Finance & Accounting · San Francisco, CA

Auditor jobs in San Francisco, CA

Auditors examine financial records and internal controls to confirm they are accurate and compliant. They test transactions, document findings, and report risks to management or external stakeholders.

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$37–$91/hr
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Sr. AP Analyst

Robert Half · San Francisco, CA

Robert Half is partnering with a growing organization seeking a detail-orientedSr. Accounts Payable Analyst to join their accounting team. This is a high-volume processing environment ideal for someone who thrives on acc…

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IT Audit Manager

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. · San Francisco, CA
$137.1k - $188.3k

Responsibilities Lead the IT SOX Compliance Program, including risk assessment, scoping, testing, reporting, and coordination with external auditors. Partner with process and control owners to support SOX testing, remedi…

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GCP Auditor (Freelance - West Coast USA)

Adamas Consulting · San Francisco, CA · Full-time

Medicine moves forward here. So will you. ADAMAS Consulting helps the world's pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies uphold the highest standards of quality, compliance and patient safety. Since 2007 we have partnere…

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SWE-Bench Task Auditor

Mercor · San Francisco, CA · Temporary
$70 - $90 per hour

Evaluate the quality, correctness, and reproducibility of software-engineering benchmark tasks used to train and evaluate a frontier AI lab's models. You'll assess repository-level tasks, reference patches, test harnesse…

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Kubernetes Task Auditor

Mercor · San Francisco, CA · Temporary
$70 - $90 per hour

Evaluate the quality, correctness, and production-readiness of Kubernetes tasks used to train and evaluate a frontier AI lab's models. You'll assess cluster-operations scenarios, manifest correctness, and failure-mode tr…

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ML Challenge Task Auditor

Mercor · San Francisco, CA · Temporary
$70 - $90 per hour

Evaluate the quality, correctness, and methodological rigor of applied machine-learning tasks used to train and evaluate a frontier AI lab's models. You'll assess experiment design, model-selection reasoning, and evaluat…

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What auditors earn in San Francisco

Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives

ExperienceHourlyAnnual, full-time
Entry level $37–$49 $77k–$101k
Mid level $49–$67 $101k–$140k
Senior $64–$91 $133k–$189k

Adjusted for the San Francisco market from national ranges.

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What employers ask for

The skills these listings keep naming

Audit procedures and samplingGAAP and GAASInternal controls testingRisk assessmentWorkpaper documentationExcel and data analyticsSOX complianceProfessional skepticismClient communication
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Interview questions worth rehearsing

With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for

Walk me through how you plan an audit engagement.

Cover understanding the business, assessing risk by area, setting materiality, and designing procedures where risk concentrates. Show planning drives everything after it.

Tell me about a finding you had to raise with a client or management.

Describe verifying the facts thoroughly first, presenting the issue factually with its impact, and staying professional when the reaction was defensive.

How do you test internal controls?

Explain the sequence — understand the control, test design, then test operating effectiveness with an appropriate sample — and what you do when exceptions appear.

What does professional skepticism mean to you in practice?

Give an example of not accepting an explanation at face value: corroborating with evidence, re-performing a calculation, or expanding a sample.

How do you manage multiple engagements and deadlines during busy season?

Talk about front-loading planning, communicating status early, and escalating scope problems before they become deadline problems.

Describe your experience with data analytics in audits.

Mention tools like IDEA, Alteryx, or Excel-based full-population testing, and one case where analytics found something sampling would have missed.

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Resume tips that move the needle

For auditors specifically — generic advice costs you here

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Name your client industries and the size of engagements, since audit hiring is heavily industry-matched.

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Specify the audit areas you owned, such as revenue, inventory, or accruals, rather than 'assisted with audits'.

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Quantify your busy-season load, like managing four concurrent engagements or supervising two staff.

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State CPA status precisely, including exam sections passed, because audit tracks depend on it.

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Include one finding or process improvement with its dollar or risk impact to show judgment, not just procedure.

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Where this role goes

Typical progression

01 Audit Associate
02 Senior Auditor
03 Audit Manager
04 Senior Audit Manager
05 Audit Partner / Director
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