Finance Expert - M&A Specialist

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: Investment Banking & M&A - Finance Domain Expert Type: Contract Compensation: $100–$150/hour Location: Bay Area, California Commitment: 40 hours/week Role Responsibilities Evaluate the quality of finance knowledge work tasks and AI model outputs . Identify missing behaviors, thin reasoning, and flawed assumptions. Design high-quality instruction specs and produce golden solutions to financial problems. Define new finance tasks reflecting real-world practices. Develop challenging finance tasks and evaluation sets. Collaborate with the research team to build finance-specific skills and tools. Work with client researchers to maintain consistent standards. Translate tacit financial judgment into explicit, teachable criteria. Provide precise, well-structured written feedback to improve AI model performance . Qualifications Must-Have 5+ years of professional finance experience at a recognized institution. Specialization in a core finance discipline such as corporate finance, investment banking, or quantitative finance. Seniority at a leadership level with real ownership of analysis and decisions. An advanced degree (MBA, MS, or PhD ) or a recognized credential ( CFA , CPA , FRM ). Hands-on experience with large language models in professional work. Ability to commit to 40 hours/week for 6 months. Reside in the Bay Area, California , and work on-site as required. Compensation & Legal W-2 employment through Cincinnatus LLC. Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete) Upload resume AI interview based on your resume Submit form Resources & Support For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.