Source: https://deftridge.com/job/catch-up-bookkeeping-new-york-city-dt-7427865/ Title: Catch-Up Bookkeeping, hybrid in New York City | Deftridge Summary: Catch-Up Bookkeeping for a specialist Bookkeeper, hybrid in New York City. $37-$45 an hour, 12 to 30 hours a month. Starts within 7 days. Bundle Posted Nov 4 · DT-7427865 # Catch-Up Bookkeeping · AI Specialist · Bookkeeper · Hybrid · New York City **$37–$45** / hour About $490–$1,230 a month. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so **nothing comes out of your rate**. - **Company** Series B generative-AI company for drug discovery · 201–500 employeesCL-11621 · based in Darmstadt - **Where** Hybrid · New York City - **Format** Task bundle - **Time needed** 12–30 h a month - **Start** Starts within 7 days - **Level** Specialist · 2-5 years - **When you work** Weekday evenings2 h a week overlap with ET **2,501** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This Series B generative-AI company for drug discovery (201–500 employees) is looking for a specialist Bookkeeper for a monthly bundle of recurring tasks, 12–30 h a month. Brings late books up to date and ready for the accountant. A named list of recurring items keeps the month predictable for both sides. It builds AI products and needs human experts to check what the models produce. The team sits in New York City. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. 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 (ET). ## What you deliver - Clean up six months of unposted transactions for a retail LLC and deliver reconciled accounts and a trial balance. - A running log of open questions, reviewed at the start of each week - A named list of items moved to next month, so nothing is lost - A month-end summary with hours used against the cap ## What a month looks like - Start of month: the company shares the items and the priorities - Mid-month: progress check of 15 minutes - Month end: hours used against the cap, results and open items **Duration:** 12 weeks, with a monthly hours cap. Accepted on the company's written OK. If something is missed, you fix it in the same week at no extra charge to either side. ## Tools QuickBooks Online Xero Excel ## Who fits - 2-5 years of hands-on work as a Bookkeeper, or the equivalent mix of roles - 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 - Has worked with a distributed team across time zones - Used to short written handovers ## Not included - Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately - Travel or work at a fixed location - Managing other contractors or employees ## 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 USD 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 1. **Within one working day** A recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want. 1. **You agree the rate** You and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead. 1. **With your written OK** The company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days. 1. **Start** You 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. Your profile **Alex** Specialist Bookkeeper - **Experience** 2-5 years in finance & accounting - **Tools** QuickBooks Online, Xero, Excel - **Offers** 21 hours a month, weekday evenings - **Rate** $41 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, $41 an hour, is **above** the median specialist Bookkeeper rate in New York ($35). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median $35 This task $41 $32 $48 [All Bookkeeper jobs in United States](https://deftridge.com/jobs/bookkeeper/united-states/) · [Bookkeeper rates in New York](https://deftridge.com/rates/bookkeeper/new-york/) · [Finance & Accounting jobs](https://deftridge.com/jobs/finance-and-accounting/) ## Questions about pay and privacy The rules are the same for every task. [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job. CL-11621 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. ## Interested in this task? Leave your first name and e-mail. You hear back from a recruiter inside one working day, and nothing reaches the company without your written OK. - You see and agree the rate before the company hears about you - Your employer and surname stay private - E-mail only, no phone calls Thank you, Catch-Up Bookkeeping · AI is noted. 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