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: Finance Expert — Public Finance & Empirical Policy

Type: Contract Compensation: $115–$150/hour Location: Remote Role Responsibilities

- Build and assess fiscal forecasts, debt-affordability analyses, pension analyses, municipal credit reviews, and capital plans.
- Design and evaluate reproducible policy analyses using panel, administrative, or other empirical datasets.
- Apply causal-inference methods appropriately and identify threats to identification.
- Review assumptions, data definitions, model specifications, robustness checks, and policy interpretations.
- Translate technical findings into transparent, decision-useful written conclusions.
- Provide structured feedback and calibrate work against professional research standards.

Qualifications Must-Have

- 5–12 years of relevant experience for the practitioner track, or 10–18 years for the senior reviewer track.




- Experience in public-sector finance, municipal credit, public pensions, fiscal policy, applied economics, or empirical finance.
- Strong quantitative reasoning and fluency with financial or econometric analysis.
- Ability to distinguish evidence-supported conclusions from overstatement or unsupported inference.
- Excellent written communication, especially when explaining technical methods to non-specialists.
- Experience reviewing analysts, researchers, or policy work is especially valuable for the senior track.

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: [email protected]

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

📌 Public Finance Expert - Policy Analyst (Australia)
🏢 Mercor
📍 Australia