Private Equity Associate - Consumer Focus

Mercor; Paris; Sur place; EUR 85 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

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

You'll deliver an editable Excel workbook with live formulas, source references, and stated assumptions, and provide a concise rationale and scorecard for each peer-reviewed model in a rigorous, deadline-driven setting.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years total experience in investment banking or private equity.
• Associate at a mid-market or large-cap PE fund with consumer/leisure focus.
• Paris office experience or French deal experience preferred.
• Able to build a financial model from source documents without a template.
• English-speaking required.

Responsabilités

• Build a working financial model for a consumer/leisure transaction from source documents.
• Deliver an editable Excel workbook with live formulas, references and assumptions.
• Peer-review two anonymized models from other contractors against criteria with a written rationale and scorecard.

Connaissances

Financial modeling

Excel proficiency

English-speaking

Peer review

Outils

Excel

Description du poste

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