Private Equity Associate – Real Estate (Us)
Mercor • Remote • Contractor • $100–$120 / hour
Posted on Thu, Sep 17, 2026
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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