AfterQueryDomain experts
Audit or Assurance Accounting Expert
$112.50/hr
About this role, in AfterQuery's words
AfterQuery is seeking Audit Accountant Experts to create and refine auditing challenges for training AI models. In this remote, flexible role, you will design and evaluate audit scenarios that test the AI's ability to interpret and apply complex auditing principles, ensuring that our models can navigate real-world financial statement audits, internal controls evaluation, and compliance verification with precision and practical insight. Your expertise will help bridge the gap between proven audit practice and innovative AI solutions, making a tangible impact on the future of audit technology.
What you'll do
Responsibilities
- Develop high-quality audit questions and case studies that challenge AI models on topics such as audit planning, risk assessment, internal controls testing, substantive procedures, evidence evaluation, audit documentation, fraud detection, and more.
- Evaluate and validate model responses, offering detailed feedback to ensure accuracy and adherence to auditing standards and best practices.
- Collaborate with a team of audit and technical experts to fine-tune question difficulty and ensure content is both challenging and educational.
Candidate background
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- Proven experience as an auditor or in audit operations with a robust understanding of Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) and internal control frameworks.
- Exceptional analytical, written, and verbal communication skills, with a keen eye for detail.
Preferred qualifications
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- Multiple years of audit experience, ideally across diverse audit types (financial statement audits, internal audits, compliance audits, operational audits, etc.).
- Prior involvement in audit training, professional standards development, or audit technology initiatives.
- CPA license, CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), or master's degree in accounting is a plus.
- Familiarity with AI or technology-driven audit applications is a plus.
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Full job descriptionThe original posting, in AfterQuery's words
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AfterQuery is seeking Audit Accountant Experts to create and refine auditing challenges for training AI models. In this remote, flexible role, you will design and evaluate audit scenarios that test the AI's ability to interpret and apply complex auditing principles, ensuring that our models can navigate real-world financial statement audits, internal controls evaluation, and compliance verification with precision and practical insight. Your expertise will help bridge the gap between proven audit practice and innovative AI solutions, making a tangible impact on the future of audit technology.
Responsibilities - Develop high-quality audit questions and case studies that challenge AI models on topics such as audit planning, risk assessment, internal controls testing, substantive procedures, evidence evaluation, audit documentation, fraud detection, and more. - Evaluate and validate model responses, offering detailed feedback to ensure accuracy and adherence to auditing standards and best practices. - Collaborate with a team of audit and technical experts to fine-tune question difficulty and ensure content is both challenging and educational.
Required qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. - Proven experience as an auditor or in audit operations with a robust understanding of Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) and internal control frameworks. - Exceptional analytical, written, and verbal communication skills, with a keen eye for detail.
Preferred qualifications - Multiple years of audit experience, ideally across diverse audit types (financial statement audits, internal audits, compliance audits, operational audits, etc.). - Prior involvement in audit training, professional standards development, or audit technology initiatives. - CPA license, CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), or master's degree in accounting is a plus. - Familiarity with AI or technology-driven audit applications is a plus.
Why apply - Competitive Compensation: Benefit from attractive hourly rates that reward your specialized audit expertise. - Innovative Impact: Work with a YC-backed startup revolutionizing AI with high-caliber audit content and insights. - Flexible Engagement: Enjoy the freedom of a remote, asynchronous role that allows you to integrate your audit expertise into pioneering projects on your own schedule.
Working with AfterQueryPay, getting started and work, from AfterQuery's own pages
What the platform publishes in general. These are not extra terms confirmed for this particular role.
- Getting paid
- Approved work is paid every Friday for the prior week, by Stripe to a bank account, with no fees. Stripe holds the first payout for 7 days. docs.afterquery.com/articles/payments-taxes/payment-setup
- Before your first paid task
- One assessment per expert pool, unpaid and with no retake. Onboarding takes about 10 minutes: legal documents, phone, ID through Persona, and payments. docs.afterquery.com/articles/onboarding/assessments, docs.afterquery.com/articles/onboarding/complete-your-onb...
- How much work
- Projects are assigned by assessment fit as they come up, and higher-rated contributors get priority. docs.afterquery.com/articles/onboarding/assessments, docs.afterquery.com/articles/about/contract-work
- Contract
- Independent contractor. Most contractors register as individuals. docs.afterquery.com/articles/about/contract-work, docs.afterquery.com/articles/onboarding/complete-your-onb...
Read on the pages linked above on 23 Sep 2026. Platforms change these terms, so check the linked page before you rely on one.
How does the pay compare?Across Domain experts roles, not this role alone
From our own daily reads of every open listing on the platforms we follow, not from AfterQuery's posting. How we count.
Pay across the field: Domain experts
Across 698 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 18 platforms, the middle half pays $65 to $130 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $100. This role's top rate, $112.50, is in the middle half. Of the 260 distinct rates we count, 167 are lower and 92 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr | 149 | $24 to $200 · median $80 |
| micro1 | 136 | $28 to $400 · median $110 |
| AfterQuery (this platform) | 87 | $45 to $175 · median $100 |
| Handshake AI | 79 | $30 to $300 · median $85 |
| Mercor | 78 | $55 to $450 · median $120 |
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- First seen here on 26 Aug 2026, and still on AfterQuery's list when we last read it on 12 Oct 2026.
- Listed pay changed on 29 Sep 2026: up to $150/hr before, $112.50/hr after.
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- Listing ID
- 1772044558366
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