Private Equity Associate – Consumer, Leisure
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Private equity associate modeling consumer and leisure transactions from synthetic deal documents. Peer-reviewing anonymized financial models to help Mercor train frontier AI systems.
Responsibilities:
- Build a working financial model of an assigned consumer/leisure transaction from a synthetic deal document pack
- Deliver an editable Excel workbook with live formulas, source references, and stated assumptions
- Peer-review two anonymized models from other contractors against a fixed set of criteria
- Provide a short written rationale for each peer review and complete the review scorecard
- Work on projects training and enhancing AI systems for Mercor’s partner AI labs and enterprises
Requirements:
- 2–4 years total experience
- Approximately 2 years of investment banking experience in Consumer/Retail or generalist M&A, ideally in Paris, London, or elsewhere in Europe
- 1–2 years in mid-market or large-cap private equity
- Currently or recently an Associate at a mid-market or large-cap PE fund
- Consumer, leisure, or multi-site services focus, such as fitness clubs, owned vs. franchise, or multi-site roll-ups
- Paris office or French deal experience preferred
- Able to build a financial model from source documents without a template
- English-speaking
- Available for approximately 20–25 hours over 1.5–2 weeks
- Must work as an independent contractor
- H1-B and STEM OPT candidates are not supported
Benefits:
- Fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule
- Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise based on services rendered
- Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance
- Competitive pay
- Collaboration with leading researchers
- Opportunity to help shape the next generation of AI systems
- Referral payments of up to $560 for each successful referral, subject to referral limits
- Reasonable accommodations upon request
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