Mercor
Finance Expert - Model Risk Specialist
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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: Finance Expert — Model Risk, Compliance & Payments
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70–$91/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Evaluate model inventories, tiering, validation approaches, monitoring, governance, and control frameworks.
- Analyze card authorization and settlement, chargebacks, ACH and wire reconciliation, and related payment operations.
- Assess fraud controls, AML and sanctions processes, escalation logic, and operational risk.
- Identify control gaps, unsupported assumptions, weak evidence, and incomplete documentation.
- Write clear rationales that connect findings to risk, policy, and operational consequences.
- Review and calibrate analytical work against professional model-risk and compliance standards.
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Qualifications
Must-Have
- 6–12 years of relevant experience for the practitioner track, or 10–16 years for the senior reviewer track.
- Professional experience in model risk management, model validation, compliance, payments, fraud, AML, sanctions, or adjacent financial-services controls.
- Direct knowledge of one or more payments rails and the operational risks around them.
- Strong understanding of governance, documentation, testing, monitoring, and issue remediation.
- Excellent written communication and the ability to make risk judgments precise and auditable.
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- Prior responsibility for reviewing, approving, or challenging analytical work is especially valuable for the senior track.
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
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