Senior Financial Accountant – GAAP Close & Analytics

Mercor; New York (NY); Remote; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor seeks an accounting professional to review AI-driven accounting tasks, ensuring accuracy under US GAAP. You will verify that conclusions are supported and entries are actually recorded, not just described, while identifying any gaps in documentation or methodology.

The role emphasizes clear, reasoned judgments, thorough sign-off, and precise deliverables across the close and reporting cycle.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional accounting experience in external audit, controllership/technical accounting, FP&A, or tax.
• Current or recent hands-on work under US GAAP.
• Strong professional judgment to spot an unsupported number or misapplied standard.
• CPA certification or actively pursuing; Big 4/firm or industry experience, or equivalent.
• Comfort working inside accounting software and reading financial statements and 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

Skills

Professional accounting experience

US GAAP knowledge

Professional judgment

Education

CPA certification

Active CPA candidate

Tools

CaseWare

NetSuite

Power BI

Job description

Mercor seeks an accounting professional to review AI-driven accounting tasks, ensuring accuracy under US GAAP. You will verify that conclusions are supported and entries are actually recorded, not just described, while identifying any gaps in documentation or methodology.

The role emphasizes clear, reasoned judgments, thorough sign-off, and precise deliverables across the close and reporting cycle.