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Strategic Finance Expert

Listed pay: $100 / hr

What the posting lists, in US dollars an hour, before anything Mercor deducts.

58 openings on this one listing.

How to apply
Platform
Mercor
Terms
Contract, part-time
Location
Remote, no country stated
Posted
· 1 month ago
Status
Open at the last check

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  1. The link opens this role on Mercor. Sign up and apply from there.
  2. Upload a resume, complete the assessments the role asks for and verify your work authorisation.
  3. An AI interview of about 20 minutes. Mercor says it usually takes 2 to 4 weeks to hear back.
  4. If Mercor hires you, you are paid weekly, on the Wednesday after each work week, via Stripe. Mercor says first payouts are held for 7 days.
  5. The work is paid by the hour, at the $100 this posting lists.
  6. Remote. The posting names no country, so we have not assumed one applies.

What the work is

About the work We're building a high-quality library of strategic finance work products. You'll complete self-contained exercises from mock files (market data, cost baselines, pricing schedules) and produce the deliverable for each, graded against a rubric.

What you'll do

  • Build business cases and investment appraisals with NPV, IRR and payback for a project, product, or make-versus-buy decision.

  • Produce capital allocation determinations ranking investments against hurdle rates with portfolio review.

  • Build scenario and sensitivity analyses of the corporate plan across demand, pricing and cost.

  • Analyze pricing and discount economics supporting price setting and deal desk approvals with margin impact.

  • Produce market sizing and competitive landscape analysis, cohort and unit economics, and cost baseline and savings analysis for a cost reduction program.

You're a fit if you have

  • 4+ years in strategic finance, corporate strategy, or corporate planning inside an operating company.

  • Ownership of a capital or pricing decision that went to a leadership forum.

Nice to have

  • Management consulting or Big 4 strategy background now in an operator seat; growth equity background now in-house; deal desk or pricing strategy experience.

Assessment A business case with NPV and IRR from mock project files; a pricing and margin recommendation; a capital allocation ranking.

Note: at some companies this seat reads as Corporate Planning or Business Analysis. Fund-side strategy roles are out of scope.

From the Mercor listing.