Finance & Accounting Task Author (AI Training)

Careers; Johannesburg; Remote; ZAR 916,000 - 2,060,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking a Task Author to design realistic, numerically rigorous accounting scenarios for AI training. This fully remote, flexible contract role requires deep accounting expertise and strong analytical skills.

You will craft prompts, set up data environments, and validate task rubrics while aligning with IFRS concepts and complex reconciliations. Experience in finance analysis and multi-step reconciliation is essential; familiarity with ERP outputs is a plus.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience as an accountant or finance analyst.
• Strong numerical reasoning with multi-step reconciliation skills.
• Knowledge of revenue recognition and matching rules (IFRS welcomed).
• Ability to define verifiable correctness criteria.

Responsibilities

• Author realistic accounting reconciliation prompts centered on matching payments to invoices and revenue reconciliation.
• Write scoring rubrics with exact numerical outcomes and required reasoning steps.
• Set up task environments with data, documents, and system states for realistic scenarios.
• Solve each task to validate numbers and rubric accuracy.
• Calibrate task difficulty by adjusting data complexity and ambiguity.
• Review and correct AI-drafted prompts or rubrics as provided.

Skills

Numerical reasoning

Attention to detail

Financial analysis

Accounting workflows IFRS

Education

CA(SA) / CIMA / ACCA (or equivalent)

Tools

SAP

Sage

Pastel

NetSuite

Job description

About The Role

What if your finance and accounting expertise could directly shape how AI handles real enterprise financial work? Alignerr is building a dataset of expert tasks that train and evaluate advanced AI agents on accounting reconciliation --- and we're looking for experienced finance professionals in South Africa to help design them.

As a Task Author, you will create realistic, numerically rigorous accounting scenarios --- billing versus revenue reconciliation, payment-to-invoice matching, margin report analysis --- that genuinely challenge capable AI agents while remaining objectively scorable.

This is a fully remote, flexible contract role. No AI background required --- just deep accounting expertise and strong analytical skills.

• Organization: Alignerr
• Type: Hourly Contract
• Location: Remote
• Commitment: Flexible, task-based

Key Responsibilities

• Author realistic task prompts centered on accounting reconciliation: matching payments to invoices, reconciling billing against recognized revenue, and analyzing margin reports
• Write scoring rubrics that specify exact numerical outcomes and the reasoning steps required to reach them
• Set up task environments with the financial data, documents, and system states needed to replicate a realistic accounting scenario
• Solve each task yourself to validate that the numbers work and the rubric is correct
• Calibrate task difficulty --- adjust data complexity, ambiguity in source documents, or required reasoning steps until the task reliably challenges the model to the intended degree
• Review and correct AI-drafted task prompts or rubrics when provided

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience as an accountant, finance analyst, or in a closely related role
• Strong, precise numerical reasoning and demonstrated ability to work through multi-step reconciliation problems
• Solid knowledge of revenue recognition principles, matching rules, and standard accounting workflows (IFRS experience welcome)
• Ability to define verifiable correctness criteria --- exact figures, reconciled balances, or documented variance explanations
• Comfortable working with financial documents, spreadsheets, and accounting system outputs
• Iterative mindset: willing to test and refine tasks until difficulty and gradability are both right

Nice to Have

• Experience in mining, manufacturing, or enterprise B2B finance environments
• Familiarity with ERP or accounting platforms (e.g., SAP, Sage, Pastel, NetSuite)
• CA(SA), CIMA, or ACCA qualification or equivalent
• Background in audit, financial controls, or revenue assurance

Why Join Us

• Work on cutting-edge AI projects alongside leading research labs
• Fully remote and flexible --- work when and where it suits you
• Freelance autonomy with the structure of meaningful, task-based work
• Contribute to AI development that directly shapes how technology handles enterprise finance
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch