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

mercor; France; Remote; EUR 101,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is recruiting for a remote Corporate Development role on a contract basis. You will build and analyze merger models, draft terms, and prepare board-ready materials for deals. The position requires hands-on experience leading transactions from start to finish.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years in-house M&A or corporate development, with a track record of owning live transactions end-to-end and a strong financial acumen in valuation and deal structuring.

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.

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.

Skills

Merger modelling

End-to-end ownership

Financial analysis

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.