[Hiring] Financial Crime Specialist @Mercor

Role Description

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. The position is for a Financial Services Fraud Investigation Expert on a contract basis, with compensation ranging from $1,150 to $1,450 per task and the opportunity to work remotely.

• Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily, including 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, navigating multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents meaningfully.
• Collaborate with other fraud and financial-crime experts to design the environment, shape task scope, and review scenarios for realism and rigor.
• Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for fraud-investigation agent benchmarks.
• Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking, directly informing 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.

Requirements

• 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

• 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: [email protected]
• Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.