Finance Expert - Fully Remote Upto $98 HR

mercor

📍 Remote🌐 Remote💰 $77–$98/yr🕐 23d ago🔗 himalayas

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:** Applied Economics & Finance Benchmark Specialist **Type:****Contract** **Compensation:****$77–$98/hour** **Location:****Remote** **Commitment:****10+ hours/week** ### Role Responsibilities * Author original **economics** and **finance** questions that test deep conceptual understanding. * Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined. * Rate each question's difficulty: Medium, Hard, or Expert. * Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives. * Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions in **markdown** format. * Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources. * For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made. ### Qualifications **Must-Have** * ****PhD** or doctoral candidate in **Economics**, **Finance**, or a closely related field.** * ****Master's degree** considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.** * **Strong command of graduate-level economic theory, quantitative methods, and financial modeling.** * **Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.** ### **Preferred** * **Experience with academic research, **CFA/CPA certification**, or financial industry expertise.** ### **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:** * **For any help or support, reach out to:** **_PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity._** Originally posted on [Himalayas](https://himalayas.app)