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Year-End Payroll Reconciliation · Travel

Manager · Payroll Specialist · Hybrid · Toronto

CA$61–CA$74/ hour About CA$270–CA$680 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
Hospitality operator in corporate travel · 501–1,000 employeesCL-84486 · based in Sarnia
Where
Hybrid · Toronto
Format
One-off task
Time needed
about 7 h in total
Start
Starts within 2 weeks
Level
Manager · 7-12 years
When you work
Flexible hours, async

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About this task

This hospitality operator in corporate travel (501–1,000 employees) is looking for a manager Payroll Specialist for a single piece of work with a fixed scope and a fixed price. Ties payroll totals to the ledger and the year-end forms.

The work is too small to justify a hire and too important to leave to chance. It works in travel and hospitality, where demand is seasonal.

The team sits in Toronto. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call.

What you deliver

  • Reconcile annual payroll to the general ledger and prepare the W-2 and 1099 check lists.
  • One round of edits after the company's review is included
  • A 20-minute walkthrough call, or a recorded screen share if you prefer
  • A final note stating what was checked and what was left out of scope

How the work runs

  • Day 1: kickoff call and access to the files
  • Days 2 to 6: the work, with questions answered the same day
  • Last day: delivery and a short walkthrough

Duration: 1 to 2 weeks. Accepted when the company contact confirms the deliverable against the written checklist. One round of edits is included.

Tools

ExcelADP

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

  • A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late
  • Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader

Not included

  • On-call availability outside the agreed window
  • Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately
  • 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 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 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
Excel, ADP
Offers
7 hours in total, weekday evenings
Rate
CA$68 an hour, agreed with the recruiter

How this rate compares

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

All Payroll Specialist jobs in Canada · Payroll Specialist rates in Ontario · 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-84486 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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