Investment Operations & Fund Accounting Analyst

Job overview

The Investment Operations & Fund Accounting Analyst role is remote, with the posting describing a fully remote arrangement. Compensation is $75–$110 per hour. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. The analyst performs investment operations and fund-accounting work, including reconciliations, NAV variance analysis, trade-break investigations, and corporate-action processing. The work also contributes to improving AI model performance through independent, asynchronous work against deadlines.

What you'll do

• Reconcile ledgers against custodian and bank statements, explain residual differences, and prepare signed-off reconciliations with adjusting entries
• attribute NAV movements and write variance commentary
• investigate and classify trade breaks, identify root causes, propose fixes, and draft investigation narratives
• process corporate-action events, calculate account entitlements, handle payment and transfer exceptions, and match merchant/vendor descriptors to a canonical registry
• work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

investment operations analyst

fund accounting

reconciliations

nav analysis

trade support

corporate actions

excel

remote

mercor

$75–$110/hour

15 hours/week

3+ years experience

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The posting specifies 15 hours per week and requires 3+ years in fund administration or investment operations. CPA or IOC certification and experience with named fund-accounting systems are preferred.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.