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Case Study: Chantrey Vellacott DFK

Chantrey Vellacott DFK is a long established provider of accounting, taxation and related advisory services. An international Accounting Group, CVDFK have 11 UK offices and 380 offices worldwide employing 10,000 people including partners with a fee income over $1 billion.

Business Requirement

Multi-site payroll team needed centralising from 10 sites all over the UK into a Thames Valley based central function to run Client Payroll and the internal Payroll function for UK business operations.

Recruitment Requirement

JGA Recruitment recruited 5 x Payroll Administrators and 1 Payroll Supervisor with client payroll experience, payroll qualifications and all team players that would fit straight in to the team with the right cultural and skills fit. Relocation was offered as part of the recruitment drive to ensure the right cultural and team fit could be achieved which was critical.

Recruitment Activity Performance

SupervisorPerformanceAdministratorPerformance
CVs submitted418
Interviews arranged250%1056%
Placements made150%550%
Started11005100%

Recruitment Activity Overview

From the initial requirement for one junior payroll administrator for the client payroll team – which was recruited for almost immediately with a tight turnaround and specific requirements, JGA Recruitment were subsequently invited to join the Chantrey Vellacott DFK Preferred Supplier List and continue to outperform other larger providers on the PSL.

JGA have since placed 5 more payroll professionals into the Chantrey Vellacott DFK team over the last 3 years and have an excellent understanding of specific technical requirements unique to running client payroll and working for a payroll service provider. JGA understand how the Chantrey Vellacott DFK client-function works and supply appropriate payroll professionals with a strong team fit offering an efficient and optimised recruitment process as their requirements and departments grow.


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