Job Description

1. Role Overview
Mercor is partnering with a leading AI research organization to engage professionals with advanced expertise in finance. This full-time opportunity focuses on training and refining cutting-edge AI systems through expert financial analysis, annotation, and evaluation.
As an AI Tutor - Finance Specialist, you will leverage your deep financial knowledge to improve model understanding in domains such as investment analysis, equities, commodities, derivatives, fixed income, forex, real estate, and accounting. Your expertise will help ensure models reason accurately and coherently about financial data, market behavior, and economic principles.
2. Key Responsibilities
Use proprietary tools to annotate, evaluate, and refine AI-generated outputs across complex financial topics
Apply financial reasoning to critique and improve model performance in areas such as valuation, portfolio construction, taxation, and accounting
Collaborate with technical teams to optimize annotation workflows and data evaluation methods
Engage in structured data collection through text, audio, or video tasks as part of model training
Interpret and execute evolving task instructions with precision and independent judgment
Maintain consistently high-quality analytical and written outputs across all assignments
3. Ideal Qualifications
Master's degree, PhD, or equivalent professional experience in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related discipline
Professional background as an investment analyst, portfolio or wealth manager, or financial consultant
Strong familiarity with major financial databases such as Bloomberg, Reuters, and SEC filings
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Proven ability to analyze, interpret, and explain complex financial data clearly
Demonstrated interest in AI technology and innovation within finance
4. Preferred Backgrounds
CFA Charterholder or CPA certification
Academic or publication record in finance or economics
Teaching, tutoring, or academic experience in finance-related subjects
Corporate accounting or risk management experience
5. More About the Opportunity
Remote or in-person (Palo Alto, CA); in-office requires 5 days per week. Remote positions require strong self-motivation
Initial training: 9:00am-5:30pm PST for two weeks, then local timezone
Personal computer must be a Chromebook, Mac (macOS 11+), or Windows 10+ device
Reliable smartphone access required
U.S.-based applicants must reside outside of Wyoming and Illinois
6. Compensation & Benefits
$90,000-$200,000 per year for U.S.-based professionals, depending on experience and location
International pay rates available upon request
Full-time position with location-based benefits
7. About Mercor

• Mercor is based in San Francisco, CA and specializes in recruiting experts for top AI labs. Our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

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