Financial Reporting Expert (Workiva) at Mercor

Financial Reporting Expert (Workiva) | $70-100/hr | Remote | Contract

About the role

We're hiring a domain expert in financial reporting who uses Workiva weekly or more as a working part of their job. You'll evaluate filings and reporting work for accuracy and completeness, distinguishing between what merely renders or validates and what would survive SEC review or audit.

What you'll do

• Confirm a figure, tag, or disclosure in a filing is correct and traces back to its source, not just that it renders
• Catch broken or stale links, mis-tagged XBRL elements, sign or period errors, and edits made outside the scope of a request
• Judge completeness: when one number changes, verify all affected statements, footnotes, and tags are updated
• Distinguish "the document validates" from "this would survive SEC review or audit"
• Verify that requests that should be refused (editing a locked section, overriding a signed-off control without support) are refused rather than forced through

Core Workiva knowledge required

• How linked data flows in Workiva: how a source value in a spreadsheet drives every linked figure in a filing, and how to trace a number back to its source
• How to tie out a filing: footing, cross-footing, and agreeing statement and footnote figures to the trial balance and supporting schedules
• Judging XBRL/iXBRL tagging: standard US GAAP taxonomy element vs. custom extension, period and sign conventions, and dimensions
• Checking disclosure completeness against Reg S-X and S-K requirements, not just whether a section exists
• Review workflow (tasks, comments, sign-offs, versions) and when a sign-off is stale because the underlying data changed

Requirements

• Frequent Workiva use — weekly or more — in your current or recent role
• 3+ years of SEC reporting, technical accounting, or SOX/internal audit experience at a public company or audit firm
• Strong working knowledge in at least 2–3 of these areas: 10-K/10-Q/8-K preparation and EDGAR filing; SOX 404 controls documentation, testing, and deficiency evaluation; ESG and sustainability reporting (CSRD, ISSB, climate disclosures); earnings releases and board or management reporting; rollforwards (equity, debt, PP&E, tax) and their linkage to face statements; Workiva administration (permissions, templates, data connections)
• Can spot a broken tie-out, a wrong XBRL element, or a missing disclosure on sight
• CPA strongly preferred; Big 4 or public-company reporting background preferred
• Prior data annotation, labeling, or AI evaluation experience is a plus

Pay and schedule

Hourly contract at $70-100/hr. Remote work.