Accounting & Audit Domain Expert

Accounting & Audit Domain Expert

Mercor

Position: Accounting & Audit Domain Expert

Location: Bay Area, California, USA

Work Mode: Hybrid – On-site multiple days per week

Employment Type: Full-Time W-2

Employer of Record: Cincinnatus LLC

Initial Engagement: 6 Months

Work Commitment: 40 Hours Per Week

Compensation: $60 – $100 per hour

Monthly Equivalent: Approximately $10,400 – $17,333 per month

Job Overview

Mercor is hiring a senior Accounting & Audit Domain Expert to work with a leading AI lab’s research and program management teams.

The role focuses on improving how advanced AI models understand and perform real-world accounting and audit work. You will use your professional accounting expertise to review AI-generated work, create high-quality accounting tasks and reference solutions, and build evaluation benchmarks that measure whether AI models are producing accurate, defensible results.

This is a specialist role for an experienced accounting or audit professional who can distinguish between an answer that merely sounds convincing and one that would withstand review by a senior accounting or audit professional.

Key Responsibilities

• Review accounting and audit knowledge tasks for accuracy, completeness and professional quality.
• Evaluate AI-generated accounting and audit outputs for weak reasoning, missing requirements and misapplied standards.
• Identify unsupported accounting treatments and technically incorrect conclusions.
• Write detailed instruction specifications for accounting and audit tasks.
• Develop authoritative or “golden” solutions that establish what a correct answer should look like.
• Design challenging accounting and audit evaluation tasks and benchmark datasets.
• Help create domain-specific evaluation criteria and tools for AI systems.
• Work with AI researchers, program managers and other subject-matter experts to calibrate quality standards.
• Translate professional accounting judgment into clear, structured criteria that AI systems can be evaluated against.
• Provide precise written feedback on model performance and areas for improvement.

Qualifications

• Active professional credential such as CPA, CA, CIA, CFE or CMA, together with a bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting or a closely related field.

• 4+ years of substantive accounting or audit experience at a recognised public accounting firm, corporate finance/controllership function, internal audit department, regulator or similar organisation.

• Strong specialisation in at least one area such as:

• External Audit & Assurance

• Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting

• US GAAP or IFRS

• Internal Audit & SOX Controls

• Tax

• Forensic Accounting & Fraud Examination

• Revenue Recognition

• Clear progression into a senior-level position such as Audit Manager, Senior Manager, Accounting Manager, Controller, Director of Accounting or Partner, with ownership of engagements or reporting cycles.

• Hands-on professional use of Large Language Models (LLMs) and the ability to identify the difference between sound professional reasoning and plausible but incorrect AI-generated answers.

• Ability to work 40 hours per week for the initial six-month engagement.

• Strong written communication and the ability to provide precise, well-structured feedback.

• Must currently live in the Bay Area, California, or be willing to relocate there at personal expense before the engagement begins.

• Areas of Expertise

The role can suit professionals with deep experience in areas including:

• Accounting External Audit Internal Audit Technical Accounting Financial Reporting US GAAP IFRS SOX Controls Tax Forensic Accounting Revenue Recognition Audit & Assurance

Compensation

$60 – $100 per hour

Based on the required 40 hours per week, the estimated monthly equivalent is:

$10,400 – $17,333 per month

This is a calculated monthly equivalent based on 40 hours/week and approximately 52 weeks per year. It is not a fixed monthly salary; actual compensation is based on the applicable hourly rate and hours worked.

Work Arrangement

• Full-time W-2 employment.
• Employer of record: Cincinnatus LLC.
• Hybrid position based in the Bay Area, California.
• On-site work with the client team is required multiple days each week when required.
• Client-issued accounts and equipment are provided.
• Initial engagement is approximately 6 months.
• Candidates outside the Bay Area must relocate at their own expense; relocation assistance is not provided.

Why Join Mercor?

This role gives experienced accounting and audit professionals the opportunity to apply their professional judgment directly to frontier AI development.

Rather than performing routine accounting work, you will help determine how AI models should reason about real accounting and audit problems. Your work will include reviewing model outputs, identifying incorrect accounting treatments, writing reference solutions, designing benchmark tasks and turning senior-level accounting judgment into clear evaluation standards that AI researchers can use.

The position is especially relevant for professionals who want to combine deep accounting/audit expertise with AI evaluation and model development while working directly alongside an AI research team.

Important Location Note

This is not a remote role. The Mercor listing specifically states that the position is hybrid in the Bay Area, California, with on-site work required multiple days each week. Candidates not currently based in the Bay Area must be willing to relocate at their own cost.

Job Summary

Position: Accounting & Audit Domain Expert

Experience: 4+ Years

Credential: CPA / CA / CIA / CFE / CMA or equivalent

AI Requirement: Hands-on LLM experience

Location: Bay Area, California

Work Mode: Hybrid

Employment: Full-Time W-2

Commitment: 40 Hours/Week

Duration: Initial 6 Months

Compensation: $60 – $100/hour

Monthly Equivalent: $10,400 – $17,333