Accounting Reconciliation AI Task Author

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About AI Training Work

AI training is the human side of building artificial intelligence. Subject-matter experts create examples, review model outputs, and define what accurate, useful reasoning looks like so AI systems can improve.

This role applies professional accounting judgment to financial scenarios, helping train and evaluate AI agents on reconciliation, numerical reasoning, and financial analysis.

The Role

OpenTrain is recruiting a Finance and Accounting Task Author to create expert accounting reconciliation tasks for advanced AI training and evaluation. You will transform realistic enterprise finance scenarios into objectively scorable exercises involving payment-to-invoice matching, billing compared with recognized revenue, and margin report analysis.

This is a fully remote, flexible hourly contract with task-based work. Finance professionals located in Germany are invited to contribute 20 or more hours per week.

• Contractor, part-time arrangement
• Fully remote and flexible
• 20+ hours per week
• Germany-based contributors
• $60–$120 USD per hour

What You'll Do

You will design accounting tasks that reflect the judgment, documentation, and numerical precision required in real finance workflows. Each task must have clear expected outcomes and reliable scoring criteria.

You may also review AI-generated task materials and refine them so that the prompts, data, calculations, and rubrics accurately measure accounting performance.

• Author realistic prompts based on multi-step accounting reconciliation problems
• Write rubrics defining exact numerical outcomes, reasoning steps, reconciled balances, and variance explanations
• Build task environments using financial data, documents, and system states
• Solve each task to verify calculations and scoring criteria
• Adjust data complexity, source-document ambiguity, and reasoning requirements to calibrate difficulty
• Review and correct AI-drafted prompts or rubrics when provided

Requirements

Hands-on experience as an accountant, finance analyst, or closely related finance professional is required. The role calls for practical reconciliation judgment and the ability to turn accounting knowledge into precise, verifiable AI-training exercises.

Strong written English is required for authoring clear task prompts and rubrics. The work also requires comfort reviewing financial documents, spreadsheets, and accounting system outputs.

• Hands-on accounting or finance analysis experience with multi-step reconciliation judgment
• Knowledge of revenue recognition, matching rules, and standard accounting workflows
• Knowledge of IFRS or HGB accounting workflows
• Strong numerical reasoning
• Ability to define exact, verifiable outcomes and variance explanations
• Strong written English
• Familiarity with financial documents, spreadsheets, or ERP outputs

Helpful Background

Experience in manufacturing, industrial, or enterprise B2B finance may be useful. Familiarity with SAP, DATEV, NetSuite, or similar ERP and accounting platforms can also support the work.

Professional qualifications such as Steuerberater, Wirtschaftspruefer, or an equivalent credential, as well as experience in audit, financial controls, or revenue assurance, may be relevant.

• Manufacturing, industrial, or enterprise B2B finance experience
• SAP, DATEV, NetSuite, or similar ERP experience
• Steuerberater, Wirtschaftspruefer, or equivalent professional qualification
• Audit, financial controls, or revenue assurance experience

Why Join OpenTrain

AI training and data-labeling work is a fast-growing way to participate in technology while using expertise developed in another profession. Contributors help determine how AI handles complex real-world questions and decisions.

OpenTrain gives you one place to manage your AI training work, demonstrate credible experience, discover projects aligned with your skills, and build a long-term portfolio.

• Work remotely with flexible, task-based scheduling
• Apply accounting expertise to cutting-edge AI development
• Build a portfolio of specialized AI training experience
• Create an OpenTrain account for free