Accounting Industry Strategy Expert - Freelance

SweetRush • ,

5d • $125 - $125 • Remote

About The Position

SweetRush has an exciting opportunity for a talented professional to join our Custom Learning team for a short-term engagement as a Subject Matter Expert in the Accounting industry. At SweetRush, we believe that when you put people at the center of business, magic happens. As a global leader in learning and development, we blend high-end storytelling, emerging tech like AI and VR, and deep psychological insights to help organizations—from iconic global brands to essential non-profits—flourish. We are a remote-first, tight-knit community built on a foundation of radical empathy and creative excellence. Our work isn’t just about the awards we win with incredible partners such as Hilton, Google, Bridgestone, Adidas, SHRM, and numerous others; it’s about balancing profit with a genuine desire to spread good in the world. If you are a caring innovator who believes work should be life-centered and impactful, then this is where you come in… We are looking for a forward-thinking Accounting Industry Strategy expert to help shape an innovative, commercial B2B learning solution designed for the accounting profession. This solution empowers early-career CPAs (typically new hires who are onboarding within a firm and before their first “busy season”) through immersive, tech-enabled training. You will be a key collaborative partner in ensuring this product addresses the massive talent readiness and retention challenges facing accounting firms today. You will participate in dynamic virtual CoDesign sessions alongside SweetRush’s Learning Experience Design, Creative, and Engineering teams, and client stakeholders, to ideate simulated and AI-driven experiences that accounting firms will view as required training for their staff.

Requirements

• A seasoned industry veteran within public accounting who understands the operational and talent challenges of managing junior staff.
• Ability to represent both tax and audit at the entry- to senior-staff level
• Passionate about the evolution of the profession and enthusiastic about cutting-edge learning tech (AI, simulations).
• Comfortable brainstorming in a high-energy, ambiguous, and collaborative environment.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and align with executive-level stakeholders.
• CPA preferred but not required

Responsibilities

• Ensure the learning journey directly addresses the real-world pain points of accounting firms (e.g., modern workload pressures, early-career engagement, effective professional success behaviors, and the CPA talent shortage).
• Collaborate in virtual live workshops to brainstorm immersive simulation scenarios that mimic the actual modern accounting environment and will resonate with the target audience.
• Help ensure the solution effectively delivers on its market promise: shortening time to productivity and accelerating competency attainment in public accounting.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed