Accounting Domain Intake — Shape Upcoming Accounting Engagements | $80-$120/hr Remote
Overview
Your day-to-day accounting experience can shape how AI labs design their audit, tax, and financial reporting tools. This paid intake asks practicing accountants to explain their actual workflows, decision points, and the real-world categories they use instead of textbook labels. In about 30 minutes, you'll answer written questions that help Mercor tailor future engagements to how the profession operates. Compensation runs from $80 to $120 per hour, and responses that show specific insight often get priority for upcoming projects.
What You'll Do5
- 1Complete a written intake survey that takes around 30 minutes and covers your accounting practice.
- 2Describe how you distribute your workday across different tasks, including which workflows dominate your schedule.
- 3Explain the informal classifications and specializations that working accountants rely on, rather than the official textbook breakdown.
- 4Highlight the behind-the-scenes nuances of your role that people outside the profession, including project designers, tend to overlook.
- 5Offer concrete examples and specifics instead of generic answers, because precision matters more than polish.
Requirements4
- 1Currently or recently working as an accountant in public accounting, corporate finance, audit, tax, or advisory.
- 2CPA license or an equivalent credential is preferred, but substantive hands-on experience without certification is also accepted.
- 3Ability to write clear, detailed descriptions of your real work routines, tools, and judgment calls.
- 4Comfortable working independently in a remote setting and meeting the survey deadline.
Who Should Apply
This role fits practicing accountants who can dissect their daily routines and articulate them with precision. If you work in audit, tax, financial reporting, or advisory and can point to specific systems, checks, or informal rules you rely on, you're a strong candidate. It's less suitable for students, academics without current practice, or professionals who default to textbook language. Candidates get rejected when their answers stay vague, or when they omit the hands-on details that differentiate real-world accounting from theory. Repeatedly using generic phrases or skipping the nuance also lowers your fit.
Salary Insight
This survey pays $80 to $120 per hour, consistent with the typical range Mercor offers for accounting expertise. Your final rate depends on your experience level, with more seasoned professionals placing at the higher end of that band.
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Before starting the intake, write down 3 or 4 recurring tasks you perform each week, including any software, checklists, or informal shortcuts you use. Then think of one specific example where you made a judgment call that affected an outcome. Including those details in your responses shows the kind of specificity that leads to priority scheduling on future engagements.
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