Corporate Financial Analyst Expert

Ethos; United States; Remote; USD 114,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethos is seeking experienced Corporate Financial Analysts to join a foundational AI lab's training program. You will create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks across storyline development, executive summaries, and exhibit design. This remote, project-based role requires 2+ years in corporate finance and superb slide craftsmanship.

Work is flexible: 5–20 hours per week at $100/hour, with ASAP start. You control your schedule and deliver client-ready decks.

Qualifications

• 2+ years as a Corporate Financial Analyst at a top-tier bank.
• Deep expertise in structured communication, storylining, and slide craftsmanship.
• Expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship with excellent written communication and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks across core workflows.
• Develop storyline development and executive summaries for client-ready decks.
• Design slide structure and data-driven exhibits for professional presentations.

Skills

Corporate finance

Financial analysis

Storylining

Slide craftsmanship

PowerPoint

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

Pay

$100/hr
The rate in the listing.
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From the Ethos listing, checked Nov 4.
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About this role
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About This Opportunity
We're working with a leading foundational AI lab to find experienced corporate financial analysts from leading corporate finance teams who can help train their latest language model on professional presentation and slide deck tasks. We're looking for corporate financial analysts with 2+ years of experience to create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks across core workflows: storyline development, executive summary writing, slide structuring, horizontal and vertical logic, data-driven exhibit design, and client-ready deck production.

Compensation

$100/hour
Commitment:
Flexible, 5-20 hours per week (or more if desired)
Location:
Fully remote, work on your own schedule
Start date:
ASAP

Qualifications

2+ years as an Corporate Financial Analyst at a top-tier bank
Deep expertise in structured communication, storylining, and slide craftsmanship
Expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail
Key Requirements
2+ years as a Financial Analyst at a top-tier bank, PE/HF, or corporate finance team
Deep expertise in structured communication, storylining, and slide craftsmanship
Expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail
How long hiring takes
Across the platforms we list, people typically hear back about a hire within

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Within 2 weeks
~30%
Within 6 weeks
~65%
Within 3 months
~85%
Prepare for the Ethos call
Ethos's AI interviewer asks about your Financial Analyst background. These are our own practice questions for that work, not Ethos's.
What key assumptions do you stress-test first when reviewing a financial model built by someone else?
I focus on revenue growth rate and margin assumptions first, since small changes there tend to have the largest effect on the output, and I check whether the assumptions are grounded in historical data or market comparables versus being arbitrarily chosen. I also verify the formulas are consistent across periods rather than hardcoded in some cells.
How do you approach valuing a company that has volatile or negative near‑term earnings?
I lean more heavily on a discounted cash flow approach with normalized long-term assumptions rather than trailing earnings multiples, since near‑term volatility distorts multiple-based valuation. I also look at comparable companies with similar business models to sanity check the output rather than relying on a single method.
What's your process for evaluating the risk of a proposed investment beyond just expected return?
I look at the range of outcomes under different scenarios, not just the base case, and consider correlation with other holdings, since an investment can look attractive in isolation but add concentrated risk to a broader portfolio. Downside scenarios matter as much as the upside case for decision-making.
How do you decide which sensitivity variables to include in a financial model's scenario analysis?
I prioritize variables that both have high uncertainty and high impact on the output, rather than testing every input equally. Running sensitivity on a variable that barely moves the result wastes review time and can obscure the assumptions that actually matter to the decision.

Common questions
Do I need to keep applying for projects on Ethos?
No. When your profile is live, Ethos matches you to new projects from your career history, so companies find you. Each finished project raises your Expert Score, which brings you better-paid work.
How and when does Ethos pay experts?
Within 30 days of your invoice, after a project closes. Some AI training platforms pay weekly, so plan for the longer wait.
How many hours a week is this Corporate Financial Analyst work?
Between 5 and 20 hours a week. At $100/hr that is $500 to $2,000 a week. You set your own hours.
What experience does this Corporate Financial Analyst listing ask for?
The listing asks for 2+ years as an Corporate Financial Analyst at a top-tier bank; deep expertise in structured communication, storylining, and slide craftsmanship; and expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail. Ethos's interviewer builds your profile from your CV, so have the roles that show this ready to talk through.
What does this specific role pay?
?? this listing is posted at $100/hr, an hourly rate. Pay can change after we check the listing, so confirm the rate on the platform's application page.
Who built Ethos and it's legit?
Yes. Ethos was founded in London in 2024 by James Lo (McKinsey, SoftBank Vision Fund) and Daniel Mankowitz (Google DeepMind research scientist and lead author of AlphaDev). It raised a $22.75M Series A led by a16z in May 2026, with General Catalyst and XTX Markets participating, and works with AI labs, private equity firms, hedge funds and consultancies. The link on this page is an affiliate link; it doesn't affect your pay or the projects you're offered.