Overview
This hourly, remote contractor role involves working as an Accounting Subject Matter Expert (SME). You will review AI-generated accounting and finance responses and/or create expert accounting content. Focus areas include evaluating reasoning quality and step-by-step problem-solving, and providing precise written feedback.
You will assess solutions for:
- Accuracy
- Clarity
- Completeness
- Adherence to the prompt
You will identify errors across bookkeeping logic, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, financial statement presentation, and controls. You will also fact-check technical accounting claims, write high-quality explanations and model solutions demonstrating correct methods, and rate and compare multiple responses based on correctness and reasoning quality.
Important: There is no immediate project for this role. If qualified, you may be among the first experts contacted when relevant opportunities arise. Access to future projects through the expert network may be available.
Responsibilities
- Develop AI Training Content: Create detailed prompts and gold-standard accounting outputs (journal entries, explanations, close checklists, reconciliations logic, scenario analyses).
- Optimize AI Performance: Evaluate and rank AI responses to improve correctness, clarity, and adherence to GAAP/IFRS and best practices.
- Ensure Model Integrity: Test AI outputs for inaccuracies, misleading guidance, unsafe assumptions, and bias; validate reliability across business scenarios.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- CPA/ACCA/CMA (or local equivalent) is a strong plus
- 5+ years of professional experience in accounting (public accounting, industry, shared services, or advisory)
- Strong command of core accounting areas, including:
- Revenue/expense recognition
- Accruals
- Prepaid/deferred items
- Fixed assets
- Inventory basics
- Payroll basics
- Taxes awareness
- Proven ability to prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close deliverables with attention to auditability
- Solid understanding of financial statements (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) and common classification/presentation issues
- Familiarity with internal controls concepts (segregation of duties, approvals, documentation standards) and audit readiness
- Comfortable evaluating answers for internal consistency (sign conventions, debits/credits, timing, cut-off, supporting schedules) and business realism
- Minimum C1 English proficiency with the ability to write clear, structured explanations and follow detailed guidelines
- Reliable and self-directed, able to deliver consistent quality in an hourly, remote contractor workflow across time zones
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience with AI data training/annotation, accounting QA, audit review, or technical accounting writing
Compensation & Benefits
- Hourly, remote contractor role
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