Accounting Specialist - CPA Credentialed

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is partnering with a leading AI lab to recruit experienced accounting professionals across audit, tax, financial reporting, bookkeeping, controllership, and related fields.

You will design realistic accounting tasks drawn from day-to-day work and assess AI-generated outputs for GAAP/IFRS compliance, providing clear feedback to improve performance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in accounting, audit, tax, bookkeeping, or finance operations.
• 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 (QuickBooks, NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Excel).
• Strong written communication and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic accounting scenarios and tasks drawn from day-to-day work.
• Review and assess AI-generated accounting outputs for GAAP/IFRS compliance.
• Create structured examples reflecting how accountants reason through problems.
• Provide clear written feedback to improve AI performance.
• Collaborate asynchronously with the research team.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

CPA/CA/ACCA/CMA/EA or equivalent credential

Tools

QuickBooks

NetSuite

SAP

Oracle

Excel

Job description

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