Finance Program Coordinator: AI Training Data Operations

What you'll do

Most finance listings on this board ask you to do the expert work. This one asks you to run the people doing it. You sit between the finance-domain raters and the wider training-data program at a leading AI lab, keeping tasks on schedule and output consistent.

From the ad, the job covers:

• Day-to-day coordination between finance raters and the broader program, closing execution gaps
• Designing and maintaining task-tracking, escalation and quality-check workflows specific to finance evaluation tasks
• Watching rater throughput and quality signals, and writing status updates and feedback
• Triaging finance-specific rater questions and escalating ambiguous cases to subject-matter experts
• Working with SMEs and program leads so finance training data stays consistent

The finance background is there so you can tell a genuinely ambiguous rater question from one you can answer yourself. Expect the texture of operations work: spreadsheets of task status, queues of questions, and chasing deadlines.

Who fits

• 5–10 years in finance or finance operations, with a record of coordinating cross-functional teams or projects
• Direct experience managing or coordinating contributors or reviewers (raters, analysts or similar) against deadlines and quality bars
• Demonstrable progression, for example Analyst to Senior Analyst to Program or Project Coordinator
• At least 35 hours a week on weekdays
• Strong communication, organisation and problem-solving
• United States-based (a hard location requirement)

No degree or credential is listed. Prior AI or annotation experience is not asked for either, which makes this a realistic entry point into AI data operations for finance ops people.

What it pays

$40–60 per hour. That is the lowest band in Mercor's current finance set, which fits a coordination role rather than an expert-authoring one, but 35 hours a week at even the floor is roughly $1,400 a week.

Employment terms

The listing is inconsistent. Its body describes a W-2 position with Cincinnatus LLC, the employer of record for placements at the client lab, while the standard Mercor footer describes an independent contractor role with weekly Stripe or Wise payments and no H-1B or STEM OPT support. Confirm which terms apply before accepting.

Worth knowing

Good:

• A route into AI program operations without needing to be a rater first
• No credential requirement
• Potential W-2 benefits if that is the arrangement confirmed
• Steady near-full-time hours

Less good:

• US only
• Lowest pay of the finance listings in this set
• 35+ weekday hours leaves no room for another job
• Conflicting W-2 and contractor language

About this listing

Posted by Mercor as a part-time position for US-based candidates, confirmed open on 24 September 2026. Pay, hours and qualifications are the ad's own. See Mercor.