Finance & Accounting Task Author (AI Training)

About The Role What if your accounting and finance experience could directly influence 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 UK-based 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 the UK. No AI background required. * 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 (UK GAAP or 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 manufacturing, industrial, or enterprise B2B finance environments * Familiarity with ERP or accounting platforms (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, Sage, Xero) * ACA, ACCA, or CIMA 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