Finance AI Specialist @ Mercor

Mercor is partnering with a leading AI research group to develop finance-specific knowledge systems for advanced AI agents. We are seeking finance experts with strong AI prompting capabilities to create structured guides that transform general-purpose AI into domain-specialized financial tools. This is a project-based opportunity ideal for professionals with both deep finance expertise and practical experience using AI for workflow enhancement. If you are not skilled at working with AI models, this project will not be a good fit. We are only looking for experts from the US, Canada, England, Australia, and New Zealand.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate complex finance concepts into AI-readable formats
• Prompt, test, and refine AI agents for improved domain-specific performance
• Create reusable instructions, templates, and best practices for AI agents
• Potential to collaborate asynchronously with AI researchers on validation and design

Ideal Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in finance, investment banking, private equity, or hedge fund experience preferred
• Strong practical understanding of financial modeling, transactions, or research workflows
• Demonstrated expertise using and prompting AI tools (e.g., GPT, Claude, etc.)
• Ability to write clear, structured content for both human and AI consumption
• Self-directed, highly organized, and able to work independently

More About the Opportunity

• Remote and asynchronous — set your own hours
• Expected time commitment: minimum 10 hours/week
• Project-based engagement over the next couple weeks, with significant opportunity for expansion or movement to other projects with high performance if requested
• Opportunity to shape how AI systems learn and reason in the finance domain

Compensation & Contract Terms

• USD $100–150/hour (most experts will start at the lower range, but will quickly have the opportunity to make up to $150/hr with high performance)
• Independent contractor classification
• Weekly payments via Stripe Connect
• Dependent on conversion rates

Application Process

• We’re looking to get started as soon as possible so we’ll be following up with the top applicants as quickly as we can!
• About Mercor
• Mercor is a talent marketplace that connects top experts with leading AI labs and research organizations
• Our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey
• Thousands of professionals across domains like law, creatives, engineering, and research have joined Mercor to work on frontier projects shaping the next era of AI

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

🟢 Please consider applying even if you don't meet 100% of what’s outlined 🟢

Key Responsibilities

• 🔄 Translating finance concepts
• ⚙️ Prompting and refining AI agents
• 📋 Creating reusable instructions

Key Strengths

• 💼 Finance expertise
• 🤖 AI prompting capabilities
• 📝 Content creation
• 📊 Financial modeling
• 🗂️ Self-directed work
• 🤝 Collaboration

Why Mercor is partnering with Hatch on this role. Hatch exists to level the playing field for people as they discover a career that’s right for them. So when you apply you have the chance to show more than just your resume.

A Final Note: This is a role with Mercor not with Hatch.