Tax and Audit Expert

Overview

This hourly, remote contractor role involves working as a Tax & Audit Subject Matter Expert (SME) to review AI-generated tax and audit responses and/or create expert accounting content. The role requires evaluating reasoning quality and step-by-step problem-solving while providing precise written feedback. Responsibilities include assessing solutions for accuracy, clarity, completeness, and adherence to prompts; identifying errors in tax treatment, compliance logic, audit methodology, risk assessment, internal controls, and financial reporting linkages; fact-checking technical claims; writing high-quality explanations and model solutions demonstrating correct methods; and rating and comparing multiple responses based on correctness and reasoning quality.

There is no immediate project available for this role; however, qualified candidates will be among the first contacted when relevant opportunities arise. This also provides access to future projects through the expert network.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI training content by creating detailed prompts and gold-standard outputs across tax and audit topics, including tax scenarios, audit programs, workpaper examples, control assessments, and technical explanations.
• Evaluate and rank AI responses to improve technical correctness, clarity, compliance alignment, and practical usefulness.
• Test AI outputs for inaccuracies, unsafe or noncompliant guidance, and bias; validate reliability across various business scenarios.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field.
• Professional certifications such as CPA, ACCA, EA, CIA, or local equivalents are a strong plus.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in tax and/or audit, including public accounting, advisory, internal audit, or industry roles.
• Strong command of tax fundamentals relevant to your jurisdiction(s), including corporate and individual basics, taxable income adjustments, credits and deductions, nexus/permanent establishment awareness, and withholding/VAT/GST concepts as applicable.
• Strong command of audit fundamentals, including planning, materiality, risk assessment, control testing, substantive procedures, sampling concepts, and audit evidence quality.
• Proven ability to review or prepare workpapers, reconciliations, and documentation that are clear, defensible, and audit-ready.
• Solid understanding of internal controls such as segregation of duties, approvals, and access controls; familiarity with SOX concepts is a plus.
• Exceptional attention to detail when fact-checking and identifying unsupported conclusions, missing steps, incorrect citations, or noncompliant recommendations.
• Minimum C1 English proficiency.
• Comfortable evaluating answers for internal consistency, including debits/credits, timing/cutoff, tax logic, and financial statement impacts.
• Reliable, self-directed, and able to deliver consistent quality in an hourly, remote contractor workflow across time zones.
• Prior experience with AI data training or annotation, audit quality assurance, tax technical writing, or policy interpretation is strongly preferred.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Knowledge of GAAP and IFRS.
• Experience with financial statement audits.
• Expertise in workpapers and documentation.
• Familiarity with regulatory filings.
• Skills in tax compliance and tax research.
• Experience in audit planning and risk assessment.
• Understanding of internal controls, including SOX requirements.

Location

This is a remote contractor position with flexible time zones.