M&A Specialist - Valuation Expert

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; GBP 87,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with AI research labs. Mercor offers a remote Corporate Development role centered on sophisticated valuation work and end-to-end M&A transactions.

The position demands 4+ years in-house corporate development or M&A experience, with hands-on ownership of live deals. Ideal candidates may come from investment banking or private equity backgrounds and must be able to work independently.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in-house corporate development or M&A role.
• Hands-on ownership of live transactions end to end.

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

M&A

Financial modeling

End-to-end ownership

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: 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.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 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

• 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.