Private Equity Associate - Consumer Focus

Mercor; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

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

The role involves delivering an editable Excel workbook with live formulas, source references, and stated assumptions, and performing the peer-review process with a fixed set of criteria and a written rationale.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years total experience in investment banking or private equity.
• Associate at a mid-market or large-cap PE fund with a consumer/leisure focus.
• Ability to build financial models from source documents without a template.
• English-speaking, with strong written and spoken communication.

Responsibilities

• 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 against a fixed set of criteria, with a short written rationale and review scorecard.

Skills

Financial modeling

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

English speaking

Tools

Excel

Job description

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