Hire a billing clerk. Or hand us the role.
Either way a person does the whole job. The difference is what it takes to get there, what happens when they're out, and what it costs each month.
The work, end to end.
Your job description
Our specialist
Your existing systems
The whole billing cycle
Keep the work close. Delegate the job.
Your records stay in your systems, ready for your team or a future hire.
Side by side.
Where the $5,300 comes from.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the median pay for billing and posting clerks at $48,500 a year (May 2025). Add payroll taxes, benefits and paid time off, and a full-time billing hire costs roughly $5,300 a month before recruiting and training.
When hiring is the better call.
Hire if billing needs someone in your office every day, if it's more than one person's worth of work, or if you want to build a finance team around the role.
Zaffre fits when the role is one person's work that has to be done right every cycle, and you'd rather not recruit, manage and cover for it yourself.
Terms that don't lock you in.
Month to month
No long contract. Keep it as long as it's working.
Covered when they're out
Zaffre keeps a second specialist on your account, so billing doesn't stop for sick days or vacation.
Your systems, your records
The work lives in your systems. If you stop, everything stays with you.
Access you control
They use only the logins you give them, and you can remove them at any time.
Before the handoff.
Can we move the role in-house later?
Yes. Everything is done in your systems and documented as we go, so a future hire starts from a working process.
Is the specialist a contractor or an employee?
Zaffre takes on the role as a contractor. The specialist is on our team, so there's no hiring, payroll or benefits on your side.
Do I still have to manage them?
No. We manage the specialist. You approve the decisions that are yours, like holding an invoice or changing terms.
How fast can they start?
As soon as you've given them access and walked them through how you bill.