Finance Expert

About The Job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position

Finance Expert

Type

Contract

Compensation

$77–$85/hour

Location

Remote

Commitment

20 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Author, review, and annotate technical tasks to evaluate AI model performance on finance problems.
• Produce original problem sets grounded in valuation models, payoff diagrams, and financial statements.
• Write reference solutions and apply structured quality checks to ensure accuracy.
• Collaborate with AI research teams to improve task quality and throughput.
• Work independently and asynchronously with a flexible schedule to meet deadlines.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• PhD in Finance or Financial Economics, or CFA with 3+ years investment or research experience, or BA/BS in Finance with 5+ years applied finance, investment, or corporate finance experience.
• Working fluency in at least two of: corporate finance, asset pricing, derivatives, risk management, financial statement analysis.
• Comfortable reading and interpreting valuation models, payoff diagrams, and financial statements.
• Clear technical writing; able to articulate reasoning step-by-step in written form.

Compensation & Legal

• Hourly contractor
• Paid weekly