Senior Fraud Investigator

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 DAngelo 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 2030 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

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