Accounting Expert

Official role description

Accounting knowledge we require — Financial reporting & the close • US GAAP financial statements and the period-end close and reporting cycle • Reconciliations, substantive analytics, and tie-outs to source documents • Subledger-to-general-ledger tie-out, and what it means for a period to be open, locked, or reopened — Judgment & evaluation • Materiality and the evaluation of errors and misstatements; when an item is or isn't material • Adjusting journal entries and their coupled effects (e.g., deferred tax) • Distinguishing an entry actually posted to the ledger from one sitting as a draft, an unposted batch, or a working-paper adjustment — Technical standards & estimates • Revenue (ASC 606), leases (842), impairment (350/360), income taxes, credit losses (326), business combinations (805) • Reserves, allowances, and other significant accounting estimates — Documentation & evidence • Workpaper vs. memo standards, cross-referencing, sign-off, review-ready completeness • Evidence provenance: a figure, citation, or procedure is only valid if it is actually supported — Tools • Comfort in professional accounting software — engagement/audit tools (e.g., CaseWare), GL/ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite), and BI/reporting tools (e.g., Power BI) — What you'll do • Review AI-agent attempts at realistic accounting tasks and judge whether each conclusion is correct and adequately supported • Confirm work is actually completed and recorded — entries booked, findings logged, deliverables filed — not just described • Catch fabricated or overstated work: invented support, procedures claimed but not performed, unsupported figures • Judge completeness and whether the right method was applied to the right problem; require verify-before-finalize • Write clear, specific agree/disagree rationales on each attempt — Requirements • 3+ years of professional accounting experience in one or more of: external audit, controllership / technical accounting, FP&A, or tax • Current or recent hands-on work under US GAAP • Reflexive professional judgment; can spot an unsupported number, a misapplied standard, or an incomplete deliverable on sight • CPA (or actively pursuing), Big 4 / firm / industry experience, or equivalent • Comfort working inside accounting software and reading financial statements and supporting schedules