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Accounting Expert

United States only

Listed pay: $700 per task

What the posting lists, in US dollars per task.

16 openings on this one role.

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Location
United States
Terms
Contract, part-time
Posted
· 2 months ago

What the work is

Role Overview

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.

Key Responsibilities

  • 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

Ideal Qualifications

  • 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

Application Process

  • Submit a resume or a short summary of your accounting experience

  • Complete a short form on your practice area, specialties, and certifications

  • Selected applicants may complete a brief sample task

  • Follow-up typically provided within a few days

From the Mercor posting.

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What happens after you click

  1. The link opens this role on Mercor. Sign up and apply from there.
  2. Upload a resume, complete the assessments the role asks for and verify your work authorisation.
  3. An AI interview of about 20 minutes. Mercor says it usually takes 2 to 4 weeks to hear back.
  4. If Mercor hires you, you are paid weekly, on the Wednesday after each work week, via Stripe. Mercor says first payouts are held for 7 days.
  5. The work is paid by the hour, at the $700 this posting lists.
  6. Remote, but this posting limits it to United States.
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If you're hired through a link here and start paid work, Mercor pays this site a referral fee. Your pay is unaffected.

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