Finance Research Contributor — Early Career

IXO Inc.; France; Remote; EUR 76,697,000 - 135,203,000; Part time

Job summary

IXO Inc. seeks a part-time analyst to craft investment problem sets and evaluate financial reasoning. You will create realistic cases, demonstrate valuation and modeling in Excel and PowerPoint, and provide clear written explanations.

You will assess answers for accuracy and coherence, collaborating with reviewers to standardize evaluation criteria and improve AI judgment capabilities.

Qualifications

• Completed internship at bulge-bracket or elite boutique investment bank, private-equity firm or hedge fund.
• Ability to express complex finance concepts with clear, step-by-step reasoning.
• Careful analytical work and writing with interest in AI financial judgment.

Responsibilities

• Develop realistic investment cases and structured financial questions.
• Use Excel, PowerPoint and clear written explanations to show valuation, modeling and deal reasoning.
• Assess generated answers for accuracy, organization and practical credibility.
• Work with reviewers to resolve ambiguities and make evaluation standards consistent.

Skills

Financial reasoning

Written communication

Education

Undergraduate in finance/economics

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Create investment problem sets and evaluate financial reasoning using the analytical skills developed during a finance internship.

What you will do

• Develop realistic investment cases and structured financial questions.
• Use Excel, PowerPoint and clear written explanations to show valuation, modeling and deal reasoning.
• Assess generated answers for accuracy, organization and practical credibility.
• Work with reviewers to resolve ambiguities and make evaluation standards consistent.

Required background

• A completed internship at a bulge-bracket or elite-boutique investment bank, leading private-equity firm or hedge fund.
• Ability to express complex finance concepts as clear, step-by-step reasoning.
• Careful analytical work and writing, with an interest in improving AI financial judgment.

Preferred background

• Junior or senior undergraduate study in finance, economics or a related subject.
• Experience creating or reviewing models, transaction comparables or valuation summaries.
• Interest in financial technology, AI or automation.

Availability

• Part-time, asynchronous work, typically about 10–15 hours per week while an assignment is active.

Pay and engagement

Up to $53/hour

Amounts are in USD.

Your hourly rate and scope are agreed before work begins.