[Hiring] Fraud Investigation Expert - Financial Services @Mercor

Role Description

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, 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

• 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.

Requirements

• Certifications: CAMS, CFE, CFCS.

Benefits

• 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

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