Audit & Controls Specialist - SOX

Obsidian; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor partners with a leading AI lab to translate real audit and controls work into structured, high-quality training data for AI systems. The role focuses on external and internal audit, SOX controls, and crafting realistic scenarios for AI training and evaluation.

Ideal candidates have a public accounting or internal audit background, CPA or CIA credentials, and a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, with strong written communication and meticulous attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Public accounting audit background (Big 4 or regional firm) and/or internal audit/controls (SOX) background.
• CPA or CIA credential required.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Strong written communication and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic audit and controls training scenarios across planning, risk assessment, fieldwork, testing, reporting, and remediation.
• Review AI-generated audit outputs for accuracy and evidential support.
• Provide clear written feedback to improve AI performance in audit tasks.
• Collaborate asynchronously with the research team.

Skills

Audit experience

Attention to detail

Written communication

Education

CPA

CIA

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Job description

Role Overview

Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab to engage experienced audit and controls professionals — external audit and internal audit / SOX. You'll translate real audit and controls work into structured, high-quality training data that teaches AI to reason the way auditors do.

Focus Areas

External audit & assurance · internal audit, risk & controls (SOX).

Key Responsibilities

• Design realistic scenarios from your work — audit planning, scoping & risk assessment; substantive fieldwork, sampling & testing workpapers; the audit report & opinion / engagement wrap-up; PBC support; SOX controls documentation, walkthroughs & testing; issue tracking and remediation validation

• Review and compare AI-generated audit outputs for accuracy, evidential support, and sound professional judgment

• Provide clear written feedback that improves how AI performs audit and controls tasks

• Collaborate asynchronously with the research team

Ideal Qualifications

• Public accounting audit background (Big 4 or regional firm) and/or internal audit / controls (SOX) background

• CPA or CIA

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field

• Strong written communication and attention to detail