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Excel Expert for Financial Modeling

You will create and maintain complex Excel tools for financial modeling, forecasting, scenario analysis, operational reporting, and business dashboards. You will work with real-world business data and make spreadsheet logic clear, accurate, and reusable.

Field
Finance & accounting
Where
United States, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia +89 more
Posted
yesterday

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How this pay compares

At $60/hr, this role pays more than 19% of the 175 open finance & accounting roles with a listed pay range, below the median of $85.

Among platforms with 10 or more priced finance & accounting roles, micro1 has the highest median ($90/hr across 23 roles) and Alignerr the lowest ($73/hr across 35).

OpenTrain AI roles that closed since late October stayed listed a median of 31 days (122 roles). OpenTrain AI posted this one yesterday.

Computed from 2,746 open roles we track across Mercor, micro1, Handshake AI, Alignerr, Appen and OpenTrain AI, refreshed daily. Midpoints of listed ranges; “up to” ceilings are left out of medians.

What you would earn at this rate

Rate

$60/hr

Per week, before tax

$900

Per month, if the work is steady

$3,900

Tax
Contract pay arrives with no tax withheld. A US contractor at this rate and these hours would set aside about $986 a month for self-employment tax plus federal income tax at the 12% bracket (25%, before state tax). Outside the US, your own country's rules apply.

Assumes paid hours only; unpaid assessments, onboarding and gaps between projects lower the real figure. Full take-home calculator · Track what you actually earn

Open finance & accounting roles on each platform

The same kind of work, priced on every platform we track, with the best-paid open role on each.

PlatformOpenMedianBest-paid open role
micro123$90/hrDomain Researcher, Finance$400k-800k/yr
OpenTrain AIthis role93$90/hrFinance Professional$245-280/hr
Mercor28$90/hrPharma Commercial Forecasting Expert — Launch Curves$130-210/hr
Alignerr35$73/hrAccounting Specialist — Excel Dataset Creation$40-150/hr
Handshake AI26up to $83/hrInvestment BankersUp to $175/hr

“Up to” rows list only ceilings, so their median is a maximum, not comparable with the range midpoints above them.

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The full listing

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The work

You will create and maintain complex Excel tools for financial modeling, forecasting, scenario analysis, operational reporting, and business dashboards. You will work with real-world business data and make spreadsheet logic clear, accurate, and reusable.

  • Build financial models, forecasting tools, scenario analyses, and operational dashboards in Excel.
  • Use advanced formulas, pivot tables, Power Query, and VBA or macro automation.
  • Clean, transform, and organize large datasets for analysis and reporting.
  • Create clear, polished dashboards and reports for business stakeholders.
  • Document spreadsheet logic, assumptions, and methods so others can reproduce the work.

What it pays and takes

This role suits someone who can work independently on detailed technical and analytical tasks and who has delivered complex spreadsheet models or data tools in a professional setting.

  • Pay: $60 per hour.
  • Location: Open to candidates in the countries listed for this role.
  • Language: Professional fluency in English.
  • Expert-level Microsoft Excel skills, including advanced formulas, Power Query, pivot tables, and VBA.
  • A bachelor's degree or higher in finance, accounting, data science, business, mathematics, or a related field.
  • Strong attention to detail and the ability to work independently.
  • Helpful experience includes financial modeling, FP&A, business intelligence, Excel add-ins, Power BI, Solver, Python automation, or VBA macros.
  • Background teaching or training others in Excel, data analysis, or financial modeling is helpful.

How it works

Apply on OpenTrain with your resume, then complete the application on the hiring site. OpenTrain is free to join and helps people find projects where they can contribute to AI training and data-labeling work.

About AI training work

AI training is the human work behind artificial intelligence, including preparing, reviewing, and improving examples that models learn from. People with strong professional skills are needed for specialist projects because they can judge technical work accurately and explain their decisions clearly.

From applying to your first payment on OpenTrain AI

  1. 1

    Create a profile

    Create a free OpenTrain profile with your domains, languages and hourly rate.

  2. 2

    Apply

    Apply to the listing. Some listings hire through OpenTrain; others send you to the hiring platform.

  3. 3

    Funded milestones

    The client funds each milestone before work starts.

  4. 4

    First payment

    OpenTrain pays out to your connected payout method when the client approves the milestone. It doesn't publish a fixed payout schedule.

Sources: OpenTrain: AI training careers, OpenTrain docs: invoicing and payouts

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Pay history

OpenTrain AI has listed this role at $60/hr since Nov 10, 2026 with no change.

Across OpenTrain AI's finance & accounting roles, the median listed pay was $90/hr on Nov 1, 2026 (37 roles) and is $90/hr as of Nov 11, 2026 (92 roles).

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