Overview
This role is for an independent contractor supporting evaluations of frontier AI systems for real-world FP&A tasks. You will design and submit realistic financial planning and analysis exercises, test them against a frontier AI model, and document exactly where the model fails.
- Contract
- Fully remote
- Availability: 15–25 hours per week
- Compensation: $90–120/hour
Responsibilities
- Design realistic FP&A tasks, such as:
- Driver-based forecasts
- Budget-versus-actual variance and bridge analysis
- Scenario and sensitivity modelling
- Cost and headcount planning
- Unit economics
- Capital allocation cases
- Board-ready reporting packs
- Ensure each task includes requirements for live research against primary sources, such as:
- Filings
- Published pricing
- Published rate and index data
- Regulatory and standards documentation
- Require multi-step calculations and an actual file deliverable (typically a multi-tab Excel workbook, but also memos, decks, PDFs, and CSVs).
- Test each task against a frontier AI model and review outputs with the same scrutiny you would apply before sharing with a CFO.
- Document exactly where and how the model failed, including issues such as:
- Figures asserted that do not appear in the cited source
- Summary cells hardcoded instead of referencing the model
- Growth applied linearly where it should compound
- Currencies or reporting bases mixed within a column
- Variance bridges that do not reconcile
- Requirements silently dropped
- Author scoring rubrics with sourced, objective criteria that another analyst can apply without repeating your research.
- Increase task difficulty when the model succeeds, until a genuine gap is exposed.
Example Work
Sample task: Build a three-year headcount and payroll forecast for a 250-person company growing 12% a year, split by department, with a summary tab comparing two hiring scenarios. Summary figures must be formulas, not typed values.
Sample failure modes identified:
- Applied 12% growth linearly instead of compounding it, understating year three
- Typed the summary totals as constants, so changing an input changed nothing
- Produced four tabs when six were specified
Sample rubric line:
- "+3 — Every figure on the summary tab is a formula referencing another tab, not a typed value."
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, financial control, or commercial finance.
- Direct experience owning a forecast model, a budgeting cycle, or a reporting pack (not only contributing).
- Advanced Excel modelling skills, including:
- Multi-tab modelling
- Driver-based forecasting
- Scenario and sensitivity enablement
- Comfort working beyond template completion
- Strong ability to verify figures against sources and detect subtle errors.
- Excellent written English and high attention to detail.
- Availability of 15–25 hours per week.
Preferred Qualifications
- Fluency in either US GAAP-based or IFRS-based reporting; experts fluent in either are encouraged to apply.
- ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or CFA (plus, not required).
Contract Terms & Benefits
- Engaged as an independent contractor.
- Fully remote work completed on your own schedule.
- Engagement may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on programme needs and performance.
Location
Fully remote.