Tax Specialist - Compliance Expert

Obsidian; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor, in collaboration with a leading AI lab, seeks experienced tax professionals to translate real tax work into high-quality training data for AI.

You will cover tax compliance, provision, and planning tasks across corporate, individual, partnerships, SALT, and international areas, crafting realistic scenarios and providing feedback to improve AI reasoning.

Ideal candidates hold CPA or EA, strong written communication, and a background in public accounting or in-house tax.

Qualifications

• CPA or EA certification required.
• Clear tax sub-specialty focus.
• Public accounting or in-house tax experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Strong written communication and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic tax scenarios from tax work (1040/1120/1120-S/1065) and related areas.
• Review and compare AI outputs for accuracy and defensible positions.
• Provide written feedback to improve AI tax task performance.
• Collaborate asynchronously with the research team.

Skills

CPA or 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