Finance Specialist - Fully Remote

Mercor; Montreal; Remote; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading AI lab is seeking an Investment Banking subject-matter expert for a flexible remote role. You will guide research teams, develop annotation standards, and create evaluation frameworks to enhance AI training data. The ideal candidate has a Master's or Ph.D. in finance and over 2 years of experience in Investment Banking. This long-term position offers a pay rate of $170 to $190 per hour, with a commitment of 20 to 40 hours per week.

Benefits

Flexible remote work

Long-term role

Significant impact on AI models

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience in an Investment Banking role at a reputable institution.
• Currently living in the US.
• Ability to design and evaluate finance reasoning tasks.

Responsibilities

• Guide research teams to close knowledge gaps in Investment Banking.
• Develop annotation standards and evaluation frameworks.
• Collaborate with other SMEs to ensure accurate training data.

Skills

Investment Banking expertise

AI model performance improvement

Strong communication skills

Education

Master's or Ph.D. degree in finance

Job description

Overview

Join a leading AI lab’s cutting-edge GenAI team and help build foundational AI models from the ground up. We're seeking talented Investment Banking subject-matter experts (SMEs) to bring deep domain expertise and elevate the quality of our AI training data. This is a remote, flexible opportunity to collaborate directly with the research teams of a leading AI lab.

Responsibilities

• Guide research teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in Investment Banking-related topics.
• Create and maintain precise annotation standards tailored to Investment Banking topics. As a domain SME, you'll set the gold standard for quality and rigor.
• Develop guidelines and detailed rubrics/evaluation frameworks to assess finance reasoning across tasks.
• Design challenging, domain-relevant tasks across multiple specializations, and write accurate and well-structured solutions to Finance problems.
• Evaluate financial tasks and solutions and provide clear, written feedback.
• Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

Qualifications

• Location: Currently living in the US
• Education: A Master\'s or Ph.D. degree from a top-tier university relevant to finance.
• Experience: Have 2+ years of professional experience in an Investment Banking role at a reputable institution.

What We Offer

• Pay rate between $170 and $190 per hour.
• Flexible, remote work that will have a significant impact on the development of advanced AI models.
• Long-term (6-12 months) role directly reporting to the research team of a leading AI lab.
• Ideal commitment of ~40hrs/week with a minimum availability of ~20 hrs/week. You\'ll join calibration calls with the client’s team 2-5x per week.
• If you are passionate about contributing your expertise to revolutionize the world of AI, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.