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Mercor is an AI data company that organizes human intelligence to power the AI economy. The company operates a platform where millions of domain experts train frontier AI models, and is expanding into enterprise solutions for Fortune 500 companies. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion, headquartered in San Francisco with offices in NYC and London.
You will join Mercor's Finance team as a Corporate Finance Senior/Associate, sitting at the intersection of the company's core business, new strategic initiatives, M&A, and capital markets. This is a highly analytical, cross-functional role with significant autonomy and direct exposure to leadership.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning and continuously developing Mercor's central corporate financial model, including forecasts and scenario analysis
- Driving company-wide forecasting and budgeting in partnership with Finance, Business Operations, and business leaders
- Understanding key operating drivers and unit economics, translating them into financial outcomes to improve decision-making
- Supporting capital markets and financing initiatives, including external relationships and transaction execution
- Supporting M&A and strategic transactions from evaluation through execution, including independent analysis and cross-functional coordination
- Evaluating investments and capital allocation decisions, providing clear recommendations to executive leadership
- Taking ownership of ambiguous, cross-functional projects with autonomy
You will work in-person five days per week at the San Francisco headquarters.
Requirements:
- 3–6 years of finance experience
- Investment banking experience strongly preferred, particularly combined with private equity, investing, strategic finance, or high-growth startup experience
- Exceptional financial modeling capabilities; ability to independently build detailed, structurally sound models from the ground up
- High agency, resourcefulness, and intellectual curiosity; self-starter who can drive loosely defined objectives forward independently
- Strong strategic judgment; ability to step back from details and focus analysis on decisions that matter most
- Strong understanding of financing structures, capital allocation, and how financial decisions affect the broader business
- Exceptional project management, cross-functional, and communication skills; ability to manage complex workstreams, coordinate across stakeholders, present to executive leadership, and drive projects from conception through execution
