Remote AML/KYC Compliance Expert (Contract)

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 97,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hourly contractor

Paid weekly via Stripe Connect

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Financial Compliance Expert (CL Funnel) for a remote, hourly-contract engagement. The role focuses on KYC/CDD, AML investigations, sanctions, and regulatory reporting, with weekly payments via Stripe Connect.

You will describe compliance workflows, discuss field dynamics with AI researchers, and reveal hidden aspects of the work to improve AI alignment with real-world practices.

Qualifications

• Must be practicing or recently practicing compliance and financial-crime professional.
• Experience in KYC/CDD, transaction monitoring, AML investigations, sanctions, fraud, trade surveillance, conduct compliance, regulatory reporting, and compliance testing.

Responsibilities

• Complete a 15-minute written intake about your compliance practice.
• Describe day-to-day workflows, time allocation, and core role workflows.
• Explain insider perspectives on field divisions, beyond textbook descriptions.
• Identify where AI misinterprets your work, with casework examples.
• Share "invisible" work aspects often missed by outsiders and project designers.

Skills

Compliance expertise

KYC/CDD

Transaction monitoring

AML investigations

Sanctions

Fraud detection

Trade surveillance

Regulatory reporting

Compliance testing

Education

CAMS

CGSS

CFCS

CFE

CRCM

ICA diploma

FINRA registrations

Job description

Mercor is seeking a Financial Compliance Expert (CL Funnel) for a remote, hourly-contract engagement. The role focuses on KYC/CDD, AML investigations, sanctions, and regulatory reporting, with weekly payments via Stripe Connect.

You will describe compliance workflows, discuss field dynamics with AI researchers, and reveal hidden aspects of the work to improve AI alignment with real-world practices.