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Individual Return Workpapers

Senior · Tax Preparation Support · Hybrid · Cambridge

£33–£38/ hour About £280–£430 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
Public-sector services provider serving transport agencies · 51–200 employeesCL-87989 · based in Cambridge
Where
Hybrid · Cambridge
Format
Task bundle
Time needed
8–12 h a month
Start
Starts within 7 days
Level
Senior · 5-10 years
When you work
Flexible hours, async1 h a week overlap with UK time

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About this task

This Public-sector services provider serving transport agencies (51–200 employees) is looking for a senior Tax Preparation Support for a monthly bundle of recurring tasks, 8–12 h a month. Collects source documents and prepares workpapers for review.

The company wants one reliable owner for a list of small jobs instead of five different people. It supplies the public sector, so documentation follows contract rules.

The team sits in Cambridge. 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. About 1 hour a week should overlap with the team's day (UK time).

What you deliver

  • Prepare workpapers for 8 individual returns from client documents, with open questions listed for the preparer.
  • A month-end summary with hours used against the cap
  • A named list of items moved to next month, so nothing is lost
  • A running log of open questions, reviewed at the start of each week

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: 8 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

CCH AxcessLacerteExcel

Who fits

  • 5-10 years of hands-on work as a Tax Preparation Support, or the equivalent mix of roles
  • Comfortable working in CCH Axcess, Lacerte and Excel
  • 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

  • Experience in a similar industry
  • Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader

Not included

  • Managing other contractors or employees
  • Travel or work at a fixed location
  • 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 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 dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
  2. You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
  3. With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
  4. 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.

Your profile
AlexSenior Tax Preparation Support
Experience
5-10 years in finance & accounting
Tools
CCH Axcess, Lacerte, Excel
Offers
10 hours a month, weekday evenings
Rate
£36 an hour, agreed with the recruiter

How this rate compares

The midpoint of this range, £36 an hour, is above the median senior Tax Preparation Support rate in East of England (£35). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.

All Tax Preparation Support jobs in United Kingdom · Tax Preparation Support rates in East of England · Finance & Accounting jobs

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-87989 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.

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