Private Equity Associate – Consumer & Leisure
Posted 14hrs ago
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Job Description
Private equity associate building and reviewing consumer and leisure transaction financial models. Supporting Mercor’s AI labs and enterprise projects that train frontier AI systems.
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 and complete a review scorecard
- Work on projects focused on training and enhancing AI systems
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
- Current or recent Associate experience at a mid-market or large-cap PE fund
- Consumer, leisure, or multi-site services focus, such as fitness clubs, owned versus franchise, or multi-site roll-ups
- Ability to build a financial model from source documents without a template
- English-speaking
- Able to commit approximately 20–25 hours over 1.5–2 weeks
- Must be eligible to work without H1-B or STEM OPT support
Benefits:
- Fully remote role with flexible schedule
- Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise based on services rendered
- Competitive pay
- Opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers
- Opportunity to help shape the next generation of AI systems
- Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance
- Reasonable accommodations available upon request
- Referral payments of up to $560 per successful referral, subject to limits














