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Title: Payroll Audit, remote, US, $62-73/h | Deftridge
Summary: Payroll Audit for a manager Payroll Specialist, remote in the US. $62-$73 an hour, about 8 hours in total. Posted by a health insurer for travel.

One-off Posted Nov 4 · DT-1225195

# Payroll Audit

Manager · Payroll Specialist · Remote · United States

**$62–$73** / hour About $340–$810 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** Health insurer for travel · 51–200 employeesCL-84107 · based in Los Angeles

- **Where** Remote · United States

- **Format** One-off task

- **Time needed** about 8 h in total

- **Start** Starts within 7 days

- **Level** Manager · 7-12 years

- **When you work** Weekday evenings2 h a week overlap with PT

**769** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge

## About this task

This health insurer for travel (51–200 employees) is looking for a manager 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 company has a deadline, no one free to own it, and wants a person who has done the same job before. It is an insurer, so accuracy and an audit trail come before speed.

The work is fully remote. Any location in United States works, with a few hours of overlap with the team's day. Most people do this on weekday evenings; replies inside the working day are not expected. About 2 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (PT).

## What you deliver

- Audit 12 months of payroll for 40 employees and report rate errors, missed deductions and overtime issues.

- The finished deliverable in the agreed file format, with sources and assumptions listed

- A 20-minute walkthrough call, or a recorded screen share if you prefer

- One round of edits after the company's review is included

## 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

- 7-12 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

- Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader

- Experience in a similar industry

## Not included

- Managing other contractors or employees

- Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately

- Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so

## 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** Manager Payroll Specialist

- **Experience** 7-12 years in finance & accounting

- **Tools** Excel, ADP

- **Offers** 8 hours in total, weekday evenings

- **Rate** $68 an hour, agreed with the recruiter

## How this rate compares

The midpoint of this range, $68 an hour, is **above** the median manager Payroll Specialist rate in the United States ($65). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.

Median $65

This task $68

$51 $85

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## 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-84107 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. A recruiter writes to you from a @deftridge.com address within one working day; the next steps are listed on this page.

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**$62–$73 / hr** I'm interested
