Mercor is recruiting UK-based FP&A Experts for a research project with a leading frontier AI lab.
We are seeking experienced finance professionals with 6+ years in FP&A, strategic finance, or finance business partnering .
Strong candidates have directly owned a P&L, an annual budget, a rolling forecast, and a monthly variance process, and can translate accounting actuals into operational decisions on spending, headcount, and growth.
Ideal candidates have experience at one or more of the following types of business:
- Digital media and advertising
- Entertainment
- Subscription or membership businesses
- Live events
- Multi-location consumer businesses
- Or another commercially complex business with a substantial FP&A function
Ideal candidates have experience with one or more of the following:
- P&L ownership and management reporting
- Annual budgeting and departmental budget consolidation
- Rolling forecasts and Income Statement projections
- Monthly variance analysis and budget-to-actual reportingCommitted-expense analysis and cost control
- Forecast assumption setting and scenario stress-testing
You’ll help create, review, and evaluate high-quality financial planning scenarios, leveraging your experience in FP&A, budgeting, and management reporting.
Strong candidates are comfortable explaining financial tradeoffs to non-finance stakeholders and turning a variance into a clear recommendation on what to do next.
Here are more details about the role:
- You will be contributing high-quality training data for frontier AI systems
- This is a full-time engagement running from 10 August 2026 to 4 September 2026
- The project team collaborates on a UK business-hours rhythm, with live team sessions each working day and occasional evening messages
- The project pays two weeks of garden leave at the end of the engagement, with a one month non-compete running concurrently
- Successful contributions increase the likelihood of being selected for future Mercor projects
The vetting process involves:
- Resume and work history screen
- Short interview evaluating FP&A and management reporting expertise
Please note: Candidates must be based in the United Kingdom and have the right to work in the United Kingdom .
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