FP&A Expert - Financial Forecaster

Mercor; New York (NY); Remote; USD 96,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an FP&A Expert on a contract basis to support forecasting, financial reporting, covenant and lender reporting for our AI research initiatives.

You will review Financial Forecaster outputs, identify failure modes, and refine prompts to improve realism. The role requires hands-on FP&A experience, scenario analysis, and governance across multiple entities, with a remote US-based work setup.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in FP&A, financial reporting, technical accounting, or lender reporting.
• Ability to read a Financial Forecaster model on sight.
• Reflexive with Financial Forecaster's scenario and import mechanics.
• Sound judgment to mark plausible answers wrong and ensure accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Review and QA AI-agent rollouts in Financial Forecaster. Judge agent answers against the actual model and documents.
• Identify failure modes where agents succeed too easily or fail wrongly. Flag tasks that are too easy or solvable without using Financial Forecaster.
• Improve realism and difficulty by refining task prompts. Ensure tasks reflect authentic FP&A and lender-reporting work.
• Update grading guidance for accuracy. Ensure correct answers pass and wrong ones fail, including gating failures.
• Catch plausible-but-wrong answers that a non-expert reviewer might miss. Ensure consistency with the rest of the pack.

Skills

Forecasting experience

Tools

Financial Forecaster

Job description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: FP&A Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70–$110/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Review and QA AI-agent rollouts in Financial Forecaster. Judge agent answers against the actual model and documents.
• Identify failure modes where agents succeed too easily or fail wrongly. Flag tasks that are too easy or solvable without using Financial Forecaster.
• Improve realism and difficulty by refining task prompts. Ensure tasks reflect authentic FP&A and lender-reporting work.
• Update grading guidance for accuracy. Ensure correct answers pass and wrong ones fail, including gating failures.
• Catch plausible-but-wrong answers that a non-expert reviewer might miss. Ensure consistency with the rest of the pack.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Frequent hands-on Financial Forecaster use for real forecasting, covenant, or reporting work.
• 5+ years in FP&A, financial reporting, technical accounting, or lender reporting.
• Ability to read a Financial Forecaster model on sight. Identify inputs, calculations, overrides, and governing scenarios.
• Reflexive with Financial Forecaster's scenario and import mechanics.
• Sound judgment on correct, complete answers. Confidence to mark plausible answers wrong.

Preferred

• Credit agreement compliance and borrowing base reporting.
• Going concern or impairment analysis.
• Segment reporting, SEC reporting, or disclosure committee experience.
• Hands-on experience across multiple models and entities.

Resources & Support

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