[Hiring] Accountant / Auditor @24-MAG

Role Description

We are sharing a specialised consulting opportunity for experienced Accountant / Auditors with strong expertise in financial reporting, GAAP and IFRS, audit procedures, Excel-based financial modelling, tax compliance, and financial quality assurance to contribute to an advanced AI training and finance-evaluation project.

Selected professionals will:

• Review financial statements, validate financial models, assess audit procedures and internal controls, analyse tax-compliance materials, and contribute realistic finance scenarios used to train and evaluate advanced AI systems.
• Require strong technical accounting judgement, rigorous attention to detail, and the ability to explain complex financial findings clearly.
• No prior experience in AI is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in financial reporting, auditing, tax compliance, or a closely related finance role.
• Strong understanding of GAAP and IFRS.
• Experience with international financial-reporting requirements is highly valuable.
• Expert proficiency with Excel.
• Strong financial-modelling and analytical skills.
• Proven experience conducting audits and preparing audit documentation.
• Familiarity with internal controls and financial-quality assurance processes.
• Strong understanding of tax-compliance requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to explain complex financial concepts clearly and accurately.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical judgement.
• Experience contributing to finance-process improvements or technology-enabled projects is advantageous.
• Professional certification such as CPA, ACCA, or equivalent is highly valued.
• No prior AI-training or model-evaluation experience is required.

Requirements

• Review financial statements for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Evaluate reporting against applicable GAAP or IFRS standards.
• Identify accounting errors, classification issues, and unsupported assumptions.
• Assess whether financial information appropriately reflects underlying transactions.
• Apply professional judgement across complex reporting scenarios.
• Review and document audit procedures.
• Evaluate internal control frameworks and related documentation.
• Identify control weaknesses, audit gaps, and areas requiring further testing.
• Assess whether audit evidence appropriately supports conclusions.
• Apply rigorous quality standards across audit-related materials.
• Develop and validate financial models using advanced Excel functionality.
• Review formulas, assumptions, calculations, and model structure.
• Identify inconsistencies or errors affecting financial conclusions.
• Apply financial modelling best practices for clarity, accuracy, and usability.
• Support analytical workflows involving forecasts, scenarios, and financial data.
• Analyse tax-compliance documentation.
• Evaluate alignment with applicable tax and reporting requirements.
• Identify missing, inconsistent, or potentially non-compliant information.
• Apply practical accounting judgement to tax-related scenarios.
• Document findings and recommended corrections clearly.
• Prepare structured reports summarising findings and recommendations.
• Translate complex financial issues into clear written explanations.
• Identify material risks, discrepancies, and areas for improvement.
• Provide concise and constructive feedback on financial documentation.
• Maintain strong standards for analytical precision and professional communication.
• Contribute realistic finance, accounting, audit, and tax scenarios.
• Review AI-generated financial analyses for accuracy and completeness.
• Provide structured feedback on accounting logic and financial reasoning.
• Help improve evaluation standards for finance-related AI outputs.
• Support the development of high-quality reference materials and case studies.

Benefits

• Independent contractor engagement.
• Fully remote.
• Compensation: $60–$75/hour.
• Work will involve financial reporting, audit procedures, Excel-based financial modelling, tax compliance, internal controls, and AI-output evaluation.
• Strong accounting and audit judgement are central to this engagement.
• Assignments may include financial statements, audit documentation, tax materials, financial models, and business case studies.
• Project scope, workload, financial scenarios, and evaluation standards may evolve depending on project requirements.
• Work must be completed without using confidential or proprietary information belonging to any employer, client, institution, or other third party.