Private Equity Associate - Real Estate

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an experienced private equity associate to build a financial model from a synthetic deal document pack for a real estate transaction. You will deliver an editable Excel workbook with live formulas and source references, and you will peer-review two anonymized models against fixed criteria, providing concise rationales and a completed scorecard.

Ideal candidates have 2–4 years of relevant investment banking and private equity experience, are currently or recently associates at

Qualifications

• 2–4 years total experience: ~2 years investment banking (Real Estate or Industrials) followed by 1–2 years in private equity.
• Associate at a real-estate-focused mid-market or upper-mid-market PE fund.
• Able to build a financial model from source documents, without a template.
• Fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Build a working financial model of an assigned real estate 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.

Skills

Financial modeling

English fluency

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 real estate 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 (Real Estate or Industrials) followed by 1–2 years in private equity

• Currently or recently an Associate at a real-estate-focused mid-market or upper-mid-market PE fund

• Able to build a financial model from source documents, without a template

• Fluent English

Logistics

• Effort: ~20–25 hours over 1.5–2 weeks