Controllership Accountant - AI Trainer

Role Overview

Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab to engage experienced corporate / controllership accountants. You'll translate the day-to-day of running the books — financial reporting, the month-end close, and core accounting operations — into structured, high-quality training data that teaches AI to reason about real accounting work.

Financial accounting & reporting
· bookkeeping / client accounting services (CAS)
· accounting operations (AP / AR / payroll).

• Design realistic scenarios from your controllership work — financial statement preparation, journal entries, account & bank reconciliations, month-end / period-end close, fixed-asset & depreciation schedules, accruals and prepaids
• Review and compare AI-generated accounting outputs for accuracy, GAAP compliance, and sound professional judgment
• Provide clear written feedback that improves how AI performs close and reporting tasks
• Collaborate asynchronously with the research team

• CPA, or 3–5+ years of corporate/in-house or firm accounting experience (no niche certification required)
• Hands‑on ownership of the general ledger and the period‑end close
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• Comfortable with common accounting tools (Quick Books, Net Suite, SAP, Oracle, Excel)
• Strong written communication and attention to detail