Accounting AI Research Contributor

Aptura
Worldwide Remote
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Accounting professionals with deep Excel expertise and a critical eye for AI tools will find this contract role with Aptura testing AI accuracy in financial reporting tasks.

Best fit for

  • Accountants with 3+ years of IFRS or US GAAP experience and a track record of building Excel-based financial models
    — “3+ years in accounting, audit or financial reporting under IFRS or US GAAP”
  • Candidates who have firsthand experience with AI's limitations in financial tasks and can articulate them clearly
    — “You have used AI tools on your own work and been frustrated by the mistakes they make”

Things to consider

  • This role requires the ability to create original, real-world Excel tasks without using AI for development
    — “No AI usage allowed”
  • Payment is contingent on completing the first task within a specified timeline and passing the evaluation
    — “Experts who complete their first task within the required timeline will then be qualified”

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific instances where you built or fixed complex Excel financial models in your resume
    — “extending existing models, fixing broken ones and building from a brief”
  • Demonstrate your attention to detail by showcasing examples of error tracing or reconciliation work
    — “Deep hands-on Excel: financial reporting, three-statement checks, purchase accounting, error tracing and pivot tables”
  • Emphasize your ability to write clear, unambiguous instructions and evaluation criteria
    — “Writing yes-or-no criteria precise enough that a grader can mark any attempt against them”
  • Showcase your written communication skills with examples of reports or documentation you have created
    — “Strong written English communication skills”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · LowAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

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What success looks like

  • Developed realistic Excel tasks for AI testing
  • Improved AI accuracy in financial reporting tasks
Typical background
AccountantFinancial AnalystAuditor

Skills & requirements

Required

ExcelAccountingFinancial ReportingIFRSUS GAAPAttention To DetailAI

Preferred

Machine Learning

Stack & domain

ExcelAI ToolsFinancial ReportingThree-statement ChecksPurchase AccountingError TracingPivot TablesWritten English CommunicationAttention To DetailWillingness To LearnAccountingAudit

About the role

Original posting from Aptura via Ashby

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.

Source: Aptura careers (Ashby)

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