Finance Expert (6+ Years of Experience)

Role Overview Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab to engage senior finance professionals in a project focused on improving AI performance on financial analysis, modeling, and research tasks. This work involves applying real-world expertise from equity research, investment banking, accounting, or credit/fixed income research to evaluate and refine AI-generated outputs. The project emphasizes structured thinking, financial accuracy, and high-quality written communication. This is a part-time, project-based opportunity with flexible scheduling.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and evaluate AI-generated financial analyses, models, and written outputs

• Develop and apply structured evaluation rubrics for finance-related tasks

• Annotate trajectories to assess reasoning quality and analytical accuracy

• Provide written feedback to improve clarity, correctness, and depth of financial content

• Contribute domain expertise across filings, valuation, and financial modeling workflows

Ideal Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in equity research, investment banking, accounting, or credit/fixed income research

• Hands-on experience with financial filings and financial modeling

• Strong written English with the ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly

• Prior experience creating or applying rubrics in finance-related projects

• Completion of at least one prior Mercor project with strong performance

• Experience with trajectory annotation is a plus

More About the Opportunity

• Expected commitment: 15–20 hours per week

• Work independently while collaborating with a distributed network of professionals

Application Process

• Submit your background information and relevant experience

• Complete a short assessment focused on finance and rubric application

• Selected candidates may be invited to complete a paid qualification task

• Follow-up typically occurs within a few days of submission

About Mercor

• Mercor is a talent marketplace that connects top experts with leading AI labs and research organizations

• Backed by investors including Benchmark, General Catalyst, Adam D’Angelo, and Jack Dorsey

• Thousands of professionals across domains contribute to projects shaping the next generation of AI systems

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.