Finance Research Expert

$30–85/hr

rate as listed

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

Research real US public companies by building source-backed questions from SEC filings and investor relations materials. Verify each answer, test it against current AI models, and revise questions that permit multiple valid interpretations.

What the work involves

You will research real US public companies and write questions whose answers require careful use of 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy statement, earnings release, or investor presentation materials. Day to day, that means locating exact figures, checking footnotes and tables, reconciling reported and adjusted measures, identifying restatements or amendments, and documenting a verified source-backed answer.

What micro1 screens for

The short finance interview focuses on hands-on experience with US SEC filings and familiarity with US GAAP. Relevant experience may come from equity research, investment analysis, investment banking, corporate development, credit or restructuring analysis, SEC reporting, audit, corporate law, or due diligence. Clear written English is required, along with the judgment to distinguish fiscal periods, document versions, and competing definitions of the same metric.

Pay band: $30–85/hr

Practical details

This is a remote contractor role open worldwide. Work is organized around tasks estimated to take around 4 to 8 hours, but the listing does not disclose a weekly commitment or explicitly confirm asynchronous scheduling. Selected contributors receive project guidelines and begin with an initial task that is reviewed before further work is assigned.

What they look for

Equity Research
FP&A
Corporate Finance
Accounting or Audit
Investor Relations
Credit Analysis

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 your filing experience was direct and substantive rather than limited to summaries, data terminals, or work produced by another team.
A strong answer: Give a specific role, company or sector, filing types, and a concrete output such as an investment note, audit conclusion, transaction analysis, credit memo, or diligence finding. Clarify which sections and footnotes you personally reviewed.
Where people lose it: Candidates lose points by saying they regularly used 10-Ks without identifying a filing, a section examined, or a conclusion drawn from it.

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