Private Equity Associate – Real Estate (US)
Posted 17 Sep 2026
$100–120/hr
ApplyWork
Remote · Contract · United States (remote)
Experience
2–4 years
Eligibility
USA
Field
Finance & accounting
Skills
Financial ModelingReal Estate Private EquityInvestment BankingReal Estate FinanceMicrosoft ExcelFinancial Model ReviewDeal Document AnalysisEnglish
About this role
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 real estate 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 (Real Estate or Industrials) followed by 1–2 years in private equity
- Currently or recently an Associate at a real-estate-focused mid-market or upper-mid-market PE fund
- Able to build a financial model from source documents, without a template
- Fluent English
Logistics
- Effort: ~20–25 hours over 1.5–2 weeks
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