Domain Expert - Financial Reporting(Workiva)

Mercor; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a finance professional to support SEC reporting via Workiva in the United States. The role focuses on accurate filings, data integrity, and efficient workflows.

You will verify figures and disclosures, trace results to source data, fix broken links, and ensure consistency across statements, footnotes, and tags.

Requirements include weekly Workiva use and 3+ years in SEC reporting or SOX/internal audit at a public company or audit firm; CPA preferred.

Qualifications

• Frequent Workiva use - weekly or more - in your current or recent role
• 3+ years of SEC reporting, technical accounting, or SOX/internal audit experience at a public company or audit firm
• Can spot a broken tie‑out, a wrong XBRL element, or a missing disclosure on sight
• CPA strongly preferred; Big 4 or public‑company reporting background preferred
• Strong working knowledge in at least 2–3 specialized areas above
• Prior data annotation, labeling, or AI evaluation experience is a plus

Responsibilities

• Confirm a figure, tag, or disclosure in the filing is correct and traces back to its source, not just that it renders
• Catch broken or stale links, mis-tagged XBRL elements, sign or period errors, and edits made outside the scope of the request
• Judge completeness: when one number changes, are all affected statements, footnotes, and tags updated
• Distinguish "the document validates" from "this would survive SEC review or audit"
• Verify that a request that should be refused (editing a locked section, overriding a signed‑off control without support) is refused rather than forced through

Skills

SEC reporting

XBRL tagging

Disclosures review

Internal audit

Attention to detail

Education

CPA preferred

Tools

Workiva

EDGAR filings

Job description

Pay: $70 – $100/hour
Commitment: Hourly, ~40 h/week
Field: Finance

To qualify you must use Workiva regularly - weekly or more - as a working part of your job, with 3+ years of SEC reporting, technical accounting, or internal audit experience.

Workiva knowledge we require

Core (required of all candidates)

• Knows how linked data flows in Workiva: how a source value in a spreadsheet drives every linked figure in the filing, and how to trace a number back to its source
• Knows how to tie out a filing: footing, cross-footing, and agreeing statement and footnote figures to the trial balance and supporting schedules
• Knows how to judge XBRL/iXBRL tagging: standard US GAAP taxonomy element vs. custom extension, period and sign conventions, and dimensions
• Knows how to check disclosure completeness against Reg S-X and S-K requirements, not just whether a section exists
• Knows how review workflow works (tasks, comments, sign-offs, versions) and when a sign-off is stale because the underlying data changed

Specialized depth (strong working knowledge in at least 2–3 of the following)

• 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K preparation and EDGAR filing
• SOX 404 controls documentation, testing, and deficiency evaluation
• ESG and sustainability reporting (CSRD, ISSB, climate disclosures)
• Earnings releases and board or management reporting
• Rollforwards (equity, debt, PP&E, tax) and their linkage to the face statements
• Workiva administration: permissions, templates, data connections

What you’ll do

• Confirm a figure, tag, or disclosure in the filing is correct and traces back to its source, not just that it renders
• Catch broken or stale links, mis-tagged XBRL elements, sign or period errors, and edits made outside the scope of the request
• Judge completeness: when one number changes, are all affected statements, footnotes, and tags updated
• Distinguish \"the document validates\" from \"this would survive SEC review or audit\"
• Verify that a request that should be refused (editing a locked section, overriding a signed‑off control without support) is refused rather than forced through

Requirements

• Frequent Workiva use - weekly or more - in your current or recent role
• 3+ years of SEC reporting, technical accounting, or SOX/internal audit experience at a public company or audit firm
• Can spot a broken tie‑out, a wrong XBRL element, or a missing disclosure on sight
• CPA strongly preferred; Big 4 or public‑company reporting background preferred
• Strong working knowledge in at least 2–3 specialized areas above
• Prior data annotation, labeling, or AI evaluation experience is a plus