PE Associate - Fully Remote

Mercor; Zürich; Remote; CHF 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an experienced private equity associate to construct a working financial model from a synthetic deal document pack for a consumer/leisure transaction. You will deliver an editable Excel workbook with live formulas, source references, and stated assumptions.

Additionally, you will peer-review two anonymized models from other contractors against a fixed criteria set, providing a concise rationale and a completed review scorecard to ensure quality and consistency across the deal

Qualifications

• 2–4 years total experience in finance, with IB/PE exposure.
• Associate at a mid-market or large-cap PE fund with a consumer/leisure focus, ideally Paris, London or Europe.
• Ability to build a financial model from source documents without a template.

Responsibilities

• Build a working financial model from a synthetic deal document pack.
• Deliver an editable Excel workbook with live formulas and stated assumptions.
• Peer-review two anonymized models against criteria with a short rationale and scorecard.

Skills

Financial modelling

English

Excel

Tools

Excel

Job description

Mercor is hiring experienced private equity associates to build a financial model from a synthetic deal document pack, then peer-review models built by two other contractors on the same transaction.

What you'll do

• 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, with a short written rationale for each and a completed review scorecard

Requirements

• 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

• English-speaking

Logistics

• Effort: ~20–25 hours over 1.5–2 weeks