Private Equity Associate – Consumer & Leisure (France/Europe)
Mercor
- Work arrangement & location
- Remote · Current location: 10 countries
- Engagement
- hourly
Location and residence requirements
- Current location
- Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Employer’s location wording: France / Europe (remote)
- Finance
- Accounting Finance
Employer description and requirements
Mercor is hiring experienced private equity associates to build a financial model from a synthetic deal document pack, then peer-review models built by two other contractors on the same transaction.
What you'll do
- Build a working financial model of an assigned consumer / leisure transaction from a synthetic deal document pack
- Deliver an editable Excel workbook with live formulas, source references, and stated assumptions
- Peer-review two anonymized models from other contractors against a fixed set of criteria, with a short written rationale for each and a completed review scorecard
Requirements
- 2–4 years total experience: ~2 years investment banking (Consumer / Retail or generalist M&A — ideally Paris, London, or elsewhere in Europe) followed by 1–2 years in mid-market or large-cap private equity
- Currently or recently an Associate at a mid-market or large-cap PE fund with a consumer / leisure / multi-site services focus (fitness clubs, owned vs. franchise, multi-site roll-ups); a Paris office or French deal experience is preferred
- Able to build a financial model from source documents, without a template
- English-speaking
Logistics
- Effort: ~20–25 hours over 1.5–2 weeks