Private Equity Associate – Consumer & Leisure
Posted 7hrs ago
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Job Description
Private equity associate building and reviewing consumer/leisure transaction models for Mercor. Supporting AI labs and enterprises by providing expert financial-modeling expertise.
Responsibilities:
- Build a working financial model for 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 fixed criteria
- Provide a short written rationale for each peer review
- Complete a review scorecard
- Complete approximately 20–25 hours of work over 1.5–2 weeks
- Work on projects supporting the training and enhancement of AI systems
Requirements:
- 2–4 years total experience
- Approximately 2 years of investment banking experience in Consumer/Retail or generalist M&A
- 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 preferred
- Paris office or French deal experience preferred
- Able to build a financial model from source documents without a template
- English-speaking
- Must be located in one of: Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, or the Netherlands
- Independent contractor status
- 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
- Competitive pay
- Collaborate with leading researchers
- Help shape the next generation of AI systems
- Reasonable accommodations upon request
- Referral opportunity earning up to $560 per successful referral (referral limits apply)














