Controllership Accountant - Fully Remote

mercor; United States; Remote; Part time

Job summary

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Mercor seeks a Corporate / Controllership Accountant for a remote contract to own GL, month-end close, and financial statement prep, while validating GAAP compliance of AI outputs.

You will collaborate with researchers to improve model-driven close processes and provide precise feedback for training data quality. The role emphasizes accurate accounting, timely reporting, and independent work across a distributed

Qualifications

• CPA, or 3–5+ years of corporate/in-house or firm accounting experience.
• Hands-on ownership of the general ledger and period-end close.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Comfortable with accounting tools like QuickBooks, NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Excel.
• Strong written communication and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic scenarios from controllership work. Include financial statement preparation, journal entries, account and bank reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Review and compare AI-generated accounting outputs for accuracy and GAAP compliance.
• Provide clear written feedback to improve AI performance in close and reporting tasks.
• Collaborate asynchronously with the research team to enhance model reasoning.
• Work independently to ensure high-quality training data for AI models.

Skills

GAAP accounting

General ledger

Month-end close

Financial reporting

Attention to detail

Education

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

Tools

QuickBooks

NetSuite

SAP

Oracle

Excel

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 Details

Position: Corporate / Controllership Accountant Type: Contract Compensation: $700 per task Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Design realistic scenarios from controllership work. Include financial statement preparation , journal entries, account and bank reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Review and compare AI-generated accounting outputs for accuracy and GAAP compliance .
• Provide clear written feedback to improve AI performance in close and reporting tasks.
• Collaborate asynchronously with the research team to enhance model reasoning.
• Work independently to ensure high-quality training data for AI models.

Qualifications

• CPA , or 3–5+ years of corporate/in-house or firm accounting experience.
• Hands-on ownership of the general ledger and period-end close.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Comfortable with accounting tools like QuickBooks , NetSuite , SAP , Oracle , Excel .
• Strong written communication and attention to detail.