UK-based VP / Investment Associate

About this role

**1\. Role Overview** Mercor is partnering with a leading AI research organization to engage an experienced investment professional. You will take primary ownership of private-company valuation work, support broader portfolio analysis, and translate complex financial analysis into clear, decision-ready presentation materials. **2\. Key Responsibilities** - Lead the valuation of a private company using appropriate financial and market-based methodologies. - Build, review, and refine detailed Excel valuation models. - Analyze company performance, financial projections, capital structure, comparable companies, and relevant transaction data. - Assess key assumptions, sensitivities, valuation ranges, and investment risks. - Review investment policy documentation and identify relevant gaps, inconsistencies, or areas for improvement. - Support broader portfolio analysis across public and private investments. - Conduct market-data research and maintain a clear record of sources and assumptions. - Convert analytical findings into concise, senior-level presentation materials. - Prepare simplified trade and investment documentation as required. - Ensure that financial models, conclusions, and presentation outputs are internally consistent and decision-ready. - Incorporate structured feedback from senior reviewers and iterate quickly on the work. **3\. Ideal Qualifications** - Approximately 5–7 years of professional experience in Investment Banking, Private Equity, a Family Office, or investment management. - Strong experience with private-company valuation, financial modeling, investment analysis, and transaction-related work. - Advanced proficiency in Excel and the ability to build robust, auditable financial models. - Experience preparing investment committee materials, board presentations, transaction presentations, or comparable senior-level deliverables. - Strong understanding of valuation methodologies, including comparable-company analysis, precedent transactions, and discounted cash-flow analysis. - Comfortable working with market-data exports, financial statements, portfolio information, and imperfect datasets. - Experience analyzing investment policies or institutional portfolio guidelines is beneficial. - An MBA, specialized finance master's degree, or CFA qualification is preferred but not required. - Exceptionally strong written communication and attention to detail. - Comfortable having analytical judgments reviewed and calibrated against those of other experienced investment professionals. - Prior experience with AI evaluation, financial assessments, or human-data projects is a plus. **4\. Application Process** - Submit your resume or relevant professional background to get started. - Complete a financial modelling assessment as part of your application.

Eligible applicant countries

This role accepts applicants from:

• GBR

Skills & domains

• ai-training
• rlhf
• sme
• annotation
• Finance