Remote | Investment Banking Expert — $175–$300/hour
About The Position
This is a part-time, fully remote independent contractor consulting engagement supporting an advanced AI training and financial analysis project. The consultant will apply investment banking expertise to financial modelling, transaction analysis, company and industry research, valuation, comparable company analysis, target screening, and pitchbook-style materials. The work is intended to help AI systems learn rigorous financial reasoning, accurate modelling, and professional-quality transaction analysis. Prior AI experience is not required. The project scope, workload, timing, and duration may evolve based on project requirements. Work must be completed without using confidential or proprietary information belonging to any employer, client, institution, company, transaction party, or other third party. Compensation is $175–$300 per hour. The opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC, which connects experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities.
Requirements
- Experience as a former Senior Associate, preferably third-year, Vice President, or comparable investment banking professional.
- Background in an M&A team, industry-coverage group, established M&A boutique, or sector-focused advisory firm.
- Substantial hands-on exposure to live acquisition, sale, or other transaction processes.
- Strong track record producing high-quality analytical work and client-facing deliverables.
- Advanced Excel modelling skills, including troubleshooting, scenario analysis, and sensitivity analysis.
- Direct experience with company and industry research, target screening, comparable company analysis, and pitchbook preparation.
- Strong understanding of valuation methodologies, accounting treatments, transaction adjustments, and deal sensitivities.
- Proven ability to produce and review materials to senior-banker or client standards.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong analytical judgment, problem-solving ability, and attention to detail.
- Ability to identify and clearly explain quantitative inaccuracies, strategic weaknesses, and unsupported assumptions.
- Must not use confidential or proprietary information belonging to an employer, client, institution, company, transaction party, or other third party.
Responsibilities
- Build, update, review, and troubleshoot detailed Excel-based financial and transaction models.
- Apply appropriate valuation methodologies to acquisition, sale, and strategic transaction scenarios.
- Analyze how assumptions, sensitivities, and accounting treatments affect model outputs.
- Review financial models for methodological accuracy, logical consistency, and numerical integrity, and identify and correct errors.
- Conduct company and industry research to support transaction and strategic analysis.
- Perform buyer screening, target screening, comparable company analysis, and related research workflows.
- Evaluate industry dynamics, company positioning, transaction context, and relevant market information, and connect research findings to valuation, transaction rationale, and strategic conclusions.
- Use professional judgment to interpret incomplete, ambiguous, or conflicting financial information.
- Perform and review comparable company analysis and other relevant valuation methodologies.
- Evaluate valuation adjustments, transaction sensitivities, and accounting considerations, tracing how assumptions and inputs affect financial and strategic outcomes.
- Analyze sample transaction materials for numerical inaccuracies, weak logic, or unsupported conclusions and provide clear, actionable feedback.
- Prepare and edit materials comparable to investment banking presentations, pitchbooks, and client deliverables.
- Structure transaction narratives and strategic rationale clearly and professionally.
- Review presentation materials against senior-banker and client-quality standards.
- Ensure analytical conclusions are accurately communicated and supported by appropriate evidence.
- Explain complex financial and transaction concepts clearly to specialist and broader professional audiences.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
