Accounting Expert

Position: Accounting Expert

Type: Hourly Contract

Compensation: $80 –$100/hour

Location: Remote

About the Chance

This opportunity is for experienced Accounting professionals with strong hands-on knowledge of U.S. GAAP, financial reporting, accounting close processes, and professional accounting workflows.

You'll apply your accounting expertise to evaluate AI-generated work on realistic accounting tasks, assess whether conclusions are accurate and properly supported, and identify errors, unsupported assumptions, or incomplete work.

Accounting Knowledge Required

Financial Reporting & Close

- Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP financial statements , period-end close, and financial reporting processes.
- Experience with reconciliations, substantive analytics, and tie-outs to source documentation.
- Understanding of subledger-to-general-ledger reconciliations and the implications of periods being open, locked, or reopened.

Judgment & Evaluation

- Strong understanding of materiality , including evaluating accounting errors and misstatements.
- Ability to assess adjusting journal entries and their related effects, including deferred tax implications.
- Ability to distinguish between posted ledger entries, draft entries, unposted batches, and working-paper adjustments .

Technical Standards & Estimates

- Working knowledge of key U.S. GAAP standards, including ASC 606, ASC 842, ASC 350/360, ASC 326, and ASC 805 .
- Understanding of income taxes, credit losses, impairment, leases, revenue recognition, and business combinations .
- Experience evaluating reserves, allowances, and significant accounting estimates .

Documentation & Evidence

- Understanding of professional workpaper and accounting memo standards , including cross-referencing, sign-offs, and review-ready documentation.
- Strong ability to evaluate evidence provenance and determine whether figures, citations, procedures, and conclusions are adequately supported.

Tools & Systems

- Comfortable working with professional accounting and financial systems,



including audit and engagement platforms, GL/ERP systems, and BI/reporting tools .
- Experience with tools such as CaseWare, NetSuite, Power BI , or comparable platforms is preferred.

Key Responsibilities

- Review AI-generated attempts at realistic accounting tasks and determine whether conclusions are correct, complete, and adequately supported .
- Verify that accounting work has actually been completed and recorded, including posted entries, documented findings, and finalized deliverables .
- Identify fabricated, overstated, or unsupported work, including invented evidence, unperformed procedures, and unsupported financial figures .
- Evaluate whether the appropriate accounting methodology was applied to the correct problem.
- Assess the completeness, accuracy, and professional quality of accounting deliverables.
- Apply a verify-before-finalize approach when evaluating accounting work.
- Provide clear, specific agree/disagree rationales explaining the strengths, weaknesses, and errors identified in each attempt.

Required Qualifications

- 3+ years of professional accounting experience in one or more of the following areas:
- External Audit
- Controllership / Technical Accounting
- FP&A;
- Tax
- Current or recent hands-on experience working under U.S. GAAP.
- Strong professional judgment and the ability to quickly identify unsupported figures, incorrectly applied accounting standards, material errors, and incomplete deliverables .
- CPA qualification or active pursuit of CPA certification is preferred.
- Experience at a Big Four accounting firm, public accounting firm, corporate accounting organization, or equivalent professional environment .
- Comfortable working with accounting software, financial statements, supporting schedules, and related documentation.
- Strong analytical skills and exceptional attention to detail.

Compensation

- Competitive compensation of $80–$100/hour.
- Independent contractor engagement.
- Flexible, project-based work.

Application Process

1. Easy Apply on LinkedIn
2. Check Email for Next Steps
3. Participate in Resume Evaluation & Interview Stage

📌 Financial Accountant (Remote | ) (Canada)
🏢 Synthires
📍 Canada