Bookkeeping Specialist

Overview

xAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission.

Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.

xAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission.

Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.

As a Bookkeeping Specialist on the Human Data Team, you ll create cutting-edge datasets for training, benchmarking, and advancing AI models. Collaborating closely with technical staff, you ll support xAI s mission through labeling and annotating data in text, voice, and video formats. Your expertise will focus on practical bookkeeping scenarios across small- to mid-sized business domains, including recording daily transactions, managing accounts payable and receivable, performing bank reconciliations, handling basic payroll, and preparing financial reports (primarily in Quick Books).

Tasks may include capturing or providing data through audio/video recordings, so comfort with those formats is required. This fast-paced role requires adaptability, attention to detail, and the ability to follow evolving instructions to enhance model accuracy and performance.

• Use proprietary software applications to provide input/labels on defined projects.
• Support and ensure the delivery of high-quality curated data.
• Collaborate with technical staff to improve the design of efficient annotation tools.
• Regularly interpret, analyze, and execute tasks based on provided instructions.
• Work on bookkeeping problems from real-world business scenarios that align with your expertise, providing accurate solutions, detailed annotations, and model critiques where you can confidently evaluate responses (e.g., transaction records, invoices, receipts, bank statements, and payroll entries).

• 3+ years of practical bookkeeping experience (hands-on role handling day-to-day financial records).
• Proficiency in Quick Books to perform common bookkeeping tasks, including bank reconciliations, invoice processing, expense tracking, and basic financial statement preparation.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and organizational skills for handling financial data.
• Ability to navigate bookkeeping resources, such as Quick Books help features, basic financial documents, and online references.
• Comfort with Microsoft Excel or other tools for data organization and analysis.
• Proficiency in reading and writing, both in informal and professional English.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Solid reading comprehension skills combined with the capacity to exercise autonomous judgment even when presented with limited data/material.
• Enthusiasm for technology, AI advancements, and improving tools in the business space.

• This position is based fully remote.
• If you are based in the US, please note we are unable to hire in the states of Wyoming and Illinois at this time.
• We are unable to…