Hybrid | Senior Accounting & Audit Specialist - $50-$90/hour

Job description

About the job Hybrid | Senior Accounting & Audit Specialist - $50-$90/hour

We are sharing a specialised full-time opportunity for senior accounting and audit professionals with substantial experience across financial reporting, assurance, technical accounting, internal controls, tax, forensic accounting, or related disciplines.

This role supports advanced research focused on improving how AI systems reason through real-world accounting and audit work. Selected professionals will review complex accounting tasks and outputs, develop authoritative reference solutions and instructions, and translate professional accounting judgement into rigorous standards for high-quality financial analysis and reporting.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting & Audit Quality Review

Evaluate accounting and audit tasks for technical accuracy, completeness, and professional realism

Review outputs for misapplied standards, unsupported accounting treatments, weak reasoning, and missing considerations

Identify conclusions that appear plausible but would not withstand professional review

Assess whether calculations, treatments, and conclusions are appropriately supported

Apply senior-level judgement across complex accounting scenarios

Financial Reporting & Technical Accounting Develop and review tasks involving financial reporting under US GAAP or IFRS

Evaluate accounting treatments, disclosures, estimates, and reporting decisions

Assess complex issues involving revenue recognition and other technical accounting areas

Identify inconsistencies between underlying facts and proposed accounting conclusions

Produce reference solutions reflecting professional financial-reporting standards

External Audit & Assurance Develop realistic audit and assurance scenarios

Evaluate audit procedures, evidence, documentation, and conclusions

Assess whether sufficient support exists for findings and reporting decisions

Identify incomplete procedures, unsupported assertions, or weaknesses in audit reasoning

Apply practical experience from engagement planning through final review

Internal Audit, SOX & Controls Create and review scenarios involving internal audit and control environments

Evaluate control design, operating effectiveness, and remediation approaches

Develop tasks involving SOX compliance , risk assessment, and testing

Assess whether identified control deficiencies are appropriately analysed and documented

Apply professional judgement to governance, compliance, and internal-control matters

Tax, Forensics & Specialised Accounting Contribute domain expertise in areas such as tax, forensic accounting, fraud examination, or revenue recognition

Develop realistic scenarios reflecting specialised professional workflows

Evaluate evidence, calculations, assumptions, and conclusions

Identify unsupported or incomplete analyses

Create reference outputs representing strong professional judgement

Instruction & Reference Solution Development Write detailed task instructions reflecting authentic accounting and audit workflows

Produce high-quality reference solutions to complex professional problems

Define what constitutes a technically sound, complete, and review-ready response

Translate tacit accounting judgement into explicit evaluation criteria

Develop new tasks based on realistic professional decision-making

Quality Standards & Calibration Collaborate with research teams and specialists from adjacent domains

Help maintain consistent evaluation standards across accounting-related work

Identify recurring weaknesses and failure patterns in model outputs

Refine evaluation criteria based on performance and review findings

Contribute domain expertise to new accounting and audit research workflows

Ideal Profile 4+ years of substantive accounting or audit experience within a public accounting firm, corporate controllership or finance function, internal audit department, regulator, or comparable organisation

Active professional credential such as CPA, CA, CIA, CFE, CMA , or equivalent

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field

Demonstrated specialisation in at least one area such as: External audit and assurance

Technical accounting and financial reporting

US GAAP or IFRS

Internal audit and SOX controls

Tax

Forensic accounting and fraud examination

Revenue recognition

Clear progression into senior responsibility, such as Audit Manager, Senior Manager, Accounting Manager, Controller, Director of Accounting, Partner , or comparable level

Demonstrated ownership of audit engagements, reporting cycles, control programmes, or significant accounting functions

Practical experience using large language models in professional workflows

Strong judgement when distinguishing well-supported analysis from superficially plausible conclusions

Excellent written communication and ability to provide precise, structured feedback

Bookkeeping-only backgrounds are outside the scope of this role

Engagement Details Full-time role

Hybrid - Bay Area, California

Expected commitment of 40 hours per week

Initial engagement of approximately 6 months

Compensation: $50-$90/hour

Candidates must live in the Bay Area and be available to work on-site with the assigned team multiple days per week when required

Candidates not currently based in the Bay Area must be willing to relocate there at their own expense before the engagement begins

Relocation assistance is not provided

Client-issued accounts and equipment may be provided for work within designated systems and workflows

Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded based on organisational needs and performance

About the Platform

This opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC. We connect experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.

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Worksite address

san francisco, CA, 94199, US

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