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Strategic Finance Expert

Global Task-based Posted 1 Aug 2026

$1K/hour

About this role

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.

Skills

Strategic FinanceScenario ModelingBusiness Partnering

Sourced from Mercor · original listing · application link last checked 4 Aug 2026

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