FP&A Expert

Mercor is recruiting UK-based FP&A Experts for a research project with a leading frontier AI lab.

We are seeking experienced finance professionals with 6+ years in FP&A, strategic finance, or finance business partnering.

Strong candidates have directly owned a P&L, an annual budget, a rolling forecast, and a monthly variance process, and can translate accounting actuals into operational decisions on spending, headcount, and growth.

Ideal candidates have experience at one or more of the following types of business:

• Digital media and advertising
• Entertainment
• Subscription or membership businesses
• Live events
• Multi-location consumer businesses
• Or another commercially complex business with a substantial FP&A function

Ideal candidates have experience with one or more of the following:

• P&L ownership and management reporting
• Annual budgeting and departmental budget consolidation
• Rolling forecasts and Income Statement projections
• Monthly variance analysis and budget-to-actual reporting
• Committed-expense analysis and cost control
• Forecast assumption setting and scenario stress-testing

You'll help create, review, and evaluate high-quality financial planning scenarios, leveraging your experience in FP&A, budgeting, and management reporting.

Strong candidates are comfortable explaining financial tradeoffs to non-finance stakeholders and turning a variance into a clear recommendation on what to do next.

Here are more details about the role:

• You will be contributing high-quality training data for frontier AI systems
• This is a full-time engagement running from 10 August 2026 to 4 September 2026
• The project team collaborates on a UK business-hours rhythm, with live team sessions each working day and occasional evening messages
• The project pays two weeks of garden leave at the end of the engagement, with a one month non-compete running concurrently
• Successful contributions increase the likelihood of being selected for future Mercor projects

The vetting process involves:

• Resume and work history screen
• Short interview evaluating FP&A and management reporting expertise

Please note: Candidates must be based in the United Kingdom and have the right to work in the United Kingdom.

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

• You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
• Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
• Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
• Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
• Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.