About the role
About The Role What if your finance and accounting expertise could directly shape how AI handles real enterprise financial work? Alignerr is building a dataset of expert tasks that train and evaluate advanced AI agents on accounting reconciliation — and we're looking for experienced finance professionals in Germany to help design them. As a Task Author, you will create realistic, numerically rigorous accounting scenarios — billing versus revenue reconciliation, payment-to-invoice matching, margin report analysis — that genuinely challenge capable AI agents while remaining objectively scorable. This is a fully remote, flexible contract role. Strong English language skills are required for task authoring. No AI background needed — just deep accounting expertise. Organization: AlignerrType: Hourly ContractLocation: RemoteCommitment: Flexible, task-based Key Responsibilities Author realistic task prompts centered on accounting reconciliation: matching payments to invoices, reconciling billing against recognized revenue, and analyzing margin reportsWrite scoring rubrics that specify exact numerical outcomes and the reasoning steps required to reach themSet up task environments with the financial data, documents, and system states needed to replicate a realistic accounting scenarioSolve each task yourself to validate that the numbers work and the rubric is correctCalibrate task difficulty — adjust data complexity, ambiguity in source documents, or required reasoning steps until the task reliably challenges the model to the intended degreeReview and correct AI-drafted task prompts or rubrics when provided Qualifications Hands-on experience as an accountant, finance analyst, or in a closely related roleStrong, precise numerical reasoning and demonstrated ability to work through multi-step reconciliation problemsSolid knowledge of revenue recognition principles, matching rules, and standard accounting workflows (IFRS or HGB experience welcome)Ability to define verifiable correctness criteria — exact figures, reconciled balances, or documented variance explanationsComfortable working with financial documents, spreadsheets, and accounting system outputsStrong written English for task authoring purposesIterative mindset: willing to test and refine tasks until difficulty and gradability are both right Nice to Have Experience in manufacturing, industrial, or enterprise B2B finance environmentsFamiliarity with ERP or accounting platforms (e.g., SAP, DATEV, NetSuite)Steuerberater, Wirtschaftsprüfer, or equivalent professional qualificationBackground in audit, financial controls, or revenue assurance Why Join Us Work on cutting-edge AI projects alongside leading research labsFully remote and flexible — work when and where it suits youFreelance autonomy with the structure of meaningful, task-based workContribute to AI development that directly shapes how technology handles enterprise financePotential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch