Source: https://deftridge.com/job/new-hire-and-termination-processing-united-states-dt-5308710/ Title: New Hire, CL-28604, $46-53/h | Deftridge Summary: New Hire and Termination Processing (Gusto) for a senior Payroll Specialist, remote in the US. $46-$53 an hour, 2 to 4 hours a week. Starts within 7 days. Regular Posted Nov 2 · DT-5308710 # New Hire and Termination Processing (Gusto) Senior · Payroll Specialist · Remote · United States **$46–$53** / hour About $640 a month at 3 h a week. 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** Legal services provider advising life-science companies · 201–500 employeesCL-28604 · based in Myrtle Beach - **Where** Remote · United States - **Format** Regular role - **Time needed** 2–4 h a week - **Start** Starts within 7 days - **Level** Senior · 5-10 years - **When you work** Evenings or weekends2 h a week overlap with ET **311** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This legal services provider advising life-science companies (201–500 employees) is looking for a senior Payroll Specialist for an ongoing part-time engagement of 2–4 h a week. Sets up new hires and finals correctly, including state forms. The company wants a senior person on this without carrying the cost of a full-time role. It is a law firm; confidentiality is absolute and every file is handled under supervision. The work is fully remote. Any location in United States works, with a few hours of overlap with the team's day. Evenings or weekends are fine, as long as the agreed weekly output is there. About 2 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (ET). ## What you deliver - Set up eight new hires in four states and prepare final pay for three leavers. - Work logged against the agreed list, so the company contact can see progress without a call - Questions collected in one thread, answered within one working day - A short handover note when the engagement pauses or ends ## What a week looks like - Thursday: pick up the queue and confirm priorities - Midweek: two short working sessions of one to two hours - Wednesday: update sent before the company's end of day **Duration:** 12 weeks, renewable. 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 Gusto Rippling Deel ## Who fits - 5-10 years of hands-on work as a Payroll Specialist, or the equivalent mix of roles - Comfortable working in Gusto, Rippling and Deel - 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 - Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader ## Not included - On-call availability outside the agreed window - Managing other contractors or employees - 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 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** Senior Payroll Specialist - **Experience** 5-10 years in finance & accounting - **Tools** Gusto, Rippling, Deel - **Offers** 3 hours a week, weekday evenings - **Rate** $50 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, $50 an hour, is **in line with** the median senior Payroll Specialist rate in the United States ($50). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median $50 This task $50 $37 $64 [All Payroll Specialist jobs in United States](https://deftridge.com/jobs/payroll-specialist/united-states/) · [Payroll Specialist rates in United States](https://deftridge.com/rates/payroll-specialist/united-states/) · [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-28604 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, New Hire and Termination Processing (Gusto) is noted. 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