Payroll Audit

About this task

This health charity in climate (201–500 employees) is looking for a specialist 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.

The work is too small to justify a hire and too important to leave to chance. It is a nonprofit, so budgets are tight and grant reporting dates are fixed.

The team sits in London. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. 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 (UK time).

What you deliver

• Audit 12 months of payroll for 40 employees and report rate errors, missed deductions and overtime issues.
• One round of edits after the company's review is included
• 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

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: 1 to 2 weeks. Accepted after the walkthrough. Edits requested within three working days are part of the price.

Tools

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.

How this rate compares

The midpoint of this range, £30 an hour, is in line with the median specialist Payroll Specialist rate in London (£30). 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.