+21 WSO Hall of Fame: Corporate Finance, Development and Strategy Forum 2 3y
+18 Is corporate banking underrated or do I lack ambition? 5 3m
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+14 Strategic Finance Comp Thread 13 17h
+27 Compensation: Corp Development roles Vs FP&A/Accounting roles 12 1d
+48 CorpDev Compensation 2023 35 2d
+1 No internships 2 2d
+17 Citi Asset Based Finance 5 3d
+3 Can Corporates have multiple venture teams? 1 1w
0 Interesting Anecdotes for Finance career! (International student) 1 1w
+16 Corp Strategy / Chief of Staff Path / Exits 7 1w
+12 Corp Dev Internship at a REIT? 1 1w
+5 Corporate banking industry 5 1w
+1 Transaction Bonuses and Other Forms of Comp 3 1w
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+47 Looking to break into strategic finance 15 1w
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+74 Q&A: Corp Dev (F500) with a non-traditional background and b school 31 2w
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+16 Corp Dev Case Assignment 6 2w
+7 CFA for Corp Dev 1 2w
0 Financial Lines? 1 2w
+18 Does anyone have any CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software recommendations for Corporate Development 8 2w
+23 Corp Fin/Dev/Strat Compensation 2023/2024 20 2w
+26 Corp dev tiers/difference in tiers 8 2w
+16 Northwestern Mutual 14 2w
+3 Sun Life Corporate Development Analyst/Senior Analyst 0 2w
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+11 Price return on share buyback 2 2w
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0 Thoughts on Overemployment? 1 3w
+18 Corporate Banking or Strategy Consulting for Internship? 6 3w
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+56 Corp Dev Salary Increase? 11 3w
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+19 Senior Level Corp Dev 4 3w
+9 Capital One Commercial Rotation Program Pay 1 4w
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+8 Exit options? - 8 years of experience in finance and corp dev 4 1mo
+14 Is it the role, or is it me? 4 1mo
+31 Anyone move from IB to CorpDev as an Aso? What are some considerations to keep in mind? 9 1mo
+6 PC to Corp Dev? 3 1mo
+9 I have an IB interview coming up where I will have a surprise case study. Can anyone please share what has come up for them in the past? 2 1mo
+29 Becoming Comfortable with a 45% Pay Cut 8 1mo
+6 Should I take a pay cut to go for a role I am excited for? 3 1mo
0 Debt Financing vs. Equity Financing for International Expansion 2 1mo
0 Bulge Bracket Middle Office - Good Way to Break into Banking? 1 1mo
+81 9+ months of unemployment and feeling cursed… 25 1mo
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0 JPMC Business Manager - Associate TC? 1 1mo
+33 Corp Dev job search at Sr. Mgr. / Director level 15 1mo
0 Advice: BNP Paribas Corporate Coverage Internship (In EU, outside France) 0 1mo
+7 Corporate Finance Task 2 1mo
+85 Corp Dev and Strat salaries 134 1mo
0 What non-IB jobs focus on mainly on modelling and DCF? 1 1mo
0 How to calculate cost of equity breakdown? 1 1mo
0 Moody's 2024 1 1mo
0 Capital One Business Analyst Project Types 1 1mo
+9 Financial Management for Donor Funded Projects Course 0 1mo
+4 Acquisitive CorpDev Teams 4 1mo
+6 FT Analyst pay listed as hourly rate ? 1 1mo
0 What is Corporate Finance at a Big 4 like? 1 1mo
+7 Breaking into M&A/ Buy side Analysis 1 1mo
+9 Corporate Finance/Treasury Value-add Functions? 1 1mo
+3 Corp Dev Analyst Interview Guide 1 1mo
+17 Being anxious about upcoming promotion 6 1mo
0 AM -> FP&A/Financial Analyst 1 1mo
+3 Path to CFO 2 1mo
0 Corporate Finance vs Investment Management 1 1mo
+1 Break into CD role down the road w/o IB experience? 2 1mo
0 Chief Operating Office - Chief of Staff of Shared Services Intern 1 2mo
+13 Reasonable comp expectation? Strategy director @ HC company 2 2mo
+3 Summer internship at Marsh McLennan 1 2mo
0 Does your company provide a WFH setup? 1 2mo
+8 Advice on first summer analyst role 4 2mo
+24 Moving from CorpDev to FP&A? 7 2mo
+9 First year analyst sugar coating? 1 2mo
+15 Typical Corp Dev Role? 3 2mo
+15 Help with choosing first rotation in FLDP 3 2mo
+12 How important is brand when fundraising? 5 2mo
+22 Considering posting on Linkedin about looking for a new role… 7 2mo
+38 How many people are on your deal teams? 18 2mo
+6 corporate development associate interview 3 2mo
0 Best Finance Book? 1 2mo
+91 Remember Why You Started - Retiring Early 10 2mo
+35 Leaving a market leader for more comp 8 3mo
+4 Corp dev interview 3 3mo
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+17 VP of Finance Negotiation 4 3mo
+16 Accounting intern to FLDP 4 3mo
+12 How do I break into corp development? 2 3mo
+10 FP&A Career Question 2 3mo
0 Silver Lake's Endeavor Takeover w/ planned sell off ( via Bloomberg) - any speculation/thoughts on which parts of business will be sold? 1 3mo
+1 Should I move from a fintech's Strategy team? 1 3mo
+22 Project Finance -> Exit Opportunities 9 3mo
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0 Malta salaries 0 3mo
+23 Interviewing for a 2 person team? 6 3mo

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