Senior External Auditor (Remote, $60–$85/hr)

About the role

Mercor is seeking a senior‑level external auditor to join its remote team on a contract basis. You will design and execute rigorous audit scenarios that assess AI agent performance against verifiable ground truth, working independently and asynchronously.

Key responsibilities

• Develop long‑horizon audit tasks with deterministic rubrics to evaluate agent performance against verifiable ground truth.
• Create risk‑assessment scenarios with documented ratings and audit programs mapped to assertions.
• Design execution tasks, including control testing with known populations and confirmations against a ground‑truth response set.
• Conduct wrap‑up activities such as workpaper reviews, defect identification, and deficiency memos with required fields.
• Work independently and asynchronously to produce challenging scenarios requiring extended focus sessions.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• 2+ years of experience in external audit (Big 4 or national firm) or internal audit at a public company.
• Clear written communication and ability to encode reasoning into deterministic rubrics.
• CPA or CPA candidate preferred.

Required skills

• SOX ITGCs
• Substantive analytics
• Sampling methodology
• Aura
• Clara
• Canvas
• TeamMate
• AuditBoard

What we offer

• Hourly rate $60–$85 (USD) paid weekly via Stripe Connect.
• Fully remote, flexible schedule.
• Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge AI research audit projects.