Financial Accountant: GAAP Close & Financial Analytics

Mercor; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a qualified accounting professional with 3+ years of experience in external audit, controllership/technical accounting, FP&A, or tax, and hands-on US GAAP expertise. You will evaluate AI-generated accounting outputs for accuracy and completeness, ensuring proper support and finalization of deliverables.

Applicants should be able to identify unsupported figures, apply appropriate standards, and document clear rationales.

Qualifications

• 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.
• CPA (or actively pursuing), Big 4 / firm / industry experience, or equivalent.
• Comfort working inside accounting software and reading financial statements and supporting schedules.

Responsibilities

• 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

Tools

CaseWare

NetSuite

Power BI

Job description

Mercor is seeking a qualified accounting professional with 3+ years of experience in external audit, controllership/technical accounting, FP&A, or tax, and hands-on US GAAP expertise. You will evaluate AI-generated accounting outputs for accuracy and completeness, ensuring proper support and finalization of deliverables.

Applicants should be able to identify unsupported figures, apply appropriate standards, and document clear rationales.