Individual Return Workpapers
Manager · Tax Preparation Support · Remote · Ontario only
- Company
- Content marketing agency · 201–500 employeesCL-42970 · based in Guelph
- Where
- Remote · Ontario only
- Format
- Task bundle
- Time needed
- 8–12 h a month
- Start
- Starts within 7 days
- Level
- Manager · 7-12 years
- When you work
- Flexible hours, async1 h a week overlap with ET
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About this task
This content marketing agency (201–500 employees) is looking for a manager 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 is an agency, so work is organised around client campaigns and approval rounds.
The work is fully remote, but the company can only contract people who live in Ontario, so this one is for residents there. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call. About 1 hour a week should overlap with the team's day (ET).
What you deliver
- Prepare workpapers for 15 individual returns from client documents, with open questions listed for the preparer.
- A named list of items moved to next month, so nothing is lost
- The monthly list of items completed, each with a link to the result
- A month-end summary with hours used against the cap
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
Who fits
- 7-12 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
- Used to short written handovers
- 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 CAD 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
- Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
- You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
- With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
- 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.
- Experience
- 7-12 years in finance & accounting
- Tools
- CCH Axcess, Lacerte, Excel
- Offers
- 10 hours a month, weekday evenings
- Rate
- CA$74 an hour, agreed with the recruiter
How this rate compares
The midpoint of this range, CA$74 an hour, is above the median manager Tax Preparation Support rate in Ontario (CA$70). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.
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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-42970 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.