
Finance Expert - Remote AI Evaluation Part-Time
Listing checked September 16, 2026 · pay as published by Mercor
Key details
- Pay
- $60–180/hr
- Location
- Remote
- Job type
- part-time
- Posted
- September 15, 2026
Overview
Mercor keeps a standing pool of finance professionals who help grade and guide frontier AI models on financial reasoning. The work leans on judgment: you write problems from your own practice, attach the filings, assumptions, and constraints, then supply the reference answer a model gets measured against. You also review model output for accounting treatment, test valuation assumptions against sensitivity checks, and flag work that looks clean but would fail disclosure or audit review. Specialties include accounting, auditing, corporate finance, investment banking, asset management, wealth management, insurance, and actuarial science. Rates sit between $60 and $180 an hour, set per project by scope and depth.
What You'll Do6
- Write financial problems based on your own work, including the filings, assumptions, constraints, and the reference answer a model is graded against.
- Grade model attempts at financial tasks by checking whether the debits and credits tie, the accounting treatment fits the facts, and the valuation assumptions survive sensitivity tests.
- Mark output that appears polished on the page but would not pass disclosure requirements, audit standards, or scrutiny of what the numbers actually support.
- Explain your reasoning in writing so model developers can see exactly where an answer fails or succeeds.
- Flag unclear instructions or ambiguous project specs before or during the work.
- Work across finance subfields such as accounting, auditing, corporate finance, investment banking, asset management, wealth management, insurance, or actuarial science.
Requirements6
- Professional experience in a finance or accounting discipline.
- Ability to write clear explanations of your reasoning, since most work involves documenting why an answer is right or wrong.
- Comfort with ambiguous tasks and willingness to raise unclear instructions.
- Background in at least one covered area: accounting, auditing, corporate finance, investment banking, asset management, wealth management, insurance, or actuarial science.
- A resume that shows your specialty and where you work from.
- Ability to complete a short AI interview, about 20 minutes.
Who Should Apply
The strongest fit is a working finance or accounting professional who can explain judgment calls in writing and is comfortable with open-ended tasks. You should have real experience in at least one specialty: accounting, auditing, corporate finance, investment banking, asset management, wealth management, insurance, or actuarial science. This pool is a poor match if you need a guaranteed full-time schedule, a specific start date, or immediate project placement. Candidates often get rejected or scored low when their resume does not clearly show a finance discipline, or when their written answers in the AI interview stay vague instead of walking through assumptions and constraints.
Salary Insight
The listing shows $60 to $180 per hour. Mercor sets each project rate by specialty, scope, and depth, so the final number depends on the specific project you match with. This is part-time contract work, not a salaried position.
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$60–180/hr
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$68/hour
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Most AI Training roles pay $38–$95 per hour. This role's pay sits above that range.
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