SOX AI Specialist (Contractor)
$124,800–$166,400 year
Remote
Job Summary
Partner with engineering, product, and design teams to translate real-world SOX testing processes into scalable product capabilities. Co-develop AI agents with engineers to execute detailed control testing by converting methodology into specific guidance, decision rules, and examples. Work hands-on with AI agents to write and refine prompts, run controls through testing workflows, evaluate outputs, and document failure modes. Analyze risk matrices and test plans to identify opportunities for improved agentic testing, while developing stress-test scenarios and creating detailed error analyses. This 8–12 week contract engagement requires approximately 40 hours per week, with a target rate of $60–$80 per hour.
Required Qualifications
- At least four years of hands-on control testing experience in SOX compliance, internal audit, or internal controls, with direct responsibility for control design and testing
- Broad experience across a range of control types, industries, and firms, with clear expertise in business process control testing
- The ability to consistently explain why a test step, exception, or conclusion passes or fails and to turn that reasoning into clear evaluation criteria
- Strong written reasoning: you can explain workflows and decisions step by step and turn professional judgment into clear rules, edge cases, and review criteria
- A high degree of comfort and hands-on experience using AI tools, writing prompts, and working with agentic harnesses
- Comfort operating in ambiguity, testing ideas quickly, and changing your approach when the evidence does not support it
- Availability for the expected time commitment during the initial engagement
Desired Qualifications
- Experience at the senior or manager level reviewing SOX workpapers or coaching testers
- A CPA, CIA, or similar relevant credential
- Experience across multiple companies, clients, industries, or control environments
- Familiarity with both business process controls and ITGCs
- Demonstrated interest or experience in creating AI workflows or tools of any kind
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