<p><strong>About the job</strong></p> <p><strong>Mercor</strong> connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include <strong>Benchmark</strong>, <strong>General Catalyst</strong>, <strong>Peter Thiel</strong>, <strong>Adam D'Angelo</strong>, <strong>Larry Summers</strong>, and <strong>Jack Dorsey</strong>.</p> <p><strong>Position:</strong> Audit Expert<br/> <strong>Type:</strong> <strong>Contract</strong><br/> <strong>Compensation:</strong> <strong>$60?$85/hour</strong><br/> <strong>Location:</strong> <strong>Remote</strong> </p> <p><strong>Role Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Develop long-horizon audit tasks with deterministic rubrics to evaluate agent performance against verifiable ground truth.</li> <li>Create scenarios for <strong>Planning</strong>: risk assessments with documented ratings and audit programs mapped to assertions.</li> <li>Design <strong>Execution</strong> tasks: control testing with known populations and confirmations against a ground-truth response set.</li> <li>Conduct <strong>Wrap-up</strong> activities: workpaper reviews with pre-identified defects and deficiency memos with required fields.</li> <li>Work independently and asynchronously to produce challenging scenarios requiring long sessions of focus.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p> <p><strong>Must-Have</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Bachelor's degree</strong> in Accounting.</li> <li><strong>2+ years</strong> in external audit (Big 4 or national firm) or internal audit at a public company.</li> <li>Comfortable with audit artifacts: workpapers, walkthroughs, test matrices, deficiency write-ups.</li> <li>Clear written communication; ability to articulate reasoning and encode it into deterministic rubrics.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferred</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>CPA</strong> or CPA candidate.</li> <li>Expertise in <strong>SOX ITGCs</strong>, substantive analytics, sampling methodology, revenue or inventory cycles, or specific audit software (<strong>Aura</strong>, <strong>Clara</strong>, <strong>Canvas</strong>, <strong>TeamMate</strong>, <strong>AuditBoard</strong>).</li> </ul> <p><strong>Compensation &amp; Legal</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Hourly contractor</strong>, <strong>Paid weekly via Stripe Connect</strong>.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Application Process (Takes 20?30 mins to complete)</strong></p> <ul> <li>Upload resume</li> <li>AI interview based on your resume</li> <li>Submit form</li> </ul> <p><strong>Resources &amp; Support</strong></p> <ul> <li>For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome</li> <li>For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com</li> </ul> <p><em>PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.</em></p>