FP&A Expert
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Job Description
FP&A Expert building budgets, forecasts, and profitability analyses for Mercor’s AI-training projects. Producing rubric-graded planning deliverables as a fully remote independent contractor.
Responsibilities:
- Complete self-contained planning exercises from mock files and produce rubric-graded deliverables
- Build bottoms-up annual budgets and multi-year long-range plans with consolidation and approval paths
- Produce rolling reforecasts of P&L, cash flow, and KPIs using actuals and updated drivers
- Build headcount and capital expenditure plans covering hiring pacing, project approvals, payback, and prioritization
- Produce monthly management reporting packs with variance commentary
- Perform product, customer, or segment profitability analysis using cost allocation methodology
- Forecast revenue from bookings, pipeline coverage, and demand signals
- Document model drivers and assumptions
- Complete assessments involving a rolling reforecast, management reporting pack, and headcount and capital expenditure plan
- Work on projects focused on training and enhancing AI systems
Requirements:
- 4+ years in FP&A at an operating company, owning a plan or a reforecast cycle
- Advanced Excel modeling
- Judgment to explain variances, not just calculate them
- Finance business partnering or commercial finance experience is nice to have
- Experience with planning systems such as Anaplan, Adaptive, or Pigment is nice to have
- Must be able to work as an independent contractor
- H1-B and STEM OPT candidates are not supported
Benefits:
- Fully remote role
- Flexible schedule / work on your own schedule
- Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
- Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance
- Competitive pay
- Collaboration with leading researchers
- Opportunity to help shape the next generation of AI systems
- Referral payments of up to $400 per successful referral
















