Non-Investment Finance Expert - Remote Contract
Listing checked September 17, 2026 · pay as published by Mercor
Overview
Frontier AI teams need finance work that matches what senior practitioners produce, and Mercor is hiring experts to create and judge that output. You will work through document-heavy cases filled with messy source files, distractors, and incomplete guidance, then either build the deliverable or assess an AI attempt against a professional standard. The projects span PnL and mark-to-market reconciliations, three-statement models, covenant and credit analysis, and partnership allocations such as profit-pool waterfalls. Expect hands-on finance craft where your judgment sets the quality bar.
What You'll Do8
- 1Produce and review PnL and mark-to-market reconciliations covering trader versus accounting differences, month-end marks, commissions, and adjustments.
- 2Build vendor and AP payment reconciliations that reflect cash constraints, PO controls, P-card usage, and aging schedules.
- 3Develop integrated three-statement models and pro-forma models with purchase-accounting effects, including ASC 805 deferred-revenue haircut, PPA amortization, and synergy phasing.
- 4Perform covenant and credit analysis.
- 5Create partnership and professional-services allocations, such as profit-pool waterfalls and capital accounts.
- 6Read term sheets, purchase or partnership agreements, trial balances, memos, and emails, then identify what is material versus a distractor.
- 7Write narratives for CFOs and partners that explain assumptions, variances, and recommendations.
- 8Evaluate AI-generated finance work against a professional standard.
Requirements6
- 13+ years in a hands-on non-investment finance role, such as product control or financial control, corporate FP&A, technical accounting, treasury, financial operations, AP to P2P, commercial-banking credit, or professional-services and partnership finance.
- 2CPA, CA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent credential preferred.
- 3Strong US GAAP and IFRS knowledge, with ASC 805 and ASC 606 a plus.
- 4Advanced Excel modeling skills: linked three-statement models, reconciliations, and pro formas.
- 5Ability to make professional judgment calls when information is incomplete or ambiguous.
- 6CFA, investing, or portfolio-management background not required; this role centers on operational and technical finance, not markets.
Who Should Apply
Practitioners with at least three years in non-investment finance fit best, including product control, financial control, FP&A, technical accounting, treasury, AP/P2P, commercial-banking credit, and partnership finance. A CPA or equivalent credential plus comfort with US GAAP, IFRS, and linked Excel models will help you stand out. The role suits people who can read term sheets, trial balances, and memos and still make a call when details are missing. Candidates from investment banking, portfolio management, or CFA-track backgrounds may find the work less aligned because this is operational and technical finance rather than markets. Common low-fit signals include treating the task like a survey or a high-level review instead of producing the actual reconciliation, model, or allocation, and failing to separate material facts from deliberate distractors in the source documents.
Salary Insight
The listed pay is $70.00 per hour. Pay by the hour ties compensation to the time you contribute, and the rate reflects senior, specialist finance work rather than entry-level review. CPA or equivalent credentials and advanced modeling depth help justify that level.
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Show a reconciliation or model you built, not just a list of duties. In your application, name the exact artifacts you have produced, such as PnL and mark-to-market reconciliations, three-statement models with ASC 805 purchase accounting, or profit-pool waterfalls, and state the dollar value, account count, or entity count involved. Mention your CPA, CA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent, and note how you handled ambiguous source documents and distractors. Those details help reviewers score fit against the finance craft this role demands.
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