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Payroll Provider Migration · Real estate

Manager · Payroll Specialist · On-site · London

£36–£46/ hour About £330–£820 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
Construction group in commercial property · 201–500 employeesCL-16705 · based in London
Where
On-site · London
Format
One-off task
Time needed
about 14 h in total
Start
Starts within 2 weeks
Level
Manager · 7-12 years
When you work
Flexible hours, async1 h a week overlap with UK time

1,035 tasks of this type completed on Deftridge

About this task

This construction group in commercial property (201–500 employees) is looking for a manager Payroll Specialist for a single piece of work with a fixed scope and a fixed price. Moves payroll to a new provider with a parallel run.

The company has a deadline, no one free to own it, and wants a person who has done the same job before. It works in real estate and construction, where project documents change often.

The company prefers a person who can come to London for kickoff and the final review; the rest is remote. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call. About 1 hour a week should overlap with the team's day (UK time).

What you deliver

  • Migrate 60 employees to a new payroll provider with opening balances and a parallel run.
  • A 20-minute walkthrough call, or a recorded screen share if you prefer
  • One round of edits after the company's review is included
  • 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: about 10 working days. Accepted when the output matches the agreed checklist and the sample check passes; the recruiter confirms by e-mail.

Tools

ADPGustoRippling

Who fits

  • 7-12 years of hands-on work as a Payroll Specialist, or the equivalent mix of roles
  • Comfortable working in ADP, Gusto and Rippling
  • 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
  • A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late

Not included

  • Travel or work at a fixed location
  • Managing other contractors or employees
  • Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately

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.

Your profile
AlexManager Payroll Specialist
Experience
7-12 years in finance & accounting
Tools
ADP, Gusto, Rippling
Offers
14 hours in total, weekday evenings
Rate
£41 an hour, agreed with the recruiter

How this rate compares

The midpoint of this range, £41 an hour, is above the median manager Payroll Specialist rate in London (£40). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.

All Payroll Specialist jobs in United Kingdom · Payroll Specialist rates in London · Finance & Accounting jobs

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-16705 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.

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