FP&A Expert - Financial Forecaster - AI Trainer

Mercor; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 96,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an FP&A Expert for a remote contract role, offering $70–$110/hour. You will review and QA AI-agent rollouts in Financial Forecaster, assess forecasting results, and ensure accuracy against model outputs.

This position requires deep FP&A experience and the ability to read Financial Forecaster models. Responsibilities include identifying failure modes, refining prompts to improve realism, updating grading guidance, and catching plausible-but-wrong answers.

Qualifications

• Hands-on use of Financial Forecaster for 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 and identify inputs, calculations, and scenarios.
• Familiarity with Financial Forecaster's scenario and import mechanics.
• Good judgment to mark plausible answers as incorrect.

Responsibilities

• Review and QA AI-agent rollouts in Financial Forecaster; judge answers against the model and document.
• Identify failure modes where agents succeed too easily or fail wrongly; flag tasks requiring Financial Forecaster.
• Improve realism and difficulty by refining task prompts to reflect FP&A and lender-reporting work.
• Update grading guidance for accuracy; ensure correct answers pass and wrong ones fail.
• Catch plausible-but-wrong answers that a non-expert reviewer might miss and ensure consistency.

Skills

FP&A

Financial forecasting

Model interpretation

Attention to detail

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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