M&A Specialist - Valuation Expert

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: Corporate Development

Type: Contract

Compensation: $100/hour

Location: Remote

Role 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.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 4+ years in an in-house corporate development or M&A role at an operating company.
• Hands-on ownership of live transactions end to end, not support work.

Preferred

• Investment banking or private equity background before moving in-house; Big 4 transaction advisory or financial due diligence.

Assessment

• A merger model from a mock target file; a term sheet comparison; a board-ready recommendation memo.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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