Financial Modeling Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $100/hr

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: Excel Expert — Finance
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70–$100/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 40 hours/week during weekdays through the end of September, then 20 hours/week thereafter
Role Responsibilities

- Guide research teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance on Excel-based tasks within finance.

- Design realistic, domain-relevant Excel tasks drawn from your professional experience, and write accurate, well-structured solutions.

- Evaluate Excel tasks and solutions and provide clear, written feedback.

- Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data .

Qualifications

Must-Have

- Demonstrated advanced, professional-level Excel expertise , including advanced formulas (e.g., XLOOKUP , INDEX/MATCH , dynamic arrays), PivotTables , financial modeling, dashboards, Power Query , Power Pivot , and macros/VBA .

- Hands-on professional experience applying Excel within a finance domain — private equity, investment banking, hedge funds, or equity research (accounting / FP&A also considered), including work such as three-statement models, LBO/DCF and valuation, and forecasting.

- Demonstrable career progression in your field.

- Prior experience in AI training , human data annotation, or model evaluation — ideally Rubrics-trained on Mercor or a comparable platform — is a strong plus.

- Ability to engage reliably for 40 hours/week during weekdays through the end of September, then 20 hours/week thereafter .

- Verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving skills, and interpersonal skills.

- United States–based only.

Compensation & Legal
- W-2 employment with Cincinnatus LLC.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

- Upload resume

- AI interview based on your resume

- Submit form

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