Accounting Expert | $70-$80/hr Remote
Overview
This remote role pays $70–$80 per hour and involves building evaluation tasks that help AI systems think like senior accountants and auditors. You'll design realistic scenarios around financial reporting, technical accounting, and audit work, then provide reference answers and scoring rubrics. The work splits into a US track (US GAAP/PCAOB) and an International track (IFRS/ISA), so you can focus on the standards you know best. What sets this apart: your expertise directly shapes how AI handles high-stakes accounting judgment.
What You'll Do5
- 1Create accounting scenarios that mirror real-world complexity, covering areas like financial statement prep, technical accounting research, and audit engagements.
- 2Build tasks across multiple domains—financial reporting, technical accounting, audit and assurance, complex transactions, and SOX/internal controls.
- 3Develop case studies that incorporate tools used at major firms, such as SAP, Oracle, consolidation platforms, and research databases like Bloomberg Tax and RIA Checkpoint.
- 4Produce reference outputs such as financial statements, technical accounting memos, audit workpapers, and internal control assessments, aligned to either US or international standards.
- 5Write scoring rubrics that distinguish genuine accounting judgment from textbook-level or CPA-exam-style recall.
Requirements5
- 1At least 5 years of hands-on experience as an accountant, controller, or auditor, ideally at a Big Four firm or in a corporate controllership role.
- 2Direct responsibility for financial reporting, audit engagements, or technical accounting decisions.
- 3Comfort with accounting software and a solid understanding of regulatory filing requirements (e.g., SEC filings) and auditing standards.
- 4A professional credential like CPA, ACCA, or CA is strongly preferred.
- 5Previous experience writing evaluation rubrics or training material is a plus.
Who Should Apply
You're a seasoned accounting professional who enjoys distilling complex judgment into clear, testable criteria. You've spent years making tough calls on revenue recognition, leases, or M&A accounting, and you can articulate why one treatment is right and another isn't. If you're comfortable with both the technical standards and the practical tools used in the field, this is a chance to put that expertise to work in AI.
Salary Insight
$70–$80 per hour, remote.
Location
Required Skills
Application Tip
When applying, include a specific example of a complex accounting scenario you've personally handled—like a tricky revenue recognition case or a SOX control gap—and walk through how you resolved it. That concrete detail will show you can build the kind of nuanced tasks this role requires.
Similar open positions
Explore active roles that match your skills and interests.
Mercor
VerifiedAccounting Expert | $130-$160/hr Remote
This role puts experienced accountants on the other side of the desk: instead of preparing deliverables, you'll judge how well AI systems handle real-world accounting work. You'll design scoring rubrics for tasks like reconciliations, close packages, and financial statements, then evaluate AI-generated and human samples against those bar. It's a remote, hourly engagement with a leading AI research organization that values your professional judgment, not your productivity. If you've spent years in audit or corporate accounting and want to shape how AI learns the craft, this is a unique opportunity.
Mercor
VerifiedAccounting Expert | $80-$120/hr Remote
Help train next-generation AI systems to reason through real accounting work. Mercor is partnering with a leading AI lab to hire experienced accountants who can translate their daily workflows, judgments, and decision-making into structured training data. You'll design realistic scenarios, evaluate AI outputs for GAAP/IFRS compliance, and provide written feedback that sharpens the model's accounting reasoning. This is a fully remote, hourly role paying $80–$120/hour, open to specialists across audit, tax, bookkeeping, controllership, and more.
Mercor
VerifiedTechnical Accounting & SEC Reporting Specialist | $80-$120/hr Remote
This remote role puts your technical accounting expertise to work in an unexpected way: helping train AI systems to reason through complex ASC judgments. You'll translate your real-world experience—technical accounting memos, SEC filings, and disclosure work—into structured data for a leading AI lab. If you're a CPA with deep hands-on knowledge of ASC 606, 842, 718, and 805, this is a chance to shape how AI handles financial reporting. The engagement pays $80-$120/hour and offers flexibility to collaborate asynchronously.
Mercor
VerifiedAccounting Expert, AI Research Labs
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Based in San Francisco, we partner with top investors including Benchmark and General Catalyst. This contract position offers competitive compensation for remote professionals.
Mercor
VerifiedCorporate / Controllership Accountant | $80-$120/hr Remote
Mercor is partnering with a top-tier AI lab to bring on experienced controllership and corporate accountants. In this remote, hourly contract role, you'll transform your real-world accounting expertise into structured training data that helps AI systems understand financial reporting, close processes, and day-to-day accounting operations. Your work will directly shape how AI reason about core accounting tasks, making this a unique opportunity to apply your GAAP knowledge in an AI training context. This is ideal for senior accountants looking for a flexible, high-impact side engagement.
Mercor
VerifiedTax Accountant / Specialist | $80-$120/hr Remote
This is a remote, hourly contract opportunity to put your tax expertise to work in an unexpected way. You'll help train an advanced AI system by turning real-world tax scenarios into structured data that teaches it how professional accountants think and operate. Working with Mercor and a leading AI lab, you'll draw on your experience in areas like corporate, individual, partnership, SALT, or international tax. It's a unique chance to shape AI's understanding of complex tax work while earning a strong hourly rate.