Source: https://deftridge.com/job/catch-up-bookkeeping-rochdale-dt-6530650/ Title: Catch-Up Bookkeeping, hybrid in Rochdale | Deftridge Summary: Catch-Up Bookkeeping for a specialist Bookkeeper, hybrid in Rochdale. £22-£27 an hour, 12 to 30 hours a month. Starts within 7 days. Bundle Posted Nov 3 · DT-6530650 # Catch-Up Bookkeeping Specialist · Bookkeeper · Hybrid · Rochdale **£22–£27** / hour About £290–£740 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** Electronics manufacturer making food packaging · 51–200 employeesCL-13758 · based in Rochdale - **Where** Hybrid · Rochdale - **Format** Task bundle - **Time needed** 12–30 h a month - **Start** Starts within 7 days - **Level** Specialist · 2-5 years - **When you work** Flexible hours, async **2,495** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This electronics manufacturer making food packaging (51–200 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. 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 team sits in Rochdale. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call. ## 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 month-end summary with hours used against the cap - The monthly list of items completed, each with a link to the result ## 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:** 6 months, with a monthly hours cap. Accepted after the walkthrough. Edits requested within three working days are part of the price. ## 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 - A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late - Experience in a similar industry ## Not included - Travel or work at a fixed location - On-call availability outside the agreed window - 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 GBP 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** £24 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, £24 an hour, is **above** the median specialist Bookkeeper rate in North West (£23). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median £23 This task £24 £20 £29 [All Bookkeeper jobs in United Kingdom](https://deftridge.com/jobs/bookkeeper/united-kingdom/) · [Bookkeeper rates in North West](https://deftridge.com/rates/bookkeeper/north-west/) · [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-13758 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 is noted. 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