FP&A Expert
Mercor • Remote, UK
Education
Any
Type
hourly
Pay Rate
$150/hr
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What We Know About This Role
- Interview
- Required i As stated in the listing: “This is a full-time engagement running from 10 August 2026 to 4 September 2026”
- Timezone overlap
- Partial overlap with US Pacific time required
- Contract length
- 4 weeks
About this Role
From the Mercor listing
Mercor is recruiting UK-based FP&A Experts for a research project with a leading frontier AI lab.
We are seeking experienced finance professionals with 6+ years in FP&A, strategic finance, or finance business partnering.
Strong candidates have directly owned a P&L, an annual budget, a rolling forecast, and a monthly variance process, and can translate accounting actuals into operational decisions on spending, headcount, and growth.
Ideal candidates have experience at one or more of the following types of business:
- Digital media and advertising
- Entertainment
- Subscription or membership businesses
- Live events
- Multi-location consumer businesses
- Or another commercially complex business with a substantial FP&A function
Ideal candidates have experience with one or more of the following:
- P&L ownership and management reporting
- Annual budgeting and departmental budget consolidation
- Rolling forecasts and Income Statement projections
- Monthly variance analysis and budget-to-actual reporting
- Committed-expense analysis and cost control
- Forecast assumption setting and scenario stress-testing
You'll help create, review, and evaluate high-quality financial planning scenarios, leveraging your experience in FP&A, budgeting, and management reporting.
Strong candidates are comfortable explaining financial tradeoffs to non-finance stakeholders and turning a variance into a clear recommendation on what to do next.
Here are more details about the role:
- You will be contributing high-quality training data for frontier AI systems
- This is a full-time engagement running from 10 August 2026 to 4 September 2026
- The project team collaborates on a UK business-hours rhythm, with live team sessions each working day and occasional evening messages
- The project pays two weeks of garden leave at the end of the engagement, with a one month non-compete running concurrently
- Successful contributions increase the likelihood of being selected for future Mercor projects
The vetting process involves:
- Resume and work history screen
- Short interview evaluating FP&A and management reporting expertise
Please note: Candidates must be based in the United Kingdom and have the right to work in the United Kingdom.
Requirements
- Must be eligible to work in one of: Remote, UK
- Fluent proficiency in English (Written & Verbal)
- Reliable high-speed internet connection
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
- Demonstrated expertise in Business
Why This Role
Monetize your niche expertise without the billable hours. At $150/hr, this role offers elite compensation for pure intellectual work, no client management or administrative bloat.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Mercor for freelancers or full-time contractors?
Mercor places you with one client for a defined engagement, like 'Python Tutor for 3 months', rather than having you grab small tasks from a shared queue. Most roles function as steady contract work, not one-off gigs.
Does Mercor's application require an on-camera interview?
Yes, every applicant records a video interview with an AI interviewer that asks questions about your resume. Clients review that recording to judge communication skills before matching, so there's no way to apply without going on camera.
Does it cost money to apply to Mercor?
No, applying and joining Mercor is free. Mercor's revenue comes from a fee it charges the client on top of your hourly rate, not from applicants. Treat any request for payment to join as a red flag.
Is AI training work the same as traditional consulting?
No. Instead of client deliverables, you're given complex scenarios to evaluate: grading the AI's logic, correcting its hallucinations, and supplying expert-level reasoning it doesn't have on its own. The job is closer to teaching than consulting.
Why do these AI training roles pay so much?
Because general knowledge isn't what's being tested. The model already knows the basics; what it needs is expertise on edge cases, the rare, difficult, highly technical judgment calls only a senior professional in the field would make correctly.
What does the day-to-day workload look like for elite-expert AI training roles?
Slow and deep, not fast and repetitive. A single task can take 45-60 minutes of researching citations or verifying complex calculations. Quality is what's being measured here, not throughput.
What does Business work look like for a FP&A Expert?
Tasks here are scoped to Business, not generic labeling. As a FP&A Expert, expect to draw on real domain judgment (evaluating outputs, correcting errors, or providing expert reasoning specific to Business) rather than following a one-size-fits-all rubric. If you don't have hands-on Business background, this is likely not the right listing to start with.
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Can I apply from outside UK?
This specific role is open only to people based in UK. If you are somewhere else, applying is unlikely to lead to an offer even if you pass the assessment, because the restriction is usually about where the work can legally be contracted rather than your skills. Read the full description for any tax-residency or right-to-work caveats before you apply.
Is there an interview?
Yes. The vetting process involves: ... Short interview evaluating FP&A and management reporting expertise
How soon will I start working after applying to Mercor?
Not immediately. Mercor is a talent marketplace, not a task queue, so applying puts you in a pool of candidates. You start working only once a specific client, like a major AI lab, selects your profile, and that matching process can take weeks.