Source: https://deftridge.com/job/catch-up-bookkeeping-slough-dt-1565930/ Title: Catch-Up Bookkeeping, hybrid, Slough | Deftridge Summary: Catch-Up Bookkeeping (QuickBooks Online) for a specialist Bookkeeper, hybrid in Slough. £21-£27 an hour, 12 to 30 hours a month. Starts within 7 days. Bundle Shortlisting · 3 candidates Posted Oct 26 · DT-1565930 # Catch-Up Bookkeeping (QuickBooks Online) Specialist · Bookkeeper · Hybrid · Slough **£21–£27** / hour About £290–£720 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** Fashion retailer with 120 stores · 5,000+ employeesCL-56185 · based in Slough - **Where** Hybrid · Slough - **Format** Task bundle - **Time needed** 12–30 h a month - **Start** Starts within 7 days - **Level** Specialist · 2-5 years - **When you work** Two set slots a week2 h a week overlap with UK time The company is already looking at 3 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides. **4** professionals have asked about this task **2,495** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This fashion retailer with 120 stores (5,000+ 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 is a retailer with stores and an online channel, and the team works to a weekly trading rhythm. The team sits in Slough. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. The work runs in two set slots a week, agreed with the team at the start. About 2 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (UK time). ## What you deliver - Clean up six months of unposted transactions for a retail LLC and deliver reconciled accounts and a trial balance. - The monthly list of items completed, each with a link to the result - A month-end summary with hours used against the cap - A named list of items moved to next month, so nothing is lost ## 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:** 6 months, with a monthly hours cap. Accepted when the company contact confirms the deliverable against the written checklist. One round of edits is included. ## 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 - Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so - Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately - Travel or work at a fixed location ## 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 South East (£23). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median £23 This task £24 £19 £29 [All Bookkeeper jobs in United Kingdom](https://deftridge.com/jobs/bookkeeper/united-kingdom/) · [Bookkeeper rates in South East](https://deftridge.com/rates/bookkeeper/south-east/) · [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-56185 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 (QuickBooks Online) is noted. 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