AlignerrDomain experts
Accounting Instructor
up to $70/hr
About this role, in Alignerr's words
We're looking for experienced accounting instructors to help shape how AI understands financial concepts. Your expertise will directly influence the accuracy and reliability of AI systems trained on accounting and financial reporting content — making a real impact on how the next generation of AI handles numbers, standards, and logic.
What you'll do
- Review and evaluate accounting questions, explanations, and financial reasoning used in AI training datasets
- Assess the accuracy of concepts spanning financial statements, bookkeeping, managerial accounting, and internal controls
- Identify errors, logical gaps, edge cases, and misleading explanations
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- Provide clear, structured feedback to improve the precision and pedagogical quality of AI-generated content
- Work independently and asynchronously to meet project milestones on your own schedule
Candidate background
Who You Are
- 3+ years of experience teaching accounting at the postsecondary level
- Strong command of both financial and managerial accounting principles
- Skilled at evaluating written quantitative and rule-based reasoning for accuracy and clarity
- Comfortable working through structured content systematically and at scale
- Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and reliable
Nice to Have
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- CPA designation or Master's degree in Accounting
- Hands-on experience with audits, financial analysis, or applied accounting practice
- Prior exposure to AI systems, model evaluation, or data annotation workflows
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Full job descriptionThe original posting, in Alignerr's words
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Accounting Instructor (AI Training)
About the Role
We're looking for experienced accounting instructors to help shape how AI understands financial concepts. Your expertise will directly influence the accuracy and reliability of AI systems trained on accounting and financial reporting content — making a real impact on how the next generation of AI handles numbers, standards, and logic.
- Organization: Alignerr (Powered by Labelbox) - Type: Hourly Contract - Location: Remote - Commitment: 10–40 hours/week
What You'll Do
* Review and evaluate accounting questions, explanations, and financial reasoning used in AI training datasets * Assess the accuracy of concepts spanning financial statements, bookkeeping, managerial accounting, and internal controls * Identify errors, logical gaps, edge cases, and misleading explanations * Provide clear, structured feedback to improve the precision and pedagogical quality of AI-generated content * Work independently and asynchronously to meet project milestones on your own schedule
Who You Are
* 3+ years of experience teaching accounting at the postsecondary level * Strong command of both financial and managerial accounting principles * Skilled at evaluating written quantitative and rule-based reasoning for accuracy and clarity * Comfortable working through structured content systematically and at scale * Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and reliable
Nice to Have
* CPA designation or Master's degree in Accounting * Hands-on experience with audits, financial analysis, or applied accounting practice * Prior exposure to AI systems, model evaluation, or data annotation workflows
Why Join Us
* Work on cutting-edge AI projects with top research labs * Fully remote and flexible — work on your own schedule * Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration * Contribute to meaningful work that shapes how AI reasons about finance and accounting * Potential for ongoing work and contract extension
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- 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, $70, is in the middle half. Of the 260 distinct rates we count, 76 are lower and 173 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.
- Posted by Alignerr
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- Listing ID
- 12917600-e604-4318-9e11-66d34c899619
Pay as the source states it: “$35-70/hr”.
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