Catch-Up Bookkeeping
Senior · Bookkeeper · Remote · anywhere in the EU
- Company
- Machinery maker making building materials · 51–200 employeesCL-19752 · based in Le Havre
- Where
- Remote · anywhere in the EU
- Format
- Task bundle
- Time needed
- 12–30 h a month
- Start
- Starts within 7 days
- Level
- Senior · 5-10 years
- When you work
- Weekday evenings2 h a week overlap with CET
- Language
- English and Frenchbusiness level
The company is already looking at 2 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides.
3 professionals have asked about this task2,495 tasks of this type completed on Deftridge
About this task
This machinery maker making building materials (51–200 employees) is looking for a senior Bookkeeper for a monthly bundle of recurring tasks, 12–30 h a month. Brings late books up to date and ready for the accountant.
The same kind of work comes back every month, so the company prefers one person with an hours cap over ad-hoc requests. It manufactures physical products, and the office team works to month-end and plant schedules.
The work is fully remote and open to anyone living in an EU country; the team itself works from France. Most people do this on weekday evenings; replies inside the working day are not expected. About 2 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (CET).
What you deliver
- Clean up six months of unposted transactions for a retail LLC and deliver reconciled accounts and a trial balance.
- A named list of items moved to next month, so nothing is lost
- The monthly list of items completed, each with a link to the result
- A running log of open questions, reviewed at the start of each week
What a month looks like
- Week 1: intake call and a list of what is due this month
- Weeks 2 and 3: items completed in short sessions
- Week 4: month-end summary and the list for next month
Duration: 12 weeks, with a monthly hours cap. Accepted after the walkthrough. Edits requested within three working days are part of the price.
Tools
Who fits
- 5-10 years of hands-on work as a Bookkeeper, or the equivalent mix of roles
- Business-level French as well as English: the documents and part of the team work in French
- Comfortable working in QuickBooks Online, Xero and Excel
- Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate
Nice to have
- Experience in a similar industry
- Used to short written handovers
Not included
- Travel or work at a fixed location
- Managing other contractors or employees
- Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so
How you get paid
- The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
- Deftridge pays you in EUR after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
- You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
- You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.
What happens after you say you're interested
- Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
- You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
- With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
- StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.
What the company sees about you
First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.
- Experience
- 5-10 years in finance & accounting
- Tools
- QuickBooks Online, Xero, Excel
- Offers
- 21 hours a month, weekday evenings
- Rate
- €24 an hour, agreed with the recruiter
How this rate compares
The midpoint of this range, €24 an hour, is above the median senior Bookkeeper rate in France (€23). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.
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Questions about pay and privacy
The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.
CL-19752 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.