Quantitative Finance Research Specialist

AI Trainer Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

AuraOne is seeking a Quantitative Finance Research Specialist as a remote contractor to review AI outputs across finance and risk workflows. You will assess calculations, narrative reasoning, and policy adherence, flag issues, and document corrected treatments to train the modeling team.

The role emphasizes audit-grade review with citations, severity tagging, and structured documentation. Independent, finance-and-risk professionals are preferred for timely, high-quality reviews.

Qualifications

• Experience with finance and risk on real engagements, transactions, or audits.
• CPA, CFA, or ACA certification; comparable credentials accepted.
• Ability to apply multi-page rubrics consistently across long batches.

Responsibilities

• Review AI outputs against finance and risk standards and policies.
• Re-perform calculations and flag errors in rounding or classification.
• Tag compliance, reconciliation, and disclosure issues with severity scores.
• Document corrected workpapers for training.

Skills

Finance experience

Written reasoning

Async availability

Education

CPA/CFA/ACA

Tools

Audit tooling

Job description

Quantitative Finance Research Specialist is a remote review track for evaluating AI outputs across finance and risk workflows. Reviewers grade calculations, narrative reasoning, and policy adherence; flag compliance and reconciliation issues; and document the correct treatment so the modeling team can train on it.

Category: Finance, Accounting & Economic AI · Pay: $70–$90 / hr · Location: Remote — US-eligible · Contractor

Quantitative Finance Research Specialist is a remote review track for evaluating AI outputs across finance and risk workflows.

About the role

Quantitative Finance Research Specialist is a remote review track for evaluating AI outputs across finance and risk workflows. Reviewers grade calculations, narrative reasoning, and policy adherence; flag compliance and reconciliation issues; and document the correct treatment so the modeling team can train on it.
Finance and risk workflows leave no room for fuzzy reasoning. AuraOne uses experienced finance-and-risk professionals to grade AI outputs the way an audit reviewer would — with citations, severity tags, and the corrected calculation alongside the original.
Review financial reasoning and accounting treatment. Audit logic and risk work too.

Responsibilities

• Review AI outputs against current finance and risk standards, regulations, and firm policy for Quantitative Finance Research Specialist assignments.
• Re-perform calculations and flag rounding, classification, or treatment errors.
• Tag compliance, reconciliation, and disclosure issues with structured severity scores.
• Capture the corrected workpaper or narrative so the modeling team can train on it.

Role details

Track Finance & risk review Work model Remote · Independent specialist contractor Compensation Hourly rate confirmed after the interview process. Eligible from US

What you should bring

• Direct working experience with finance and risk on real engagements, transactions, or audits for Quantitative Finance Research Specialist work.
• A CPA, CFA, or ACA. A comparable credential or equivalent applied experience also works.
• Comfort applying multi-page rubrics consistently across long batches.
• Clear written reasoning that cites standards, regulations, or firm policy.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.

Role signals

Example tasks

• Re-perform a finance and risk calculation produced by a model and flag any rounding or classification errors.
• Grade a model's narrative reasoning on a complex transaction and rate the citation quality.
• Adjudicate a disputed treatment between two reviewers using current standards.
• Audit a 25-row batch for rubric consistency and report drift to the program lead.

Useful experience

• Big Four, bulge-bracket, or in-house controller / risk experience.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted close, audit, or risk tooling and its failure modes.
• Bilingual experience for cross-jurisdiction reviews.

Compensation and schedule

Hourly rate confirmed after the interview process.
Expected arrangement: contractor , with program-defined task volume and review pacing. Placement depends on current program demand and reviewer confirmation.

Skills used in matching

• Financial analysis
• Audit-grade review
• Regulatory standards
• Risk assessment
• Finance and risk

Specialist intake

The intake preserves your chosen role, the visible terms, and source attribution for reviewer context.
- 01 Confirm profile and eligibility details.
- 02 Attach this role deliberately.
- 03 Receive a human review decision or follow-up.
Placement timing depends on program demand and reviewer confirmation.