Finance & Accounting Expert

$40–90/hr

rate as listed

Workload: ~15h/week
Engagement: Project-based
Location: Worldwide
Field: Finance

Design realistic, multi-step finance and accounting tasks used to evaluate AI systems, including source files and objective grading criteria. The work draws on hands-on experience in FP&A, financial reporting, audit, reconciliations or accounting and does not require prior AI experience.

The work

Contractors turn real finance workflows into difficult but gradable benchmark tasks. Day-to-day work may include designing FP&A analyses, reporting exercises, audit procedures or reconciliations, then creating the spreadsheets, GL extracts, financial statements and policy documents needed to complete them. Each task should require careful interpretation and professional judgment rather than simple lookup.

What the screening assesses

micro1 screens for direct ownership of finance or accounting work, strong Excel capability and the ability to reason across several documents. Candidates should be prepared to explain how they create or apply structured review standards, such as audit programs, close checklists, review checklists, grading rubrics or training assessments. Strong English required (B2 advanced or C1 minimum). CPA, CA, ACCA, CMA or equivalent credentials are a plus, while prior AI or LLM evaluation experience is also a plus but is not required.

Evaluation judgment

A central requirement is defining criteria precise enough that two qualified reviewers would reach the same verdict. This includes identifying required calculations, acceptable conclusions, material errors and dependencies between steps. Contractors are also expected to flag ambiguous or ungradable task designs rather than submitting them unchanged.

Logistics

The role is a remote, global contractor engagement with no geographic restrictions. Work is project-based and paid per approved task, with each task estimated at approximately 10 hours. The listing does not specify fixed working hours or explicitly describe the schedule as asynchronous.

Pay band: $40–90/hr

What they look for

Turning Real Finance Work Into a Defined Task
Objective Grading Criteria
Reconciliation and Error Diagnosis
Judgment in Reporting and Analysis
Working Across Documents
AI training

Included with this listing

Interview prep — 10 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: This tests whether the candidate directly performed FP&A, reporting, audit, reconciliation or accounting work rather than only supervising teams or working in an adjacent function.
A strong answer: A strong answer gives dates, roles, recurring responsibilities and named deliverables such as forecasts, reporting packs, audit workpapers or balance-sheet reconciliations. It distinguishes personal preparation and sign-off responsibilities from work delegated to others.
Where people lose it: Candidates lose points by giving seniority, team size and industry context without identifying a finance output they personally prepared, checked or approved.

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