Senior Investment Analyst (Buy-Side)

We are seeking a Senior Investment Analyst with deep public markets experience to help train and evaluate AI systems designed for institutional-grade investment research.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop detailed investment theses across equities or asset classes

• Perform advanced financial modeling and valuation analysis

• Critically assess AI-generated research outputs and recommendations

• Identify gaps in reasoning, assumptions, and risk evaluation

• Contribute to building high-quality training datasets for financial AI models

• Mentor junior contributors and provide domain expertise

Requirements

• 4–8 years of experience in equity research, hedge funds, or asset management

• Strong track record of fundamental analysis and idea generation

• Advanced financial modeling and valuation expertise

• Ability to clearly articulate complex investment views

• Experience covering specific sectors is a plus

Nice to Have

• CFA charter-holder or MBA

• Experience with alternative data or systematic strategies

• Prior exposure to AI/ML in finance

Why Join

• Shape how AI understands and performs investment research

• Flexible engagement with competitive compensation

• Work alongside top buy-side professionals and AI researchers

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.