Forensic Accounting Expert AI Training Role
You will create and refine challenging forensic accounting content that helps improve AI model performance. The work turns practical experience in fraud investigations, financial analysis, and litigation support into realistic cases and questions.
- Field
- Finance & accounting
- Where
- United States, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia +89 more
- Commitment
- part time
- Hours
- up to 20/week
- Asks for
- Master's
- Posted
- 6 days ago
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How this pay compares
At $113/hr, this role pays more than 77% of the 175 open finance & accounting roles with a listed pay range, above the median of $85.
Open finance & accounting roles that ask for a Master's have a median of $113/hr (11 roles).
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 6 days ago.
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
$113/hr
Per week, before tax
$2,260
Per month, if the work is steady
$9,793
- Tax
- Contract pay arrives with no tax withheld. A US contractor at this rate and these hours would set aside about $2,476 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.
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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.
| Platform | Open | Median | Best-paid open role |
|---|---|---|---|
| micro1 | 23 | $90/hr | Domain Researcher, Finance$400k-800k/yr |
| OpenTrain AIthis role | 93 | $90/hr | Finance Professional$245-280/hr |
| Mercor | 28 | $90/hr | Pharma Commercial Forecasting Expert — Launch Curves$130-210/hr |
| Alignerr | 35 | $73/hr | Accounting Specialist — Excel Dataset Creation$40-150/hr |
| Handshake AI | 26 | up to $83/hr | Investment 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 work
You will create and refine challenging forensic accounting content that helps improve AI model performance. The work turns practical experience in fraud investigations, financial analysis, and litigation support into realistic cases and questions.
You will also review model responses, explain errors, and help make each task accurate, difficult, useful, and relevant to real forensic accounting work.
- Develop questions and case studies about fraud detection, financial statement analysis, asset tracing, and damages calculations.
- Create scenarios involving interviewing techniques, evidence gathering, and expert report writing.
- Assess AI responses for accuracy, reasoning, and alignment with forensic accounting standards and investigative practices.
- Document detailed feedback and help calibrate question difficulty.
- Work with forensic and technical experts to refine content quality.
What it pays and takes
This is a remote, flexible, asynchronous contract role. Work availability and project duration may vary.
- Pay: $113 per hour.
- Time: 20 or more hours per week.
- Location: Remote, open to candidates in the countries specified for this role.
- Language: Fluent in English.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
- Required background: Proven experience in forensic accounting, fraud examination, or litigation support.
- Skills: Strong knowledge of investigative techniques and financial analysis, excellent written and verbal communication, analytical ability, and careful attention to detail.
- Helpful credentials or experience: CPA, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified in Financial Forensics, a master's degree, fraud investigations, economic damages, expert witness testimony, bankruptcy, varied forensic case types, or technology-driven investigative applications.
How it works
Apply on OpenTrain with your resume, then complete the application on the hiring site.
About AI training work
AI training is the human work behind systems that learn from examples, including written questions, answers, and evaluations. People with professional expertise help make those examples accurate and teach models how to handle specialized subjects such as forensic accounting.
From applying to your first payment on OpenTrain AI
- 1
Create a profile
Create a free OpenTrain profile with your domains, languages and hourly rate.
- 2
Apply
Apply to the listing. Some listings hire through OpenTrain; others send you to the hiring platform.
- 3
Funded milestones
The client funds each milestone before work starts.
- 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
Full OpenTrain AI profile: watch-outs and the public record →Pay history
OpenTrain AI has listed this role at $113/hr since Nov 5, 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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