Consulting Expert

$95/hr

rate as listed

Workload: ~15h/week
Engagement: Project-based
Location: Worldwide
Field: Generalist

Create and evaluate decision-grade consulting deliverables for realistic strategy, transaction, and integration engagements. The work combines financial modeling, source synthesis, structured recommendations, and review of expert-level outputs.

The work

You will own realistic consulting engagements from diagnosis through recommendation. Assignments may include M&A and investment cases, EBITDA normalization, valuation, acquisition-debt structuring, covenant and sensitivity analysis, post-merger integration planning, operating pro formas, and strategic or operational recommendations. Deliverables include client-ready models, concise memos, and recommendations that state assumptions, risks, and conditions explicitly.

Source and evaluation work

Inputs may include data rooms, diligence reports, stakeholder memos, and conflicting guidance. You will need to distinguish current and credible evidence from stale information or distractors, reconcile inconsistencies, and show how the evidence supports the conclusion. Some tasks involve producing the work directly, while others involve grading whether an AI-generated analysis is financially sound, internally consistent, and useful to a decision-maker.

Screening focus

Mercor is likely to test for verifiable consulting or corporate-development experience, independent engagement ownership, advanced financial modeling, and judgment under ambiguity. Expect follow-up questions about specific assumptions, model mechanics, source conflicts, and how your recommendation changed when evidence or constraints changed.

Logistics

This is a remote contract with flexible hours. The listing does not specify a typical weekly commitment or explicitly state that the workflow is asynchronous. Observed compensation from the listing, not a guarantee:

Pay band: $95/hr

What they look for

4+ years in consulting, advisory, corporate strategy, PMI and operations consulting, boutique advisory, or equivalent in-house corporate development
Independent ownership of engagements from problem diagnosis through defensible recommendation
Advanced LBO, 3-statement, and pro forma financial modeling
M&A, investment analysis, valuation, debt structuring, and covenant analysis
Post-merger integration planning, including synergy phasing and one-time costs
Executive-quality memo writing and synthesis of conflicting source material

Included with this listing

Interview prep — 10 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: This tests whether your experience meets the stated tenure and background requirements and whether your claimed responsibilities can withstand factual follow-up.
A strong answer: Give a chronological account with specific dates, functions, representative engagements, and progression from supporting analysis to owning workstreams or full engagements. Separate what you personally produced or decided from the broader team outcome.
Where people lose it: Candidates lose points by naming prestigious employers and transaction values without clarifying their own role, dates, deliverables, or decision authority.

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What you'll need

4+ years in consulting, advisory, corporate strategy, PMI and operations consulting, boutique advisory, or equivalent in-house corporate development

Independent ownership of engagements from problem diagnosis through defensible recommendation

Advanced LBO, 3-statement, and pro forma financial modeling