AlignerrDomain experts
Accounting Specialist: Excel Dataset Creation
up to $150/hr
About this role, in Alignerr's words
We're looking for accounting professionals to help build high-quality financial datasets that power AI systems trained on accounting and financial reasoning tasks. Your expertise ensures AI learns from accurate, well-structured data — making a real impact on how the next generation of financial AI thinks and performs.
What you'll do
- Review financial statements, ledgers, and accounting disclosures
- Extract and structure data into standardized Excel templates
- Validate calculations, formulas, and formatting for accuracy and consistency
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- Identify errors or inconsistencies in source materials
- Support recurring dataset creation, structuring, and cleanup tasks
- Ensure datasets meet quality standards for use in AI model training and evaluation
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Accounting Specialist — Excel Dataset Creation (AI Training)
About the Role
We're looking for accounting professionals to help build high-quality financial datasets that power AI systems trained on accounting and financial reasoning tasks. Your expertise ensures AI learns from accurate, well-structured data — making a real impact on how the next generation of financial AI thinks and performs.
- Organization: Alignerr - Type: Hourly Contract - Location: Remote - Commitment: Flexible, task-based
What You'll Do
* Review financial statements, ledgers, and accounting disclosures * Extract and structure data into standardized Excel templates * Validate calculations, formulas, and formatting for accuracy and consistency * Identify errors or inconsistencies in source materials * Support recurring dataset creation, structuring, and cleanup tasks * Ensure datasets meet quality standards for use in AI model training and evaluation
Who You Are
Must-Have: * Background in accounting, bookkeeping, or a related financial discipline * Strong Excel proficiency — comfortable working with structured financial data * High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy * Ability to work independently and manage task-based assignments
Nice to Have: * Exposure to audit, FP&A, financial operations, or similar accounting workflows * Experience reviewing or preparing financial statements * Familiarity with data validation or structured data entry processes
Why Join Us
* Contribute to cutting-edge AI projects with leading research labs * Fully remote and flexible — work on your own schedule * Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration * Meaningful work that shapes how AI understands financial reasoning * Potential for ongoing work and contract extension
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- Getting paid
- Billed weekly, Monday to Sunday, with approved work paid by the following Friday, according to Labelbox's help center. Payment goes through Stripe Connect or PayPal depending on your location, with one provider per country. intercom.help/labelbox/en/articles/13600616-alignerr-paym..., alignerr.com/process
- Before your first paid task
- Sign up, apply, verify your identity, set up billing and onboard. Some jobs add a Zara AI interview or domain assessments. alignerr.com/process
- How much work
- Time to your first project depends on demand and your skills, and there is no minimum number of hours. alignerr.com/faqs
- Contract
- Independent contractor, under terms with ALIGNERR LLC. alignerr.com/faqs, alignerr.com/privacy
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Pay across the field: Domain experts
Across 698 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 18 platforms, the middle half pays $65 to $130 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $100. This role's top rate, $150, is in the top quarter. Of the 259 distinct rates we count, 204 are lower and 38 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr (this platform) | 148 | $24 to $200 · median $80 |
| micro1 | 136 | $28 to $400 · median $110 |
| AfterQuery | 88 | $45 to $175 · median $100 |
| Handshake AI | 79 | $30 to $300 · median $85 |
| Mercor | 78 | $55 to $450 · median $120 |
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- First seen here on 27 Aug 2026, and still on Alignerr's list when we last read it on 13 Oct 2026.
- The listed pay has not changed since then.
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- Listing ID
- 703ec950-399d-4f55-80ba-815b0b80b935
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