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Financial Systems Expert

Open to applicants across all African countries

Remote — open across AfricaContractPosted 14 Sept 202660 openings

Financial Systems Expert

Remote | Contractor

$90–$170/hour
Annualized Equivalent: $187,200–$353,600/year based on 40 hours/week

About the Role

Apply your accounting expertise and hands-on financial systems experience to a project focused on improving the accuracy and effectiveness of next-generation AI systems.

You’ll evaluate AI-generated accounting outputs, review financial statements and reconciliations, assess accounting workflows and financial-system logic, and provide clear expert feedback. The role combines practical accounting judgment with hands-on ERP and financial systems knowledge, covering processes from transaction capture through month-end close and financial reporting.

No prior AI experience is required. Your accounting and financial systems expertise is the primary focus.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting & Financial Analysis

  • Evaluate AI-generated accounting outputs for technical accuracy, including accounting treatments, calculations, journal entries, and explanations.

  • Review financial statements, reconciliations, and month-end close workpapers.

  • Identify potential misstatements and determine appropriate accounting treatments with clear rationale.

  • Apply relevant accounting standards when assessing outputs and financial information.

Financial Systems & ERP

  • Assess accounting workflows and financial-system logic across platforms such as:

    • NetSuite

    • SAP

    • Oracle

    • QuickBooks

    • Xero

    • Dynamics 365

  • Use hands-on knowledge of financial systems to identify issues, inconsistencies, and process gaps.

  • Evaluate how accounting processes operate across modern ERP and financial technology environments.

AI Output Evaluation

  • Apply written rubrics and grading guidelines consistently when rating or ranking AI-generated accounting outputs.

  • Identify ambiguous or complex cases and flag them appropriately.

  • Contribute real-world accounting scenarios and reference answers based on practical financial systems experience.

Feedback & Documentation

  • Provide clear, detailed, and actionable written feedback to project and model teams.

  • Document accounting issues, correct treatments, and supporting rationale.

  • Communicate findings in a way that supports continuous improvement of AI systems.

Required Skills & Experience

  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in financial accounting, corporate accounting, month-end close, audit, bookkeeping, financial reporting, management accounting, cost accounting, or FP&A with substantive accounting responsibilities.

  • Practical experience preparing or reviewing journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statements.

  • Hands-on experience with financial systems or ERP platforms such as NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, QuickBooks, Xero, Sage Intacct, Dynamics 365, Workday, or comparable systems.

  • Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel.

  • Strong understanding of accounting processes from transaction capture through month-end close and financial reporting.

  • Ability to identify accounting errors, misstatements, system issues, and process inconsistencies.

  • Strong analytical and accounting judgment.

  • Ability to apply written rubrics and detailed evaluation guidelines consistently.

  • Strong written and verbal English communication skills (B2 level or above).

  • Ability to clearly document findings, accounting treatments, and rationale.

  • Reliable internet connection and immediate availability.

Preferred Experience

  • Experience with adjacent finance tools such as BlackLine, Bill.com, Ramp, Brex, Stripe, Avalara, Anaplan, Tableau, or Power BI.

  • Previous paid experience in human-data projects for AI, including data labeling, annotation, RLHF, AI response evaluation, model evaluation, or rubric-based grading.

  • Previous participation in similar financial systems or accounting evaluation projects.

Compensation

$90–$170/hour

Annualized Equivalent: $187,200–$353,600/year based on 40 hours/week.

Role Details

  • Role Type: Contractor

  • Location: Remote

  • Focus: Accounting, Financial Reporting, ERP & Financial Systems, Reconciliations, Month-End Close, Excel, AI Output Evaluation, and Financial Data Quality

  • AI Experience: Not required

  • Availability: Immediate

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