Domain Expert - Finance
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.
Projects in this domain involve applied accounting tasks across a wide range of organizations, industries, and systems. Work is grounded in real accounting artifacts such as financial statements, trial balances, reconciliations, workpapers, ERP exports, audit schedules, tax filings, close checklists, and management reports.
Accounting Expertise We Are Looking For
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
Experience translating messy client records into reliable financials
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
Fund accounting, restricted funds, grants, donor reporting, or public-sector 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
These subdomains reflect the range of accounting specialties and software ecosystems commonly used across accounting roles, including FP&A, CAS, audit, tax, corporate accounting, controllership, technical accounting, SEC reporting, payroll, AP, AR, and accounting systems.
Tools & Context
Experts in this role may work with, review, or help AI systems reason about the same tools and artifacts used by modern accounting teams, including:
ERP and accounting systems such as NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks, and Xero
Close and reconciliation tools such as BlackLine and FloQast
Reporting and filing tools such as Workiva, ActiveDisclosure, and XBRL tagging platforms
FP&A and planning tools such as Excel, Google Sheets, Power BI, Tableau, Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, Pigment, and Planful
Audit, tax, payroll, AP, AR, and finance operations platforms such as CaseWare, CCH, UltraTax, Avalara, Vertex, BILL, Tipalti, Coupa, Ramp, ADP, Gusto, Stripe, Salesforce, Chargebee, and Zuora
Workpapers, reconciliations, trial balances, audit schedules, financial statements, tax filings, board materials, management reports, and regulatory filings
A key part of the role is helping define what “good accounting judgment” looks like in practice. This includes how transactions should be classified, how estimates should be evaluated, how reconciliations should be reviewed, how exceptions should be handled, and how accounting conclusions should be explained clearly.
What You’ll Do
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
You May Be a Good Fit If You
Have meaningful professional experience in one or more accounting subdomains listed above
Have 3–8+ years of experience in accounting, audit, tax, financial reporting, controllership, FP&A, finance operations, or related roles
Have worked with real accounting systems, workpapers, reconciliations, financial statements, audits, tax filings, or reporting processes
Are comfortable reasoning through complex transactions, estimates, controls, compliance requirements, or reporting decisions
Can explain not only what the correct answer is, but why it is correct
Can distinguish between theoretical accounting rules and practical accounting execution
Enjoy flexible, contract-based work
Are motivated by rigor, accuracy, judgment, and building useful AI systems for professional workflows
Nice to Haves:
Hold a CPA, CA, ACCA, CMA, CIA, EA, or equivalent credential, preferred but not required
How Engagements Work
This is a flexible contract opportunity. Projects may vary by accounting subdomain, complexity, time commitment, and required expertise. We are especially interested in building a bench of specialists across corporate accounting, audit, tax, FP&A, controllership, technical accounting, SEC reporting, CAS, accounting systems, AP, AR, payroll, nonprofit, government, fund, and cost accounting.
Fully remote, contract-based work
Projects vary in scope, duration, complexity, and time commitment
Engagements may focus on one accounting subdomain or span multiple areas depending on the project
Work may include reviewing AI outputs, creating realistic accounting scenarios, evaluating task quality, documenting expert judgment, or advising on domain-specific workflows
Compensation may be structured hourly, project-based, or as an ongoing retainer depending on the nature of the engagement
Expert performance, collaboration quality, responsiveness, and activity may be tracked to support future project matching and ongoing opportunities
High-performing experts may be invited into additional engagements across the expert network
Compensation
Compensation is competitive and aligned with expertise, scope, specialization, and impact.
Typical hourly range: $75–$150 USD
Exceptional or highly specialized accounting expertise may exceed this range
Ongoing collaborations may be structured as monthly retainers rather than hourly billing
Final compensation depends on accounting subdomain, professional experience, geographic location, project complexity, and engagement structure
Specialized expertise in areas such as SEC reporting, technical accounting, tax provision, fund accounting, forensic accounting, ERP implementation, or complex controllership workflows may command higher compensation depending on project needs.