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Title: Close Checklist Automation, $105-132/h | Deftridge
Summary: Close Checklist Automation for a manager Month-End Close Accountant, hybrid in San Francisco. $105-$132 an hour, about 7 hours in total. Starts next week.

One-off Posted Oct 30 · DT-3815325

# Close Checklist Automation

Manager · Month-End Close Accountant · Hybrid · San Francisco

**$105–$132** / hour About $470–$1,190 in total. 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** Online marketplace · 5,000+ employeesCL-28718 · based in Gijón

- **Where** Hybrid · San Francisco

- **Format** One-off task

- **Time needed** about 7 h in total

- **Start** Starts next week

- **Level** Manager · 7-12 years

- **When you work** Flexible hours, async

**861** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge

## About this task

This online marketplace (5,000+ employees) is looking for a manager Month-End Close Accountant for a single piece of work with a fixed scope and a fixed price. Turns the close into a dated checklist with owners and reminders.

A fresh pair of experienced eyes is needed, and the result is a document or file the team can use straight away. It sells online, so volumes move with promotions and the calendar matters.

The team sits in San Francisco. 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

- Convert a 60-step close process into a dated checklist with owners, dependencies and a status board.

- A 20-minute walkthrough call, or a recorded screen share if you prefer

- The finished deliverable in the agreed file format, with sources and assumptions listed

- A final note stating what was checked and what was left out of scope

## How the work runs

- Day 1: kickoff call and access to the files

- Days 2 to 6: the work, with questions answered the same day

- Last day: delivery and a short walkthrough

**Duration:** 1 to 2 weeks. Accepted when the company contact confirms the deliverable against the written checklist. One round of edits is included.

## Tools

Notion Excel Asana

## Who fits

- 7-12 years of hands-on work as a Month-End Close Accountant, or the equivalent mix of roles

- Comfortable working in Notion, Excel and Asana

- A professional qualification is required for any sign-off; the company keeps the final signature, you prepare and review.

- Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate

### Nice to have

- Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader

- Has worked with a distributed team across time zones

## Not included

- Managing other contractors or employees

- On-call availability outside the agreed window

- A signature or opinion in your own name: sign-off stays with the company

## 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** Manager Month-End Close Accountant

- **Experience** 7-12 years in finance & accounting

- **Tools** Notion, Excel, Asana

- **Offers** 7 hours in total, weekday evenings

- **Rate** $118 an hour, agreed with the recruiter

## How this rate compares

The midpoint of this range, $118 an hour, is **above** the median manager Month-End Close Accountant rate in California ($105). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.

Median $105

This task $118

$78 $143

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## 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-28718 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, Close Checklist Automation is noted. A recruiter writes to you from a @deftridge.com address within one working day; the next steps are listed on this page.

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**$105–$132 / hr** I'm interested
