Tax Specialist - Compliance Expert

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab to engage experienced tax professionals who will translate real tax compliance, provision, and planning work into structured, high-quality training data for AI training.

You will review AI outputs for technical accuracy, provide clear written feedback, and collaborate asynchronously with the research team to improve how AI reasons about tax tasks.

Qualifications

• Must hold CPA or EA certification.
• Clear tax sub-specialty — corporate, individual, partnership, SALT, or international/cross-border.
• Experience in public accounting or in-house tax.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Excellent written communication and meticulousness.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic tax scenarios from your work (compliance, provision, planning).
• Review and compare AI-generated tax outputs for accuracy and defensible positions.
• Provide clear written feedback to improve AI tax tasks.
• Collaborate asynchronously with the research team.

Skills

Strong written communication

Attention to detail

Education

CPA or EA

Bachelor's in Accounting/Finance

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