Financial Accountant - AI Trainer

Job Description

Job Description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Accounting Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $85/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Review AI-agent attempts at realistic accounting tasks and judge whether each conclusion is correct and adequately supported.
• Confirm work is actually completed and recorded. Ensure entries are booked, findings logged, and deliverables filed.
• Catch fabricated or overstated work, including invented support and unsupported figures.
• Judge completeness and ensure the right method is applied to the right problem. Require verify-before-finalize.
• Write clear, specific agree/disagree rationales on each attempt.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 3+ years of professional accounting experience in external audit, controllership/technical accounting, FP&A, or tax.
• Current or recent hands-on work under US GAAP .
• Reflexive professional judgment to spot unsupported numbers, misapplied standards, or incomplete deliverables.
• CPA (or actively pursuing), Big 4/firm/industry experience, or equivalent.
• Comfort working inside accounting software and reading financial statements and supporting schedules.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

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