Private Equity Associate (AI Training)

DataAnnotation; United States; Remote; USD 142,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly payouts

Remote work

Flexible hours

Job summary

DataAnnotation is hiring for a Private Equity Associate to evaluate AI-built LBO models and perform diligence. You’ll assess return drivers and downside, then write clear judgments that train models to underwrite private-market deals with a partner-ready view.

We value fluency in LBO mechanics, strong written English, and experience in private equity or related diligence. This is a project-based, remote role with flexible hours and weekly payouts.

Qualifications

• Experience in private equity, growth equity, or transaction diligence.
• Fluency with LBO modeling and the mechanics of leveraged deals.
• Clear written English.
• No degree required.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite AI-built LBOs: entry/exit multiples, debt schedule, and return bridge explaining the IRR.
• Test the diligence: management projections, market claims, and downside case the model skipped.
• Write the investment-committee answer when the model falls short, with returns and risks a partner would sign.

Skills

Private equity

Growth equity

Diligence

LBO modeling

Written English

Job description

Overview

Models build an LBO that returns a tidy IRR and skip the parts that make or break a deal: a debt schedule that ignores the covenants, an entry multiple with no exit story, diligence that takes management's projections at face value. Someone has to underwrite it like their own capital is at stake, and that someone is you.

As a Private Equity Associate you'll evaluate AI-built LBO models and diligence, check the return drivers and the downside, and write the judgments that teach models how private-market deals are underwritten.

What you’ll actually do

• Underwrite AI-built LBOs : entry and exit multiples, the debt schedule, and the return bridge that explains the IRR.
• Test the diligence : management projections, market claims, and the downside case the model conveniently skipped.
• Write the investment-committee answer when the model falls short, with returns and risks a partner would sign.

Roles this fits

Common backgrounds: Private Equity Associate, Growth Equity Analyst, Due Diligence Analyst.

What we look for

• Experience in private equity, growth equity, or transaction diligence.
• Fluency with LBO modeling and the mechanics of leveraged deals.
• Clear written English: your explanations are the training signal.
• No degree required. We care about what you can do, not where you learned it.

Compensation

Up to $125+/hr depending on task difficulty and specialization. Many contributors add $100k–$200k a year; some make it their full-time income.

About DataAnnotation

DataAnnotation is where 1M+ experts train the world’s leading AI models. Hundreds of millions paid to contributors to date, and the average contributor stays 5+ years. Flexible, remote, and always project-available.

Hourly rate up to $125+ / hour.

Commitment Flexible hours.

Type Independent contractor.

Payouts Weekly.