Accounting AI Research Contributor
Required skills
- accounting
- financial reporting
- IFRS
- US GAAP
- Excel
- reporting packs
- consolidations
- reconciliations
- three-statement checks
- purchase accounting
Nice to have
- AI tools
- task-based payment
- independent contractor
Role summary
Aptura is seeking accounting and financial reporting Subject Matter Experts to create realistic Excel tasks for training AI models. The role involves leveraging your practical experience with accounting, financial reporting (IFRS/US GAAP), and deep Excel skills to develop and define tasks that test AI's capabilities. You will write clear instructions, provide correct answers, and establish precise grading criteria. This is a remote, contract-based role for approximately 4-6 weeks, requiring strong written English and attention to detail. Familiarity with AI concepts is preferred.
About the Role
Aptura is looking for Subject Matter Experts from accounting and financial reporting, in practice or in-house, who build reporting packs, consolidations and reconciliations in Excel. You have used AI tools on your own work and been frustrated by the mistakes they make. You will turn that experience into realistic Excel tasks that test how well AI does the work of an Accountant.
Responsibilities
Writing realistic Excel tasks drawn from your own work: extending existing models, fixing broken ones and building from a brief
Working through each task yourself so there is a clear, correct answer
Writing yes-or-no criteria precise enough that a grader can mark any attempt against them
Necessary Qualifications
3+ years in accounting, audit or financial reporting under IFRS or US GAAP, in practice or in-house
Deep hands-on Excel: financial reporting, three-statement checks, purchase accounting, error tracing and pivot tables
Strong written English communication skills.
Attention to detail, and willingness to learn concepts in AI and Evals
Additional Information
Start Date : Immediate
Duration: Approximately 4–6 weeks
Payment: task-based. Experts who complete their first task within the required timeline will then be qualified to do multiple tasks for the remainder of the project.
Contract and Payment Terms
You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
Your work at Aptura will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
Payments will be weekly following task completion.
Getting Started
Apply with your details and CV. Choose an available 30-minute group walkthrough call.
Attend the walkthrough and create one original task from your own work. Submit the brief, the actual input workbook(s) needed to complete it. Input-file uploads are compulsory.
Write the brief yourself. Input workbooks must also be human-built. Use real data that has been sanitised, or public data with the source named. No AI usage allowed.
We run your task against current frontier AI models. If the models get it wrong, you then write a detailed yes-or-no rubric, and a reviewer signs off on the task with you.
Completing onboarding does not guarantee a job offer; selection remains subject to written approval of the task proposal.
About Aptura
Aptura is an applied AI and data company working with frontier labs to train AI systems on real professional work. We do this by building high-quality evaluation and training environments that teach AI agents to produce work that can be used in daily workflows.
