Audit & Controls Specialist (External / Internal SOX)

About the role

Audit & Controls Specialist (External / Internal SOX) is a remote review track for evaluating AI outputs across audit 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.
Audit 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 audit standards, regulations, and firm policy for Audit & Controls Specialist (External / Internal SOX) 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 $80–$120 / hr Eligible from US

What you should bring

• Direct working experience with audit on real engagements, transactions, or audits for Audit & Controls Specialist (External / Internal SOX) 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 audit 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

$80–$120 / hr
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
• Audit

Application boundary

Creating a specialist profile records your experience and preferences. Starting role intake is a separate action that attaches this role to your candidate record.

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.