Senior Internal Auditor (SOX and IT Audit)
You will complete internal audit testing assignments from evidence requests through population reconciliation, control testing, exception documentation, and findings memos. You will apply audit judgment to assess evidence and explain conclusions clearly.
- Field
- Finance & accounting
- Where
- United States, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia +89 more
- Commitment
- part time
- Hours
- up to 20/week
- Posted
- 4 days ago
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How this pay compares
At $80/hr, this role pays more than 40% of the 175 open finance & accounting roles with a listed pay range, below the median of $85.
Among platforms with 10 or more priced finance & accounting roles, micro1 has the highest median ($90/hr across 23 roles) and Alignerr the lowest ($73/hr across 35).
OpenTrain AI roles that closed since late October stayed listed a median of 31 days (122 roles). OpenTrain AI posted this one 4 days ago.
Computed from 2,746 open roles we track across Mercor, micro1, Handshake AI, Alignerr, Appen and OpenTrain AI, refreshed daily. Midpoints of listed ranges; “up to” ceilings are left out of medians.
What you would earn at this rate
Rate
$80/hr
Per week, before tax
$1,600
Per month, if the work is steady
$6,933
- Tax
- Contract pay arrives with no tax withheld. A US contractor at this rate and these hours would set aside about $1,753 a month for self-employment tax plus federal income tax at the 12% bracket (25%, before state tax). Outside the US, your own country's rules apply.
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Open finance & accounting roles on each platform
The same kind of work, priced on every platform we track, with the best-paid open role on each.
| Platform | Open | Median | Best-paid open role |
|---|---|---|---|
| micro1 | 23 | $90/hr | Domain Researcher, Finance$400k-800k/yr |
| OpenTrain AIthis role | 93 | $90/hr | Finance Professional$245-280/hr |
| Mercor | 28 | $90/hr | Pharma Commercial Forecasting Expert — Launch Curves$130-210/hr |
| Alignerr | 35 | $73/hr | Accounting Specialist — Excel Dataset Creation$40-150/hr |
| Handshake AI | 26 | up to $83/hr | Investment BankersUp to $175/hr |
“Up to” rows list only ceilings, so their median is a maximum, not comparable with the range midpoints above them.
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The work
You will complete internal audit testing assignments from evidence requests through population reconciliation, control testing, exception documentation, and findings memos. You will apply audit judgment to assess evidence and explain conclusions clearly.
You will also review audit tasks for accurate expected answers and grading criteria. The work supports AI model training and evaluation by helping create reliable examples and assessments for audit tasks.
- Test controls related to vendor management, payment approvals, payroll and compensation changes, and user access and termination.
- Build repeatable Excel workbooks using system exports, joins, duplicate identity resolution, effective date checks, and approval limit testing.
- Cite supporting records and distinguish confirmed control failures from missing or insufficient evidence.
- Review audit tasks for accuracy, evidence sufficiency, expected answers, and grading criteria.
What it pays and takes
This is a fully remote independent contractor role with a flexible schedule. Availability is limited to the supported hiring countries for this opportunity.
- Pay: $80 per hour.
- Schedule: 20 or more hours per week.
- Location: Fully remote and open in the supported hiring countries for this opportunity.
- Language: Fluent in English.
- Experience: At least five years of hands-on internal audit or SOX controls testing that you personally performed.
- Required audit background: In-house internal audit, SOX, or internal IT audit work, including direct testing of vendor management and payment approvals, payroll and compensation changes, or user access and termination controls.
- Required technical skill: Strong Excel ability with datasets of more than 10,000 rows, cross-system exports, formula-driven workbooks, effective dates, and approval limits.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Helpful qualifications: CIA, CPA, or CISA certification, experience across multiple control areas, or SOX 404 or ICFR testing in a public company, bank, risk advisory practice, or SOX consulting environment.
How it works
Apply on OpenTrain with your resume and then complete the application on the hiring site.
About AI training work
OpenTrain is a platform where people find AI training and data-labeling roles. AI training work uses human judgment to prepare, review, and evaluate examples that help artificial intelligence systems improve.
From applying to your first payment on OpenTrain AI
- 1
Create a profile
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- 2
Apply
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- 3
Funded milestones
The client funds each milestone before work starts.
- 4
First payment
OpenTrain pays out to your connected payout method when the client approves the milestone. It doesn't publish a fixed payout schedule.
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Full OpenTrain AI profile: watch-outs and the public record →Pay history
OpenTrain AI has listed this role at $80/hr since Nov 10, 2026 with no change.
Across OpenTrain AI's finance & accounting roles, the median listed pay was $90/hr on Nov 1, 2026 (37 roles) and is $90/hr as of Nov 11, 2026 (92 roles).
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