Corporate Development / Strategic Finance Expert
Mercor • Remote • Posted 0 days ago
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$117.5/task
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About this Role
What you'll do
Mercor is partnering with leading AI labs to advance frontier agent evaluations in corporate finance. As a Corporate Development Expert, you'll build long-horizon transaction and strategy tasks that mirror the work you already do, each paired with a deterministic rubric that grades agent performance against verifiable ground truth. Tasks need to have checkable answers; no open-ended essays, no subjective judgment calls.
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What you'll do
M&A analysis
Diligence
Capital allocation
Who we're looking for
Compensation
What you'll do Mercor is partnering with leading AI labs to advance frontier agent evaluations in corporate finance. As a Corporate Development Expert, you'll build long-horizon transaction and strategy tasks that mirror the work you already do, each paired with a deterministic rubric that grades agent performance against verifiable ground truth. Tasks need to have checkable answers; no open-ended essays, no subjective judgment calls. Expect to build scenarios across: These scenarios will be challenging and take long sessions of focus. Who we're looking for Compensation $100–$135/hr depending on domain depth and prior experience. Strong contributors are promoted based on task quality and throughput. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.
- M&A analysis: comps tables with defined peer sets and metrics, DCFs where assumptions map to a target valuation range, LBO and merger models with specified returns
- Diligence: synergy build-ups tied to source data, CIM extractions against a ground-truth fact set
- Capital allocation: scenarios with specified IRRs, NPVs, and payback outputs
- BS or MS in Finance, Economics, or related; 3+ years in investment banking, private equity, corporate development, or strategic finance
- Expertise in one or more of the following: LBO/merger modeling, DCF valuation, comps and precedent analysis, synergy analysis, IC memo drafting
- Comfortable reading and producing transaction artifacts: models, teasers, CIMs, IC/board memos
- Clear written communication; can articulate reasoning step by step and encode it into deterministic rubrics
- Located in the United States or Canada
Requirements
- Must be eligible to work in Remote
- Fluent proficiency in English (Written & Verbal)
- Reliable high-speed internet connection
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
- Demonstrated expertise in Business
Compensation Analysis
Mercor is partnering with leading AI labs to advance frontier agent evaluations in corporate finance. As a Corporate Development Expert, you'll build long-horizon transaction and strategy tasks that mirror the work you already do, each paired with a deterministic rubric that grades agent performance against verifiable ground truth. Tasks need to ha
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