Tax Specialist for AI Training Data

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

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.