Private Equity Associate – Consumer & Leisure
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Private equity associate building and reviewing consumer/leisure transaction models for Mercor. Supporting AI labs by contributing financial expertise to frontier-model training projects.
Responsibilities:
- Build a working financial model for an assigned consumer/leisure transaction using 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
- Complete approximately 20–25 hours of work over 1.5–2 weeks
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 preferred, including 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
- Independent contractor status
- Must be legally able to work without H1-B or STEM OPT support
Benefits:
- Fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule
- Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered
- Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance
- Competitive pay
- Collaborate with leading researchers
- Help shape the next generation of AI systems
- Referral opportunity earning up to $560 per successful referral, subject to limits
- Reasonable accommodations upon request
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