Tax Accountant - AI Trainer

Obsidian; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor collaborates with a leading AI lab to translate real tax compliance, provision, and planning work into structured training data that teaches AI to reason about how tax accountants actually work.

Design realistic scenarios across return preparation, tax provision, notices, and planning; review AI-generated outputs for accuracy; provide feedback to improve AI performance; collaborate asynchronously with the research team.

Qualifications

• CPA or EA credential required.
• Clear tax sub-specialty across corporate, individual, partnership, SALT, or international.
• Public accounting or in-house tax experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Strong written communication and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic tax scenarios from your tax work (return preparation, tax provision, responses to notices and controversy support, planning and estimated payments).
• Review and compare AI-generated tax outputs for technical accuracy and defensible positions.
• Provide clear written feedback to improve how AI performs tax tasks.
• Collaborate asynchronously with the research team.

Skills

CPA

EA (Enrolled Agent)

Tax sub-specialty

Public accounting experience

Strong written communication

Education

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

Job description

Role Overview

Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab to engage experienced tax professionals. You'll translate real tax compliance, provision, and planning work into structured, high-quality training data that teaches AI to reason about how tax accountants actually work.

Focus Areas

Tax — across corporate, individual, partnership / pass-through, SALT, and international sub-specialties.

Key Responsibilities

• Design realistic scenarios from your tax work — return preparation (1040 / 1120 / 1120-S / 1065), tax provision (ASC 740), responses to notices / IDRs and controversy support, tax planning and estimated payments

• Review and compare AI-generated tax outputs for technical accuracy and defensible positions

• Provide clear written feedback that improves how AI performs tax tasks

• Collaborate asynchronously with the research team

Ideal Qualifications

• CPA or EA (Enrolled Agent)

• A clear tax sub-specialty — corporate, individual, partnership, SALT, or international / cross-border

• Public accounting (firm) or in-house tax experience

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

• Strong written communication and attention to detail