Financial Crime Specialist - AI Trainer

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: Financial Services Fraud Investigation Expert

Type: Contract

Compensation: $1,150–$1,450/task

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily. Include case files, investigation write-ups, SAR/CTR drafts, typology memos, alert-triage notes, and email threads. Represent platforms like Refinitiv World-Check , Dow Jones Risk & Compliance , Splunk SIEM , Fiserv , or FIS .
• Design multi-step tasks grounded in your real workflows. Navigate multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents meaningfully.
• Collaborate with other fraud and financial-crime experts. Design the environment, shape task scope, and review scenarios for realism and rigor.
• Work asynchronously with research teams. Refine task designs and evaluation criteria for fraud-investigation agent benchmarks.
• Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking. Your work directly informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 3+ years of full-time fraud/financial-crime experience at a Fortune 500 bank , large card issuer, fintech, or insurance firm.
• Background in BSA/AML compliance, sanctions screening (OFAC), SAR/CTR filings, fraud operations, financial-crime investigations, or regulatory exam response.
• Day-to-day use of Refinitiv World-Check , Dow Jones Risk & Compliance , Splunk SIEM , Microsoft Sentinel , and FIS/Fiserv/Jack Henry .
• Strong analytical thinking and writing skills.

Preferred

• Certifications: CAMS , CFE , CFCS .

Compensation & Legal

• Task Completion Pay: Competitive and based on task quality (~$1,150–$1,450 per completed task, subject to change as the project evolves).
• Performance Bonus: Top performers receive a weekly bonus incentive on top of their per task rate.
• Hourly Opportunity: Top performers may be invited to transition to an hourly compensation model based on sustained quality and throughput.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

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