Financial Reporting Manager (ALE)

Overview

This role involves creating and evaluating realistic financial reporting tasks that assess AI agents’ ability to prepare, analyze, and review financial reports. You will develop original task prompts and reference solutions, then evaluate agents completing workflows using financial records, spreadsheets, reporting software, and accounting guidance.

• Location: Remote
• Engagement: Project-based with flexible hours
• Compensation: US$80–US$150 per hour, depending on expertise and project requirements

Responsibilities

• Create tasks covering financial statement preparation, consolidation, cash flow reporting, disclosures, and technical accounting assessments.
• Develop reference solutions including reconciled statements, supporting schedules, and clearly documented accounting judgments.
• Evaluate agent outputs such as mapping trial balances, preparing consolidation adjustments, drafting disclosures, and reviewing reporting packages.
• Design scenarios involving intercompany eliminations, foreign currency translation, reporting inconsistencies, and complex accounting treatments.
• Define evaluation criteria for accuracy, completeness, presentation, and compliance with the specified accounting framework.
• Identify issues including omitted disclosures, inconsistent figures, unsupported conclusions, and errors in agents’ use of reporting tools.

Requirements

• Degree in accounting, finance, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional expertise.
• 3+ years of experience in financial reporting, including responsibility for preparing or reviewing financial statements and reporting deliverables.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS or US GAAP, including financial statement presentation and disclosure requirements.
• Experience with consolidation, technical accounting research, and financial reporting controls.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets and familiarity with reporting or consolidation systems.
• Fluent English, with strong written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification.
• Experience leading monthly, quarterly, or annual reporting cycles.
• Experience preparing consolidated financial statements for multi-entity or multinational organizations.
• Familiarity with tools such as Workiva, Oracle FCCS, SAP, NetSuite, or comparable platforms.
• Experience coordinating external audits and reviewing reporting deliverables prepared by others.