Senior Internal Auditor (SOX and IT Audit)

$80/hr

rate as listed

Workload: 20–40 hrs/week
Engagement: Project-based
Location: Worldwide
Field: Finance

Complete end-to-end internal audit assignments involving evidence review, population reconciliation, control testing and exception documentation. Build Excel workbooks and findings memos, then evaluate audit tasks for evidence sufficiency, answer accuracy and grading quality.

Day-to-day work

You will independently complete realistic internal audit assignments used to train and evaluate AI models. The work includes requesting and reviewing evidence, reconciling populations, testing controls, documenting exceptions, building formula-driven Excel workbooks and writing findings memos with record-level citations.

What the platform screens for

The screen focuses on audit work you personally executed, especially within vendor management and payment approvals, payroll and compensation changes, or user access and termination controls. Expect follow-up on large dataset testing, cross-system joins, duplicate identities, effective dates, approval limits and the distinction between a confirmed control failure and missing or insufficient evidence. CIA, CPA or CISA certification, multi-area coverage and direct SOX 404 / ICFR testing experience are preferred, not required.

Logistics

This is a fully remote independent contractor engagement requiring 20 to 40 hours per week. Work is completed independently on a flexible, asynchronous schedule and may sit alongside a full-time role. No prior AI experience is required.

Pay band: $80/hr

What they look for

5+ years of hands-on internal audit, SOX controls testing or internal IT audit experience
Direct control testing in vendor and payment approvals, payroll and compensation changes, or user access and termination controls
Advanced Excel work with 10,000+ row datasets and formula-driven testing workbooks
Population reconciliation, cross-system data joins and record-level exception analysis
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems or a related field

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 experience is genuinely hands-on and whether you can connect the control objective, population, sample selection, evidence, testing steps, exceptions and conclusion.
A strong answer: Use one specific engagement and separate your own work from the team's responsibilities. Include the control objective, how you established population completeness, what evidence you inspected, how you evaluated exceptions and what final documentation you produced.
Where people lose it: Candidates lose points by describing oversight, coordination or review work without identifying any tests they personally performed or evidence they personally evaluated.

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