Tax Accountant for AI-Driven Compliance & Training

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

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.