AI Audit Lead

Role Description

Oath is building the next generation audit firm using AI. We are looking for an experienced audit professional who can both perform financial statement audit work and help shape the AI platform that powers it. This is a player-manager role — you will execute audit procedures hands-on while working closely with our product and engineering teams to ensure the AI we build reflects how great audit work is actually done.

This is not a traditional financial statement audit role. You will not spend your days grinding through workpapers alone. Instead, you will be simultaneously doing the audit work and improving the systems that automate it — reviewing AI-generated outputs, identifying where they fall short, and translating that into better workflows, prompts, and product decisions. You are the bridge between deep audit expertise and cutting-edge AI development.

The role is an early startup employee role. You will be asked to do a plethora of different tasks, some that may even be outside of your expertise or comfort level. We want people who are problem solvers who are energized by tackling the hardest challenges and will push forward through them.

Responsibilities

• Perform and manage audit procedures directly, including planning, execution, and documentation.
• Review and validate AI-generated audit procedures, workpapers, and documentation.
• Identify gaps, errors, inconsistencies, and edge cases in AI-generated audit outputs.
• Develop quality review frameworks, checklists, and methodologies for AI-assisted audits.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to improve AI accuracy, reliability, and audit-awareness.
• Translate hands-on audit experience into concrete feedback that shapes product decisions and AI workflows.
• Stay up to date with professional standards (GAAS, PCAOB, IAASB) and ensure all outputs comply.
• Document best practices and contribute to building internal knowledge bases.
• Establish continuous feedback loops that improve AI performance over time.
• Engage directly with clients on audit methodology questions and help interpret AI-generated content.
• Manage client relationships and deadlines, ensuring audit deliverables are completed accurately and on time — coordinating across internal and client teams to keep engagements on track.
• Jump into whatever is needed — client calls, QA, research, workpaper review — to ensure smooth execution.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of audit experience with a strong foundation in audit methodology.
• Deep familiarity with audit procedures, workpaper documentation, and applicable standards.
• Comfortable both executing audit work hands-on and stepping back to evaluate and improve the systems behind it.
• Strong analytical skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• Comfort working with technology, AI tools, and iterative workflows.
• Excellent written communication and documentation abilities.
• Active CPA, CA, or equivalent professional certification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience using AI tools to improve audit or analytical work.
• Clear opinions about inefficiencies or gaps in traditional audit practices.
• Experience designing processes, templates, checklists, or systems that others adopted.
• Experience in a startup or other fast-paced, unstructured environment.
• Experience working outside traditional audit environments (industry, consulting, innovation roles, etc.).

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus equity in a high growth startup.
• Remote-friendly role with flexibility.
• High ownership and direct influence on product, methodology, and the future of audit automation.