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Finance Expert (6+ Years of Experience)

Mercor

AI Expert - Finance Contractor
Remote (Global) $90 – $100/hr May 14, 2026

Job description

Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab to engage senior finance professionals in projects focused on improving AI performance across financial analysis, valuation, modeling, and research workflows.

This role involves applying real-world expertise from:

  • Equity research
  • Investment banking
  • Accounting
  • Credit research
  • Fixed income analysis

to evaluate, refine, and improve AI-generated financial outputs.

The work emphasizes:

  • Financial accuracy
  • Structured reasoning
  • Analytical rigor
  • High-quality written communication

This is a flexible, part-time, project-based remote opportunity.

Key Responsibilities

  • Review and evaluate AI-generated:

    • Financial analyses
    • Financial models
    • Valuation outputs
    • Written financial research
  • Develop and apply structured evaluation rubrics for finance-related tasks

  • Annotate reasoning trajectories to assess:

    • Analytical quality
    • Logical consistency
    • Financial correctness
  • Provide detailed written feedback to improve:

    • Clarity
    • Accuracy
    • Analytical depth
  • Apply domain expertise across:

    • Financial filings
    • Financial modeling
    • Valuation methodologies
    • Research workflows
  • Collaborate with distributed teams supporting frontier AI evaluation projects

Required Skills & Qualifications

  • Minimum 6 years of experience in:

    • Equity research
    • Investment banking
    • Accounting
    • Credit research
    • Fixed income analysis
  • Hands-on experience with:

    • Financial filings
    • Financial modeling
    • Valuation workflows
    • Financial analysis
  • Strong written English and ability to explain complex financial concepts clearly

  • Experience creating or applying:

    • Evaluation rubrics
    • Structured scoring systems
    • Analytical review frameworks
  • Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail

  • Ability to work independently in remote environments

Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior Mercor project experience with strong performance

  • Experience with:

    • Trajectory annotation
    • AI evaluation
    • LLM assessment workflows
  • Background in:

    • AI-assisted finance systems
    • Financial research automation
    • Structured analytical review

More About the Opportunity

  • Expected commitment:

    • 15–20 hours per week
  • Flexible and asynchronous work environment

  • Opportunity to collaborate with experienced finance professionals and AI researchers

Application Process

  • Submit professional background and relevant experience
  • Complete a short finance-focused assessment
  • Selected candidates may complete a paid qualification task
  • Follow-up generally occurs within several days after submission

Contract & Payment Information

  • Independent contractor engagement

  • Fully remote and flexible schedule

  • Weekly payments through:

    • Stripe
    • Wise
  • Projects may be:

    • Extended
    • Shortened
    • Concluded early

depending on project requirements and performance.

Please note:

  • H1-B and STEM OPT candidates are not currently supported

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier AI systems using human expertise.

Contributors help shape next-generation AI models across finance, research, and analytical domains.

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