Strategic Finance Expert - Analyst

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; GBP 89,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Strategic Finance Expert for a contract, remote role offering $100/hour. You will build business cases, conduct investment appraisals, and support pricing and capital allocation decisions.

The role requires 4+ years in strategic finance or corporate planning within an operating company, with experience leading pricing or deal desks.

You will analyze market sizing, unit economics, and cost savings initiatives as part of a cost optimization program.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in strategic finance, corporate strategy, or corporate planning inside an operating company.
• Ownership of a capital or pricing decision that went to a leadership forum.

Responsibilities

• Build business cases and investment appraisals with NPV, IRR, and payback for projects and decisions.
• Produce capital allocation determinations ranking investments against hurdle rates with portfolio review.
• Build scenario and sensitivity analyses of the corporate plan across demand, pricing, and cost.
• Analyze pricing and discount economics supporting price setting and deal desk approvals with margin impact.
• Produce market sizing and competitive landscape analysis, cohort and unit economics, and cost baseline and savings analysis for a cost reduction program.

Skills

4+ years in strategic finance

Capital pricing decision 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: Strategic Finance Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $100/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Build business cases and investment appraisals with NPV, IRR, and payback for projects and decisions.
• Produce capital allocation determinations ranking investments against hurdle rates with portfolio review.
• Build scenario and sensitivity analyses of the corporate plan across demand, pricing, and cost.
• Analyze pricing and discount economics supporting price setting and deal desk approvals with margin impact.
• Produce market sizing and competitive landscape analysis, cohort and unit economics, and cost baseline and savings analysis for a cost reduction program.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 4+ years in strategic finance, corporate strategy, or corporate planning inside an operating company.
• Ownership of a capital or pricing decision that went to a leadership forum.

Preferred

• Management consulting or Big 4 strategy background now in an operator seat.
• Growth equity background now in-house.
• Deal desk or pricing strategy experience.