Tax Accountant - AI Trainer

Mercor; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor, collaborating with a leading AI lab, seeks experienced tax professionals to translate real tax work into structured, high-quality training data for AI reasoning. You will design scenarios covering return prep, provision, notices, and planning, while ensuring accuracy and defensible positions in AI outputs.

Ideal candidates hold a CPA or EA, with a clear tax sub-specialty (corporate, individual, SALT, or international), and have public accounting or in-house tax experience.

Qualifications

• CPA or EA certification
• 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 related field
• Strong written communication and attention to detail

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

Skills

Strong written communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA or EA certification

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