Remote M&A Analyst (Contract) - End-to-End Deals

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

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.