Financial Due Diligence Manager Expert

Ethos; United States; Remote; USD 114,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethos is seeking a Financial Due Diligence Manager to join a fully remote, project-based engagement. The role pays $100/hr and offers flexible 5–20 hours per week, with start ASAP.

Candidates should have 4+ years in transaction services/FDD at a top advisory firm and masterful PowerPoint skills to craft and refine AI-generated presentations across QoE exhibits, databooks, and diligence decks. This is a founder AI-lab collaboration focusing on training language models with professional slide work.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in transaction services / FDD at a top advisory firm (e.g. Big 4).
• Deep expertise in QoE exhibits, findings communication, and report production.
• Expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Create AI-generated presentations and slide decks across core workflows: QoE exhibits, databook summaries, diligence decks, working capital pages, red flag reports.
• Evaluate and refine AI-generated outputs for clarity and accuracy.
• Produce high-quality slide decks with strong narrative and visuals.

Skills

QoE exhibits

Findings communication

Report production

Written communication

PowerPoint

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

Pay

$100/hr The rate in the listing. From the Ethos listing, checked Nov 4. Listed Today.

How Ethos hiring works. Your application is a 10-minute call. Ethos's AI interviewer asks about your career, then matches you to projects like Financial Due Diligence Manager. Keep your CV open and cover these:

• 4+ years in transaction services / FDD at a top advisory firm
• 4+ years in transaction services / FDD at a top advisory firm
• Deep expertise in QoE exhibits, findings communication, and report production
• Deep expertise in QoE exhibits, findings communication, and report production
• Expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention
• Expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention

Start the call

About this role

From the Ethos listing. About This Opportunity. We're working with a leading foundational AI lab to find experienced financial due diligence managers who can help train their latest language model on professional presentation and slide deck tasks.

We're looking for FDD managers with 4+ years at a top advisory firm (e.g. Big 4) to create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks across core workflows: quality of earnings report exhibits, databook summary slides, diligence findings decks, working capital analysis pages, and red flag report production.

Compensation

$100/hour

Commitment: Flexible, 5-20 hours per week (or more if desired)

Location: Fully remote, work on your own schedule

Start date: ASAP

Qualifications

• 4+ years in transaction services / FDD at a top advisory firm (e.g. Big 4)
• Deep expertise in QoE exhibits, findings communication, and report production
• Expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail

about

25 days of applying.

Within 2 weeks ~30%

Within 6 weeks ~65%

Within 3 months ~85%

Common questions

Is Ethos regular AI training work like rating chatbot responses?

No. Ethos is an expert network. AI labs, investment funds and large companies pay for your domain knowledge (deal analysis, clinical reasoning, legal logic, financial modeling) in three formats: multi-week consulting engagements, 30 to 60 minute advisory calls, and research surveys. Listings like this one are the AI-lab engagements, where you write or review expert material for a model.

Do I need to keep applying for projects on Ethos?

No. When your profile is live, Ethos matches you to new projects from your career history, so companies find you. Each finished project raises your Expert Score, which brings you better-paid work.

How many hours a week is this Financial Due Diligence Manager work?

Between 5 and 20 hours a week. At $100/hr that is $500 to $2,000 a week. You set your own hours.

What experience does this Financial Due Diligence Manager listing ask for?

The listing asks for 4+ years in transaction services / FDD at a top advisory firm (e.g. Big 4); deep expertise in QoE exhibits, findings communication, and report production; and expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail. Ethos's interviewer builds your profile from your CV, so have the roles that show this ready to talk through.

How much does this specific role pay?

This listing is posted at $100/hr, an hourly rate. Pay can change after we check the listing, so confirm the rate on the platform's application page.

What happens when I click Apply on this listing?

The link opens Ethos's sign-up. There is no form for this listing: Ethos's AI interviewer asks about your career in a 5 to 15 minute call, builds your profile from it, and then matches you to projects like this one. Keep your CV open and cover the experience the Qualifications above ask for.

Who built Ethos and is it legitimate?

Yes. Ethos was founded in London in 2024 by James Lo (McKinsey, SoftBank Vision Fund) and Daniel Mankowitz (Google DeepMind research scientist and lead author of AlphaDev). It raised a $22.75M Series A led by a16z in May 2026, with General Catalyst and XTX Markets participating, and works with AI labs, private equity firms, hedge funds and consultancies. The link on this page is an affiliate link; it doesn't affect your pay or the projects you're offered.