Accounting AI Research Contributor

Aptura; Dubai; Remote; AED 159,000 - 250,000; Part time

Job summary

Aptura is an applied AI and data company seeking Subject Matter Experts in accounting and financial reporting to build realistic Excel tasks for testing AI. You will draw from IFRS/US GAAP experience to extend models, fix broken ones, and create tasks with clear answers.

The role is fully remote and independent contractor, with weekly payments after task completion. Start date is immediate and the engagement lasts about 4–6 weeks.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in accounting, audit or financial reporting under IFRS or US GAAP.
• Hands-on Excel: financial reporting, three-statement checks, purchase accounting, error tracing and pivot tables.
• Strong written English communication skills.
• Attention to detail and willingness to learn concepts in AI and Evals.

Responsibilities

• Writing realistic Excel tasks drawn from your own work: extending existing models, fixing broken ones and building from a brief
• Working through each task yourself so there is a clear, correct answer
• Writing yes-or-no criteria precise enough that a grader can mark any attempt against them

Skills

Advanced Excel

Attention to detail

English writing

IFRS/US GAAP knowledge

Tools

Excel

Job description

About The Role

Aptura is looking for Subject Matter Experts from accounting and financial reporting, in practice or in-house, who build reporting packs, consolidations and reconciliations in Excel. You have used AI tools on your own work and been frustrated by the mistakes they make. You will turn that experience into realistic Excel tasks that test how well AI does the work of an Accountant.

Responsibilities

• Writing realistic Excel tasks drawn from your own work: extending existing models, fixing broken ones and building from a brief
• Working through each task yourself so there is a clear, correct answer
• Writing yes-or-no criteria precise enough that a grader can mark any attempt against them

Necessary Qualifications

• 3+ years in accounting, audit or financial reporting under IFRS or US GAAP, in practice or in-house
• Deep hands-on Excel: financial reporting, three-statement checks, purchase accounting, error tracing and pivot tables
• Strong written English communication skills.
• Attention to detail, and willingness to learn concepts in AI and Evals

Additional Information

• Start Date : Immediate
• Duration: Approximately 4–6 weeks
• Payment: task-based. Experts who complete their first task within the required timeline will then be qualified to do multiple tasks for the remainder of the project.

Contract and Payment Terms

• You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
• Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
• Your work at Aptura will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
• Payments will be weekly following task completion.

Getting Started

• Apply with your details and CV. Choose an available 30-minute group walkthrough call.
• Attend the walkthrough and create one original task from your own work. Submit the brief, the actual input workbook(s) needed to complete it. Input-file uploads are compulsory.
• Write the brief yourself. Input workbooks must also be human-built. Use real data that has been sanitised, or public data with the source named. No AI usage allowed.
• We run your task against current frontier AI models. If the models get it wrong, you then write a detailed yes-or-no rubric, and a reviewer signs off on the task with you.
• Completing onboarding does not guarantee a job offer; selection remains subject to written approval of the task proposal.

About Aptura

Aptura is an applied AI and data company working with frontier labs to train AI systems on real professional work. We do this by building high-quality evaluation and training environments that teach AI agents to produce work that can be used in daily workflows.