Source: https://deftridge.com/job/payroll-audit-canada-dt-4605980/ Title: Payroll Audit, remote, Canada, CA$53-65/h | Deftridge Summary: Payroll Audit for a senior Payroll Specialist, remote in Canada. CA$53-CA$65 an hour, about 8 hours in total. Starts within 7 days. One-off Shortlisting · 5 candidates Posted Oct 29 · DT-4605980 # Payroll Audit Senior · Payroll Specialist · Remote · Canada **CA$53–CA$65** / hour About CA$300–CA$710 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** Government IT contractor serving health agencies · 5,000+ employeesCL-68034 · based in Nanaimo - **Where** Remote · Canada - **Format** One-off task - **Time needed** about 8 h in total - **Start** Starts within 7 days - **Level** Senior · 5-10 years - **When you work** Flexible hours, async The company is already looking at 5 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides. **13** professionals have asked about this task **769** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This government IT contractor serving health agencies (5,000+ employees) is looking for a senior Payroll Specialist for a single piece of work with a fixed scope and a fixed price. Samples payroll across a year and tests rates, deductions and overtime. It is a self-contained job: scope, checklist and price are agreed before you start. It supplies the public sector, so documentation follows contract rules. The work is fully remote. Any location in Canada works, with a few hours of overlap with the team's day. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call. ## What you deliver - Audit 8 months of payroll for 25 employees and report rate errors, missed deductions and overtime issues. - One round of edits after the company's review is included - A final note stating what was checked and what was left out of scope - A 20-minute walkthrough call, or a recorded screen share if you prefer ## How the work runs - Day 1: scope confirmed in writing, files shared - Middle of the period: draft shared for early feedback - Last day: final version and handover note **Duration:** 2 to 3 weeks. 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 Excel ADP ## Who fits - 5-10 years of hands-on work as a Payroll Specialist, or the equivalent mix of roles - Comfortable working in Excel and ADP - 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 - Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so - Travel or work at a fixed location - On-call availability outside the agreed window ## 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 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** Excel, ADP - **Offers** 8 hours in total, weekday evenings - **Rate** CA$59 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, CA$59 an hour, is **above** the median senior Payroll Specialist rate in Canada (CA$55). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median CA$55 This task CA$59 CA$41 CA$69 [All Payroll Specialist jobs in Canada](https://deftridge.com/jobs/payroll-specialist/canada/) · [Payroll Specialist rates in Canada](https://deftridge.com/rates/payroll-specialist/canada/) · [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-68034 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, Payroll Audit is noted. 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