M&A Specialist - Valuation Expert

mercor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 104,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Corporate Development professional for a remote contract role. You will own end-to-end M&A processes, build models, and draft transaction materials for potential targets, with direct impact on strategic deals.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years in-house corporate development or M&A, hands-on deal experience, and a background in investment banking or PE is preferred. This remote position offers flexible collaboration and fast-paced execution.

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

Responsibilities

• Build valuation and merger models including three-statement, DCF, comps, accretion/dilution, cap table, and equity waterfall.
• Draft and compare transaction terms such as IOIs, LOIs, term sheets, and deal structure.
• Produce board materials, data packs, and closing mechanics for transactions.
• Run screening, diligence, and integration work including 100-day plans and synergy models.
• Complete self-contained M&A exercises from mock files and produce rubric-based deliverables.

Skills

M&A deal experience

Corporate development

Financial modeling

Valuation & modeling

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.