role at Ogilvy:
The Pay & Benefits Advisor will support the Pay & Benefits Partner in processing Ogilvy’s 2 payrolls in a timely and accurate manner via ADP’s fully managed payroll and the benefits (cash and cashless) process internally managed.

You will be responsible for creating and maintaining 850 employee payroll records across 2 entities within the Ogilvy Group and supporting the Pay & Benefits Team on the migration from ADP freedom to SD Worx Global Payroll in November 2022. The main function of this role will be to update the Ogilvy payroll system via ADP freedom, processing the complete end-to-end payroll and benefits; occasionally calculating wages and applicable deductions in case of payment adjustments.

The Key Responsibilities

 Ensure the efficient and effective administration of the payroll function across the various PAYE entities, to ensure all employees are paid correctly and on time.

 Collaborate with the ADP payroll consultant on providing the information needed, accurately and on time based on the Payroll Calendar deadlines.

 Enter all information into the ADP Grids for processing (ADP Freedom) in a timely manner.

 Review the ADP Reports such, Issue employee checks and earnings summaries.

 Advance Excel skills for data extractions, manipulation, and data analysis for management reports and internal audit compliances.

 Experience in Administering the Company benefits (Gym Payments/Pension/CCV/ Bike Scheme/STL etc).

 Monthly/Yearly Payroll reconciliations. This will include ensuring we are audit ready and compliant and therefore liaison with internal auditors, PWC, Deloitte, and other interested parties such as WPP.

 P11D’s, P14, P60, RTI data import check, and calculation review on Payroll.

 Ad Hoc reporting/data gathering requests from management and business partners (internal/external)

Essential Skills

• Proven experience in managing your own workload.
• An understanding of UK tax and benefits legislations.
• Ability to work calmly and productively within tight deadlines.
• Experience in a fast-paced environment and self-managing attitudes.
• Strong attention to detail.
• IT and data skills including extensive use of Excel.
• Organisational skills, working flexibly and prioritizing workload, and working towards deadlines.
• Strong Communication skills, written and verbal.
• Self-motivated, proactive, adaptable, resourceful, and able to apply initiative to work. independently as well as contribute to the effectiveness of a larger function.
• ADP Freedom

Desirable Skills

• SD Worx Payroll software.
• Advanced Skills in SharePoint Application.
• Advanced Skills in Excel such as Macro and complex formulas.
• Talent Tree (HR Software) experience.

Additional Information.

 Initially, the role will be for 4 months FTC on Ogilvy’s contract with the possibility of extension.