Financial Crime Investigation Specialist

About the job

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: $60–$80/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use day-to-day. Include 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 exports.
• Design multi-step tasks grounded in your real workflows. Navigate multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to meaningfully challenge frontier AI agents.
• 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. Your work directly informs 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), and SAR/CTR filings.
• Experience in fraud operations, financial-crime investigations, EDD, and high-risk-customer review.
• 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.

Compensation & Legal

• This project will transition from an effective hourly rate to compensation based on throughput of quality work.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• 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: support@mercor.com

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.