Finance Experts (direct lending and alternative credit)

Role Overview

Mercor is hiring experienced Direct Lending and Alternative Credit professionals to collaborate with a leading AI research lab. This role focuses on helping develop and evaluate advanced AI systems designed to replicate real-world private credit, direct lending, and alternative investment workflows.

You will work closely with AI researchers to train, test, and refine AI agents so they can better support tasks such as deal underwriting, credit analysis, portfolio monitoring, and investor reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Detail the day-to-day workflows of professionals in direct lending, private credit, and alternative asset management

• Analyze and explain credit underwriting processes, including due diligence, risk assessment, and structuring

• Identify and categorize key documents used across private credit transactions (e.g., credit memos, IC materials, term sheets, covenants, lender presentations)

• Distinguish between public vs. private information in credit markets and lending processes

• Provide insight into deal sourcing, execution, and portfolio monitoring workflows

• Collaborate with AI researchers to translate real-world credit expertise into structured training data

Ideal Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Direct Lending, Private Credit, Leveraged Finance, or Alternative Asset Management

• Experience at top-tier firms such as Ares, Apollo, Blackstone Credit, KKR Credit, Golub Capital, Oaktree, or similar

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field

• Strong familiarity with credit agreements, financial covenants, underwriting models, and deal documentation

• Experience across middle-market lending, sponsor-backed deals, or structured credit is preferred

• Excellent analytical, writing, and communication skills

Project Timeline

• Start Date: 1-2 weeks

• Commitment: Part-time (minimum 10 hours/week)