Finance Expert - AI Evaluation Specialist

Job Description
Job Description
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 Domain Expert — AI Training & Evaluation
Type:
Contract
Compensation:
$60–$100/hour
Location:
Hybrid, Bay Area, California
Commitment:
40 hours/week
Role Responsibilities
Evaluate the quality of finance knowledge work tasks and
AI model outputs
. Identify missing behaviors, flawed assumptions, and ensure professional scrutiny. Design high-quality instruction specs and produce golden solutions to financial problems. Define new finance tasks reflecting real-world practices. Develop challenging finance tasks and evaluation sets.

Collaborate with research teams to build finance-specific skills and tools
. Collaborate with client researchers and specialists to maintain consistent standards. Translate tacit financial judgment into explicit, teachable criteria. Qualifications
Must-Have
5+ years of professional finance experience at a recognized institution. Specialization in a core finance discipline such as corporate finance, investment banking, or quantitative finance. Seniority at a leadership level with real ownership of analysis and decisions.

An advanced degree or recognized professional credential such as
CFA
,
CPA
, or
FRM
. Hands-on experience with large language models in professional work. Ability to commit to
40 hours/week for an initial engagement of 6 months. Reside in the
Bay Area, California
, and work on-site as required.

Compensation & Legal
Hourly contractor
W-2 employment
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
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