Domain Expert - Accounting/Finance

About the role

We are hiring experienced accounting professionals to help evaluate, design, and improve AI systems that support real-world accounting workflows. This is a flexible, contract-based role for accountants, auditors, controllers, tax professionals, finance systems experts, and other specialists who can bring practical judgment from hands-on accounting work.

Responsibilities

• Review accounting work for accuracy, completeness, and sound judgment
• Create or evaluate realistic accounting tasks, scenarios, and workflows
• Identify errors in journal entries, reconciliations, financial statements, schedules, tax analyses, or accounting explanations
• Explain accounting decisions, tradeoffs, assumptions, and risks in clear language
• Help define high-quality outputs for accounting-specific AI agents
• Contribute examples of real-world accounting workflows, edge cases, and professional judgment calls
• Collaborate with technical and domain teams to improve AI performance in accounting contexts

Requirements

We are especially interested in experts with experience in one or more of the following accounting subdomains:

• Corporate Accounting / General Ledger Accounting
• Month-end and year-end close processes
• Journal entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, deferrals, and adjustments
• Balance sheet reconciliations and variance analysis
• Trial balance review and financial statement preparation
• Chart of accounts design and maintenance
• Audit support and accounting policy application
• Controllership / Controller Function Ownership or oversight of the monthly close
• Review of financial statements and accounting schedules
• Management of accounting policies, procedures, and internal review processes
• Coordination across AP, AR, payroll, tax, audit, and reporting teams
• Evaluation of accounting judgment, materiality, and process quality
• Technical Accounting
• GAAP and IFRS research and application
• Revenue recognition, leases, stock-based compensation, consolidations, business combinations, and complex transactions
• Accounting memo preparation and review
• Disclosure evaluation and policy interpretation
• Support for audit, reporting, or transaction-driven accounting decisions
• SEC / External Reporting Preparation or review of 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, earnings materials, footnotes, MD&A, and supporting schedules
• XBRL tagging and SEC reporting workflows
• Financial statement tie-outs and disclosure controls
• Public-company reporting processes and audit committee support
• Audit / Assurance
• Financial statement audits, reviews, or compilations
• Audit planning, risk assessment, testing, sampling, and documentation
• Internal control testing and walkthroughs
• PBC request lists, audit schedules, confirmations, and substantive testing
• Review note resolution and workpaper quality assessment
• Internal Audit / Controls
• SOX controls, operational audits, and compliance testing
• Control design, control testing, and remediation tracking
• Risk assessment and process documentation
• Coordination with finance, IT, legal, compliance, or external auditors
• Tax Accounting
• Federal, state, local, or international tax accounting
• Tax provision, deferred taxes, uncertain tax positions, and tax planning
• Sales tax, payroll tax, VAT, nexus, and multi-jurisdictional filing considerations
• Tax return preparation, review, and research
• Entity structure and transaction tax analysis
• FP&A / Financial Planning & Analysis
• Annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and long-range plans
• Budget vs. actuals analysis and variance commentary
• Revenue, margin, expense, headcount, and cash flow modeling
• Board reporting, KPI dashboards, and scenario analysis
• Partnership with accounting teams on actuals, accruals, and reporting outputs
• CAS / Client Accounting or Client Advisory Services
• Bookkeeping, outsourced accounting, or advisory work for multiple clients
• Monthly close, reconciliations, AP, payroll, and financial reporting
• Client dashboards, cash flow analysis, profitability analysis, and budgeting
• Advisory recommendations based on client financial data
• Cost Accounting / Management Accounting
• Product costing, inventory valuation, and standard costing
• Labor, materials, overhead, and manufacturing variance analysis
• Department, product, customer, or project profitability analysis
• Support for pricing, margin, supply chain, or operational decisions
• Fund, Nonprofit, or Government Accounting
• Capital calls, distributions, NAV calculations, or investor reporting
• Grant compliance, fund-based reporting, or program expense allocation
• Specialized reporting for nonprofit boards, fund administrators, government agencies, or investors
• AP, AR, Payroll, and Transactional Accounting
• Vendor bills, payment approvals, expense coding, and 1099 support
• Invoicing, cash application, collections, aging, and bad debt reserves
• Payroll entries, payroll tax reconciliations, benefits deductions, bonuses, and commissions
• Reconciliation of subledgers to the general ledger
• Accounting Systems / Finance Operations
• ERP implementation, configuration, reporting, or troubleshooting
• Close management, reconciliation automation, and workflow design
• Chart of accounts, dimensions, departments, classes, entities, and consolidation structures
• Process improvement across accounting, reporting, AP, AR, payroll, tax, or audit workflows

Qualifications

• 3–8+ years of experience in accounting, audit, tax, financial reporting, controllership, FP&A, finance operations, or related roles
• Worked with real accounting systems, workpapers, reconciliations, financial statements, audits, tax filings, or reporting processes
• Comfortable reasoning through complex transactions, estimates, controls, compliance requirements, or reporting decisions
• Ability to explain not only what the correct answer is, but why it is correct
• Ability to distinguish between theoretical accounting rules and practical accounting execution
• Enjoy flexible, contract-based work
• Motivated by rigor, accuracy, judgment, and building useful AI systems for professional workflows

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
• Proficiency in relevant accounting software and tools
• Ability to handle ambiguity and prioritize tasks effectively
• Knowledge of relevant accounting standards and regulations

Benefits

Flexible, contract-based work

Pay

Competitive and aligned with expertise, scope, specialization, and impact. Typical hourly range: $75–$150 USD

Schedule

Full-time, remote, contract-based work