Mercor
Public Finance Expert - Policy Analyst
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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 — Public Finance & Empirical Policy
Type
Contract
Compensation
$115–$150/hour
Location
Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Build and assess fiscal forecasts, debt-affordability analyses, pension analyses, municipal credit reviews, and capital plans.
- Design and evaluate reproducible policy analyses using panel, administrative, or other empirical datasets.
- Apply causal-inference methods appropriately and identify threats to identification.
- Review assumptions, data definitions, model specifications, robustness checks, and policy interpretations.
- Translate technical findings into clear, decision-useful written conclusions.
- Provide structured feedback and calibrate work against professional research standards.
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Qualifications
Must-Have
- 5–12 years of relevant experience for the practitioner track, or 10–18 years for the senior reviewer track.
- Experience in public-sector finance, municipal credit, public pensions, fiscal policy, applied economics, or empirical finance.
- Strong quantitative reasoning and fluency with financial or econometric analysis.
- Ability to distinguish evidence-supported conclusions from overstatement or unsupported inference.
- Excellent written communication, especially when explaining technical methods to non-specialists.
- Experience reviewing analysts, researchers, or policy work is especially valuable for the senior track.
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Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
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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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