[Hiring] Investment Banking Expert - M&A Specialist @Mercor

Role Description

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: Investment Banking Expert

Type: Contract

Compensation: $90–$100/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Construct enterprise investment banking scenarios for $1B+ M&A transactions, multi-stakeholder deal committees, and complex capital markets or regulatory review cycles.
• Build tasks across M&A advisory, equity and debt capital markets, leveraged finance, valuation and financial modeling, and pitch/deal execution.
• Develop deal execution scenarios using tools like Bloomberg, Capital IQ, FactSet, and enterprise financial modeling and deal-management platforms.
• Apply enterprise investment banking methodologies such as DCF, comparable company/precedent transaction analysis, LBO modeling, and fairness opinion standards to produce reference pitch books, valuation models, and executive/board-level deal narratives.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic investment banking judgment from generic textbook or interview-prep-level recall.

Qualifications

• 5+ years working in M&A advisory, capital markets, or leveraged finance at a bulge-bracket bank, elite boutique, or major financial institution (e.g., Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Evercore, Lazard).
• Direct ownership of F500-scale deal execution, capital raises, or advisory mandates.
• Fluency in investment banking tooling, valuation methodologies, and deal-process mechanics, plus understanding of how F500 board approvals, regulatory review (SEC, antitrust), and legal/due diligence processes work.

Requirements

• Prior rubric, financial-modeling curriculum, or pitch book/deal documentation authorship.

Application Process

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

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