Financial Systems Expert

About OpenTrain

OpenTrain AI is the hiring and contracting organization for this remote Financial Systems Expert role. OpenTrain helps people build careers in AI training and data labeling, where human expertise is used to improve how modern AI systems understand and produce useful work.

This contractor opportunity is open worldwide and offers the chance to apply professional accounting knowledge to cutting-edge AI model evaluation.

• Remote contractor role
• Worldwide opportunity
• Expected project duration of 6+ months
• Hourly pay of $90 to $170 USD

About AI Training and Model Evaluation

AI training is the human side of building artificial intelligence. Specialists review model outputs, compare answers against clear standards, create realistic examples, and provide feedback that helps systems become more accurate and reliable.

In this role, your accounting judgment will help evaluate whether AI-generated financial analysis, calculations, journal entries, and explanations reflect established accounting practices.

• Contribute to generative AI evaluation and RLHF workflows
• Apply professional expertise to realistic accounting scenarios
• Use written rubrics to rate, rank, and explain model performance
• Help improve the accuracy of AI systems used for financial work

The Financial Systems Expert Role

As a Financial Systems Expert, you will evaluate AI-generated accounting output for technical accuracy and assess how well model responses reflect real-world accounting processes. You will review financial documents and workflows, identify errors or misstatements, and provide correct treatments with clear rationale.

This expert-level contractor role is designed for professionals with substantial hands-on accounting experience and prior paid experience supporting AI training through annotation, labeling, RLHF, AI response evaluation, model evaluation, or rubric-based grading.

• Role type: Contractor
• Work location: Remote, worldwide
• Experience level: Expert
• Working language: English
• Immediate availability is expected

What You'll Do

You will combine accounting expertise with structured AI evaluation. Your written feedback and reference answers will help project and model teams identify weaknesses, resolve ambiguous cases, and improve system performance.

• Evaluate AI-generated accounting treatments, calculations, journal entries, and explanations for technical accuracy.
• Review, analyze, and annotate financial statements, reconciliations, and close workpapers.
• Identify misstatements and provide the correct accounting treatment with supporting rationale.
• Assess accounting workflows and financial systems logic across NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, QuickBooks, Xero, and Dynamics 365.
• Apply written rubrics and grading guidelines consistently when rating or ranking model output.
• Flag ambiguous cases for review when the applicable guidance or expected answer is unclear.
• Contribute real-world accounting scenarios and reference answers based on modern financial systems and practices.
• Deliver clear, actionable written feedback to project and model teams.

Required and Preferred Qualifications

The strongest candidates will have at least three years of hands-on experience in financial accounting, month-end close, corporate accounting, audit, bookkeeping, financial reporting, management or cost accounting, or FP&A involving substantive accounting work.

Prior paid Human Data support for AI training is a firm project requirement. This may include annotation, labeling, RLHF, AI response evaluation, model evaluation, or rubric-based grading.

• At least 3 years of relevant hands-on financial or accounting experience
• Experience preparing or reviewing journal entries, reconciliations, or financial statements
• Hands-on experience with NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, QuickBooks, Xero, Sage Intacct, Dynamics 365, Workday, or comparable systems
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel environments is valued
• Familiarity with BlackLine, Bill.com, Ramp, Brex, Stripe, Avalara, Anaplan, Tableau, or Power BI is highly regarded
• Demonstrated prior paid experience in AI training or Human Data work is required
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills at B2 level or above
• Reliable internet connection
• Previous verified participation in OpenTrain projects is a plus

Who Should Apply

Apply if you can assess accounting work with professional precision and explain your reasoning clearly in English. This opportunity is especially relevant to accountants, auditors, bookkeepers, financial reporting specialists, close professionals, management or cost accountants, and FP&A professionals with substantive accounting responsibilities.

You should also be comfortable evaluating written AI responses, following detailed grading guidance, and producing consistent feedback across accounting scenarios.

• Financial accounting professionals
• Month-end close and corporate accounting specialists
• Auditors and experienced bookkeepers
• Financial reporting, management accounting, or cost accounting professionals
• FP&A professionals with substantial accounting experience
• Experienced AI evaluators with a strong financial accounting background

Pay, Availability, and Application

This is a remote contractor opportunity paying $90 to $170 USD per hour. The project is expected to run for 6 months or longer, and immediate availability is expected. Work is conducted in English, with fluent English proficiency required.

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• Hourly rate: $90 to $170 USD
• Contractor engagement
• Project duration: expected to be 6+ months
• English fluency required
• Apply remotely through OpenTrain