Senior Financial Analyst Expert

$70/hr

The rate in the listing. From the Ethos listing, checked Nov 3. Last checked Today. ?

We're working with a leading foundational AI lab to find experienced senior financial analysts who can help train their latest language model on professional presentation and slide deck tasks.

We're looking for senior analysts with 3+ years in FP&A or business finance building the decks behind the numbers to create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks across core workflows: monthly reporting slides, bridge and waterfall charts, headcount and opex exhibits, scenario analysis pages, and commentary drafting for finance reviews.

$70/hour

Commitment:
Flexible, 5-20 hours per week (or more if desired)

Location:

Fully remote, work on your own schedule

Start date:

ASAP

• 3+ years in FP&A, business finance, or commercial finance at a significant company
• Strong expertise in financial charting, bridges/waterfalls, and reporting packs
• Expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail

About Ethos Ethos is a new expert network built by a McKinsey/Soft Bank/Deep Mind team and backed by world-leading investors like General Catalyst. We connect experts with investors and consultancies for paid expert calls, speaking engagements, and advisory opportunities.

25 days of applying. Within 2 weeks ~30% Within 6 weeks ~65% Within 3 months ~85%

Ethos's AI interviewer asks about your Financial Analyst background. These are our own practice questions for that work, not Ethos's.

What key assumptions do you stress-test first when reviewing a financial model built by someone else?

I focus on revenue growth rate and margin assumptions first, since small changes there tend to have the largest effect on the output, and I check whether the assumptions are grounded in historical data or market comparables versus being arbitrarily chosen. I also verify the formulas are consistent across periods rather than hardcoded in some cells.

How do you approach valuing a company that has volatile or negative near-term earnings?

I lean more heavily on a discounted cash flow approach with normalized long-term assumptions rather than trailing earnings multiples, since near-term volatility distorts multiple-based valuation. I also look at comparable companies with similar business models to sanity check the output rather than relying on a single method.

What's your process for evaluating the risk of a proposed investment beyond just expected return?

I look at the range of outcomes under different scenarios, not just the base case, and consider correlation with other holdings, since an investment can look attractive in isolation but add concentrated risk to a broader portfolio. Downside scenarios matter as much as the upside case for decision-making.

How do you decide which sensitivity variables to include in a financial model's scenario analysis?

I prioritize variables that both have high uncertainty and high impact on the output, rather than testing every input equally. Running sensitivity on a variable that barely moves the result wastes review time and can obscure the assumptions that actually matter to the decision.

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How and when does Ethos pay experts? Within 30 days of your invoice, after a project closes. Some AI training platforms pay weekly, so plan for the longer wait.

What is Ethos payment structure? Ethos is an expert network. AI labs, investment funds and large companies pay for your domain knowledge in three formats: multi-week consulting engagements, 30 to 60 minute advisory calls, and research surveys.

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