Human Frontier Collective Fellow - Finance

PLEASE NOTE : This is a fully remote contract opportunity, with an estimated duration of 6 months. To be eligible, you must have authorization to work in the U.S.

About the HFC Program :

The Human Frontier Collective (HFC) at Scale AI brings together domain experts, including PhDs, postdocs, advanced researchers, and elite professionals across diverse fields, to engage directly in pioneering generative AI research. As an HFC Finance Fellow, you will directly shape and enhance AI models designed for real-world financial analysis, valuation, and accounting applications. This role provides a unique opportunity to leverage and expand your expertise in finance through hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI technology, driving innovation in investment analysis, portfolio management, and corporate finance.

What You'll Do

• Develop and Evaluate Complex Financial Scenarios : Craft sophisticated, realistic financial and accounting scenarios to rigorously test and improve AI model accuracy and applicability in valuation, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Interactive AI Model Testing : Actively engage in collaborative sessions to assess AI-generated financial analyses, ensuring their accuracy, market relevance, and alignment with financial industry standards.
• Directly Influence AI Capabilities : Provide detailed, actionable feedback on model performance, identifying strengths and pinpointing improvement areas to enhance AI support for financial professionals.
• Specialized Finance AI Projects : Work on tailored projects in financial modeling, asset pricing, DCF analysis, risk assessment, and equity research, significantly expanding the practical utility of AI tools in finance.
• Thought Leadership in Financial AI : Co-author insightful publications, technical analyses, and industry-focused webinars and panels, contributing to critical discussions about the transformative impact of AI in finance.
• Networking and Professional Development : Join a prestigious community of financial analysts, investment professionals, and leading AI researchers, gaining access to mentorship and networking opportunities.

Who Should Apply

Why Join the HFC?

Apply your financial expertise to problems that require real judgment, not rote recall. Your input will directly influence how complex reasoning tasks are handled.

Highly competitive compensation, depending on projects (range : $80-100 / hr.). Set your own schedule and contribute from anywhere. Most participants engage between 5-20 hours per week.

High-impact contributors may be invited to join additional review projects, advisory roles, or research collaborations.

How to Apply

Submit your CV and a brief summary of your clinical background. Selected candidates will be invited to complete a short trial task and interview.

PLEASE NOTE : Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.

About Us :

At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact. We work closely with industry leaders like Meta, Cisco, DLA Piper, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.

We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. If you need assistance and / or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@scale.com. Please see the United States Department of Labor's Know Your Rights poster for additional information.

We comply with the United States Department of Labor's Pay Transparency provision .

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