Private Equity Specialist - AI Trainer

Obsidian; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

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.

You will deliver an editable Excel workbook with live formulas, source references, and stated assumptions, and provide a short written rationale for each review against a fixed scorecard.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years total experience: ~2 years IB infra-focused, then 1–2 years in infra PE.
• Associate at infra-focused PE fund or infra arm of a multi-strategy manager.
• Exposure to digital infrastructure—data centres, fibre, or towers.
• Able to build a financial model from source documents, without a template.
• Fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Build a working financial model of an assigned infrastructure transaction from a synthetic deal pack.
• Deliver an editable Excel workbook with live formulas, source references, and stated assumptions.
• Peer-review two anonymized models against criteria, with written rationale and a review scorecard.

Skills

Financial modeling

Peer review

Attention to detail

English fluency

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 infrastructure 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 (infrastructure, power & utilities, or real estate / TMT M&A) followed by 1–2 years in infrastructure private equity

• Currently or recently an Associate at an infrastructure-focused PE fund, or the infrastructure arm of a multi-strategy manager

• Exposure to digital infrastructure — data centres, fibre, or towers

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

• Fluent English

Logistics

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