Hello everyone,
I am currently finishing my bachelors and I am thinking whether to accept or not a position in the M&A team at Deloitte.
I know that Deloitte has a nice brand and all, but:
- Is M&A at Deloitte valued as much and BB investment banking at MBA business schools">M7 business schools?
- Can I compensate this job position with a high GMAT?
Thanks!
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hsw will be very tough from Deloitte assuming youre not a urm. lower m7 is doable with solid stats. i disagree with GSE though, id take any banking role over the Deloitte role.
I recently read an article on P&Q citing Deloitte as one of the top 5 feeder companies to HBS along with M/B/B and Booz. There's probably a disconnect and I'm missing something but I figure I may as well post it anyway.
Hello everyone and thank you for your answers. I do not havê that BB offer, but I also havê the possibility to pursue a masters degree and then apply to BB (I'm from Europe). Do you really think that Deloitte M&A to BB M&A is possible without the MBA?
I think WSO needs to have a Europe or USA icon by your name because people keep starting forums and the location completely changes the answer. From my limited knowledge of European banking, I know that some of the big consulting firms here compete with banks in Europe in advisory. Granted, it is definitely better to be at a BB, but doing M&A at Deloitte in Europe is not the same thing as doing M&A at Deloitte in America (If they even have it, I think they call it valuation).
Hello everyone and thank you for your answers. I do not havê that BB offer, but I also havê the possibility to pursue a masters degree and then apply to BB (I'm from Europe). Do you really think that Deloitte M&A to BB M&A is possible without the MBA?
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Agree. In many cases anecdote makes no sense after simple data analysis: Wharton's 2015 class has 20% or 171 ex-consultants. It is hard to image they are all from MBB.
The problem of Deloitte is they have more employee than MBB so you really need to distinguish yourself.
Not really sure why you think there is a disconnect.
I'm at M7 now and there are a ton of Deloitte people here but nearly everyone is from Deloitte Consulting (Strategy & Ops consulting). (Not the tax, auditing, advisory practices).
FYI I'm pretty sure that Deloitte Europe M&A is different from Deloitte US M&A practice.
Oh sorry I just meant it as a disclaimer that I may not completely understand the implications of what I was posting (i.e. advisory vs consulting). Didn't mean to imply that the article I read was incorrect
There's a TON of Deloitte people at Kellogg and M7 in general ( plenty at Harvard too contrary to what this site thinks). That said almost everyone is from Deloitte Consulting not Deloitte advisory. That said, you pretty easily make the move from M&A advisory to BB if you want, it's pretty common (although probably not a top group).
Deloitte's U.S. M&A branch falls within the corporate finance arm of FAS. The people that work in that group have pretty impressive backgrounds (a few UPenn grads).
I don't understand the OP's dilemma. The choice between Deloitte's M&A branch and BB IBD is nonexistent, in the OP's case. Is BB IBD more impressive than Big 4 M&A in advisory? Sure, and working at a megafund would trump working in IB. It seems that the obvious choice for the OP is to take the job at Deloitte and see if he can transition into IB --> M7 MBA.
I know that in Europe Deloitte competes with IB in M&A and valuation. There is just a difference in the IPOs. I am also consedering continue my studies and pursue a MiF in a top European BS. There I could get some relevant internship and pursue an IB position. What do you guys think?
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