Corporate Development Analyst - Fully Remote | Upto $100/hr

mercor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 111,000 - 148,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Corporate Development professional on a remote, contract basis to lead end-to-end M&A activities. The role requires hands-on ownership of live transactions and expert financial modeling, including three-statement models and DCF analyses.

You will draft term sheets, IOIs/LOIs, and board-ready materials while coordinating diligence and integration work. This contract position offers remote flexibility and exposure to high-caliber deals.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in an in-house corporate development or M&A role at an operating company.

Responsibilities

• Build valuation and merger models including three-statement, DCF, and comps.
• Draft and compare transaction terms such as IOIs, LOIs, term sheets.
• Produce board materials and data packs for deal review and closing.
• Run screening, diligence, and integration work for M&A exercises.
• Work independently to complete self-contained M&A tasks and deliverables.

Skills

Merger modeling

Financial analysis

In-house M&A

Deal diligence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Cap table software

Job description

About the job

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'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position details

Position: Corporate Development Type: Contract Compensation: $100/hour Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Build valuation and merger models including three-statement, DCF , trading and transaction comps, accretion-dilution, cap table, and equity waterfall.
• Draft and compare transaction terms such as IOIs , LOIs , term sheets, bid comparisons, deal structure, and consideration economics.
• Produce process and board materials like management presentations, data packs, buyer universes, board and committee decks, closing mechanics, and funds flow.
• Run screening, diligence, and integration work including inbound deal screens, diligence request lists, findings synthesis, synergy models, carve-out analysis, and 100-day plans.
• Work independently to complete self-contained M & A exercises from mock files and produce deliverables graded against a rubric.

Must-Have Qualifications

• 4+ years in an in-house corporate development or M & A role at an operating company.
• Hands-on ownership of live transactions end to end, not support work.

Preferred Qualifications

• Investment banking or private equity background before moving in-house; Big 4 transaction advisory or financial due diligence.

Assessment

• A merger model from a mock target file;
• a term sheet comparison;
• a board-ready recommendation memo.