Private Equity Associate - Consumer Focus

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs.

Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include

Benchmark

,

General Catalyst

,

Peter Thiel

,

Adam D'Thiel

,

Larry Summers

, and

Jack Dorsey

.

Position: Private Equity Associate – Consumer & Leisure (France/Europe)

Type

Contract

Compensation

$100–$120/hour

Location

Remote

Commitment

* hours/week

Role 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 and a completed review scorecard.

Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while ensuring accuracy and quality in model outputs.

Qualifications





Must-Have

2–4 years total experience

: ~2 years investment banking (Consumer / Retail or generalist M&A; — ideally Paris, London, or elsewhere in Europe) followed by 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 with a consumer / leisure / multi?site services focus

(fitness clubs, owned vs. franchise, multi?site roll?ups); a Paris office or French deal experience is preferred.

Able to build a financial model from source documents, without a template.

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