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About the Role
Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab to engage experienced transaction advisory and valuation professionals. You'll translate real M&A, due diligence, and valuation work into structured, high-quality training data that teaches AI to reason the way deal teams do. M&A / transaction advisory · financial due diligence (quality of earnings) · business valuation · purchase accounting (ASC 805) support.
What You'll Do
Design realistic scenarios from your work - quality-of-earnings (QoE) analyses, working-capital and net-debt analyses, financial due-diligence findings, valuation models (DCF, comparable companies, precedent transactions), purchase price allocation (ASC 805), and deal / LBO models
Review and compare AI-generated advisory outputs for analytical accuracy, defensible assumptions, and sound professional judgment
Provide clear written feedback that improves how AI performs transaction and valuation tasks
Collaborate asynchronously with the research team
You're a Good Fit If You
Transaction advisory (Big 4 TAS / boutique) and/or corporate development, investment banking, or valuation background
CPA, and/or ASA / ABV / CFA a plus for valuation-leaning candidates
Hands-on ownership of QoE, valuation, or deal models
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
Independent contractor engagement, fully remote. Mercor pays weekly via Stripe or Wise.
Common Questions
Mercor has a reliability rating of very reliable based on the listings we track, with an onboarding time of 1-3 weeks (interview + assessment + trial). See our full Mercor review for the details behind that rating.
Applying takes you to Mercor's own website, where the application is completed. We are not a recruiter or employer and do not process applications directly - we may be recorded as the referring source.
$80-$120/h - Independent contractor engagement, fully remote. Mercor pays weekly via Stripe or Wise.
Design realistic scenarios from your work - quality-of-earnings (QoE) analyses, working-capital and net-debt analyses, financial due-diligence findings, valuation models (DCF, comparable companies, precedent transactions), purchase price allocation (ASC 805), and deal / LBO models Review and compare AI-generated advisory outputs for analytical accuracy, defensible assumptions, and sound professional judgment Provide clear written feedback that improves how AI performs transaction and valuation tasks
