Finance & Accounting Task Author (AI Training)

Job summary

Create realistic accounting reconciliation tasks, financial data environments, and precise scoring rubrics, then solve and validate each task. Refine task difficulty and review AI-drafted prompts or rubrics to ensure tasks are challenging and objectively gradable.

Job details

About The Role What if your hands-on accounting experience could directly shape how AI handles real enterprise finance 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 Canadian finance professionals 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 open to accountants, finance analysts, and related professionals across Canada. No AI background needed. 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 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 manufacturing, industrial, or enterprise B2B finance environments Familiarity with ERP or accounting platforms (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, QuickBooks Enterprise) CPA Canada designation 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

What you’ll do

Create realistic accounting reconciliation tasks, financial data environments, and precise scoring rubrics, then solve and validate each task. Refine task difficulty and review AI-drafted prompts or rubrics to ensure tasks are challenging and objectively gradable.

Requirements

Candidates need hands-on experience in accounting, finance analysis, or a related role, along with strong numerical reasoning and knowledge of revenue recognition, matching rules, and accounting workflows. They must be able to define verifiable correctness criteria and work comfortably with financial documents, spreadsheets, and accounting system outputs.

Benefits

• Fully Remote Work • Flexible Schedule • Freelance Autonomy • Potential for Ongoing Work and Contract Extension

Listed skills

• ERP systems · Preferred
• Revenue Recognition · Preferred
• Financial analysis · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Accounting Reconciliation
• Numerical Reasoning
• Revenue Recognition
• Payment-to-Invoice Matching
• Financial Analysis
• Margin Analysis
• Scoring Rubric Design
• Task Authoring
• Financial Data Validation
• Accounting Workflows
• Financial Document Analysis
• Spreadsheet Analysis
• ERP Systems
• Difficulty Calibration
• Audit and Financial Controls

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Technology
• Data & Analytics