Remote | US GAAP Accounting & Financial Reporting Expert — Up to $75/hour

24-Mag • New York, NY

4d • Remote

About The Position

We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for experienced accounting professionals with strong US GAAP knowledge across financial reporting, audit, controllership, technical accounting, FP&A, or tax. This role supports an AI evaluation project focused on realistic accounting workflows. Selected professionals will review AI-generated accounting work, determine whether conclusions are technically correct and properly supported, verify that required accounting actions were actually completed, and identify unsupported figures, incomplete work, or misapplied standards.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional accounting experience in external audit, controllership, technical accounting, FP&A, tax, or a related discipline
• Current or recent hands-on experience applying US GAAP
• Strong professional judgement across financial reporting, accounting estimates, close processes, and technical accounting
• Ability to identify unsupported numbers, incomplete deliverables, and misapplied accounting standards
• Strong ability to read financial statements, supporting schedules, reconciliations, and accounting workpapers
• Comfortable working with professional accounting software and financial systems
• Strong written English and ability to explain accounting conclusions clearly and precisely

Nice To Haves

• CPA, actively pursuing CPA qualification, Big Four / accounting-firm experience, industry accounting experience, or equivalent professional background
• Familiarity with tools such as CaseWare, NetSuite, Power BI, or comparable audit, ERP, and reporting platforms

Responsibilities

• Review accounting work involving US GAAP financial statements and period-end reporting
• Evaluate reconciliations, substantive analytics, and tie-outs to supporting documentation
• Assess subledger-to-general-ledger reconciliations and related close procedures
• Interpret whether accounting periods are open, locked, or reopened
• Determine whether financial reporting tasks have been completed accurately and consistently
• Apply professional judgement when assessing accounting errors and misstatements
• Evaluate materiality and determine whether identified issues require adjustment or escalation
• Review adjusting journal entries and related accounting effects
• Assess interconnected impacts such as deferred-tax consequences
• Distinguish entries actually posted to the ledger from drafts, unposted batches, or working-paper adjustments
• Evaluate accounting treatments under key US GAAP standards
• Review revenue recognition under ASC 606
• Assess lease accounting under ASC 842
• Review impairment matters under ASC 350 and ASC 360
• Evaluate income-tax accounting, credit losses under ASC 326, and business combinations under ASC 805
• Assess reserves, allowances, and other significant accounting estimates
• Evaluate workpapers and accounting memoranda for completeness and professional quality
• Review cross-referencing, sign-off, and documentation standards
• Verify that figures, conclusions, citations, and procedures are supported by actual evidence
• Identify unsupported assertions, fabricated support, or procedures claimed but not performed
• Determine whether deliverables are sufficiently complete and review-ready
• Review AI-generated attempts at realistic accounting tasks
• Determine whether each conclusion is correct, complete, and adequately supported
• Confirm that required actions were actually completed and recorded rather than merely described
• Identify invented figures, unsupported assumptions, and overstated work
• Assess whether the correct accounting method was applied to the relevant problem
• Apply a verify-before-finalise standard when reviewing outputs
• Provide clear and specific agree/disagree rationales for each reviewed attempt
• Explain technical errors and incomplete reasoning precisely
• Distinguish minor presentation issues from material accounting deficiencies
• Apply evaluation standards consistently across assignments
• Produce feedback suitable for improving AI performance on professional accounting tasks

Benefits

• Flexible scheduling based on project requirements
• Compensation: Up to $75/hour

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed