Finance & Accounting Headhunter

November 3, 2026
Remote, US
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Extended team

Required Skills

Finance Recruiting

Accounting Recruiting

Credential Verification

Financial-Services Knowledge

Executive Sourcing

Candidate Screening

Boolean Sourcing

Networking

Market Insight

Confidentiality

About micro1

micro1 is a data lab that helps AI labs & Enterprises train foundational models and agents. We provide frontier evaluations and reinforcement learning environments to improve LLM capabilities, as well as contextual evaluations to monitor and improve AI agents in enterprise settings.

Our AI recruiting agent sources and vets domain experts for our data platform that enables rapid production of high-quality training data. Our research spans high-value, specialized domains (legal, medical, finance, coding, etc.), where expert-level data is the hardest to produce and most valuable for advanced model performance. Our pipeline performance system ensures both quality and velocity.

Job Title: Finance & Accounting Headhunter

Job Type: Contractor

Location: Remote

Job Summary: In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters. This is a referral partnership; success fee of $1,000–$5,000 per placement, set per role before sourcing begins.

Key Responsibilities

  • Identify and engage finance, accounting, and quantitative professionals for part-time, remote expert roles.
  • Generate high-quality referrals through networking, research, and Boolean sourcing methods.
  • Screen candidate credentials, verify qualifications, and ensure fit for specialist assignments.
  • Refer CPAs, financial analysts, actuaries, quants, and risk experts to paid projects supporting AI data lab initiatives.
  • Facilitate communication between candidates and customer’s team, maintaining confidentiality at every stage.
  • Document all referral and sourcing activity with attention to compliance and accuracy.
  • Share market insights and talent trends to support strategic decision-making for the customer’s team.

Required Skills and Qualifications

  • Demonstrated success in finance and accounting recruiting.
  • Expertise in credential verification and understanding of financial-services roles.
  • Executive sourcing and candidate screening proficiency.
  • Advanced Boolean sourcing, research, and networking capabilities.
  • Deep knowledge of the finance and accounting market landscape.
  • Commitment to the highest standards of confidentiality and ethical conduct.
  • Strong documentation and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience recruiting within finance or accounting sectors.
  • Established network of credentialed professionals in areas such as actuarial science, forensic accounting, or municipal bond analysis.
  • Experience sourcing and referring candidates for highly specialized or niche roles.

This is an independent contractor engagement, not an employment position. There are no fixed working hours or guaranteed volume of assignments. Contractors are responsible for their own business expenses and applicable taxes.

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