Job Overview : Accounting Expert (AI Training, Remote)
| 💰 Salary | $80–$120 per hour |
| 📍 Location | USA (fully remote) |
| 🏢 Company | Mercor |
| 💼 Category | Finance / Accounting |
| 🌍 Remote | Yes – your own schedule |
| 📋 Contract Type | Hourly contract (independent contractor) |
| 💸 Payment | Weekly via Stripe or Wise |
| 👥 Hired this month | 3+ people |
About the role:
Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab to engage experienced accounting professionals across all areas of practice — including audit, tax, financial reporting, bookkeeping, controllership, forensic, and accounting systems. Contributors help build AI systems that reason about real accounting work by translating everyday accounting workflows, judgments, and decision-making into structured, high-quality training data.
What you will do:
- Design realistic accounting scenarios and tasks drawn from your day-to-day work (e.g., financial statement preparation, reconciliations, journal entries, audit procedures, tax filings, month-end close, internal controls)
- Review and compare AI-generated accounting outputs for accuracy, standards compliance (GAAP/IFRS), and sound professional judgment
- Create structured examples that reflect how accountants actually reason through problems
- Provide clear written feedback that improves how AI performs accounting tasks
- Collaborate asynchronously with the research team
What you need:
- 3+ years of professional experience in accounting, audit, tax, bookkeeping, or finance operations (public accounting, corporate/in-house, advisory, or a firm)
- CPA, CA, ACCA, CMA, EA, or an equivalent professional credential required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Comfortable with common accounting tools (e.g., QuickBooks, NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Excel)
- Strong written communication and attention to detail
More about the opportunity:
- Open to all accounting specialties — contribute where your expertise is strongest
- Work spans task design, evaluation, and structured feedback on AI accounting outputs
- Strong contributors advance into reviewer, lead, and domain-expert roles
Important notes:
- 🌍 Global remote – work from anywhere
- 💰 Premium rate – $80-120/hour for certified professionals
- 📋 Independent contractor – not W-2
- 3+ people hired this month – active project
Why this job is worth your time:
$80-120/hour to apply your accounting expertise to shape the future of AI in finance, with flexible hours and remote work.