KPMG Corporate Finance vs. Citigroup Back Office

Hey guys

Which one of these internships would be better for my resume (as someone who is looking to get an IBD role in the future).

I know that KPMG CF (I think its called T&R there) is the obvious choice because its so similar, but I have heard that the dealflow there is quite low (compared to PwC etc.) and that Citi is good for networking through.

Thoughts?

 
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I think the answer is KPMG regardless over back office, but if you have the exact name of the group and the country in question people can give you more info. The Big 4 have a lot of different advisory groups that are peripherally related to corporate finance with alphabet soup names, plus they all have small-scale "boutique" "investment banks" that do mostly fairness opinions and a little M&A advisory.

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needtodecide:
KPMG Corporate Finance is actually quite strong, I believe the strongest of the Big 4. It's their MM investment banking group, which is actually an very active in the MM market space. I think I remember seeing KPMG being top 5 for # of deals below 500MM in the US (check dealogic, I forget the exact rankings).

The reason the Big 4 corp fin groups appear high on these lists is because they do tons of fairness opinions for small transactions. They are not really the "advisers" on the deals for the most part.

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If this was for FT it would be KPMG, but for an internship it could be a tossup.

Are you a junior? If not, then consider going with BO. You have a very good chance of networking into a FO role, provided that the rest of your resume is up to par.

 

KPMG Corporate Finance is not the same as T&R. T&R is Transactions & Restructuring, which is essentially their transaction services arm. I think it is one thing to get KPMG Corporate Finance but another to get T&R.

 
demoz:
KPMG Corporate Finance is not the same as T&R. T&R is Transactions & Restructuring, which is essentially their transaction services arm. I think it is one thing to get KPMG Corporate Finance but another to get T&R.

Yeah just looked it up there.

Corporate Finance and Transaction Services are groups within T&R.

I guess Ill have to mention that I made a mistake in saying Transaction Services, and that I actually meant T&R; with a view to working within CF.

 

if the position was for KPMG Audit, I would take Citi.

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manbearpig:
^What do you mean your university made you take Citi?

Ya, I am a little confused by this as well. The only thing I can think of is maybe is university has some sort of feeder program with Citi.

Nevertheless, it sounds like he won't be getting paid if Citi can just get slave labor handed to them from the university.

You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake, son.
 

The Citi BO role was through the university's career office, whilst I got the KPMG role myself via email. The college has a policy whereby unless you inform them that you have signed a contract for an internship you sourced yourself, you MUST take the first firm which tells the career office that they want to hire you.

Good to see that they're looking out for the students rather than their institutional partnerships hahaha.

 
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The Citi BO role was through the university's career office, whilst I got the KPMG role myself via email. The college has a policy whereby unless you inform them that you have signed a contract for an internship you sourced yourself, you MUST take the first firm which tells the career office that they want to hire you.

Good to see that they're looking out for the students rather than their institutional partnerships hahaha.

wtf college is this? That sounds like horseshit.

Did you sign something saying you agree to that?

Regardless, if it is for KPMG audit, then you are coming out on top.

You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake, son.
 
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BulgeBracket:
The Citi BO role was through the university's career office, whilst I got the KPMG role myself via email. The college has a policy whereby unless you inform them that you have signed a contract for an internship you sourced yourself, you MUST take the first firm which tells the career office that they want to hire you.

Good to see that they're looking out for the students rather than their institutional partnerships hahaha.

wtf college is this? That sounds like horseshit.

Did you sign something saying you agree to that?

Regardless, if it is for KPMG audit, then you are coming out on top.

Its total horseshit, even if this position is better than KPMG, I wont have a chance to progress or accept offers for other applications I've spent a lot of time making for the last three months.

I didnt sign anything to that effect, but it isnt a Summer internship; its a placement during the semester required to pass the college year so unfortunately you have to listen to the cunts.

 
BulgeBracket:
The Citi BO role was through the university's career office, whilst I got the KPMG role myself via email. The college has a policy whereby unless you inform them that you have signed a contract for an internship you sourced yourself, you MUST take the first firm which tells the career office that they want to hire you.

Good to see that they're looking out for the students rather than their institutional partnerships hahaha.

Wow. Fuck them and burn that bridge if you have to. My career services office did not help me nearly as much as I helped myself, and I was at a target.
 
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BulgeBracket:
The Citi BO role was through the university's career office, whilst I got the KPMG role myself via email. The college has a policy whereby unless you inform them that you have signed a contract for an internship you sourced yourself, you MUST take the first firm which tells the career office that they want to hire you.

Good to see that they're looking out for the students rather than their institutional partnerships hahaha.

Sounds like you already know this, but my answer is - then fuck them and burn that bridge if you have to. My career services office did not help me nearly as much as I helped myself, and I was at a target.

I didn't even make an attempt to use my career services and I am more than fine. I don't need some dip-shit trying to tell me how to land a job when he is working in fucking career services at a university.

You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake, son.
 

What about Citi BO v.s. Scotiabank FO Trading Desk for future IBD opportunities?

I would also say S&T opportunities but Im doing a degree in Business so I kind of figured that that's out of the question because its not quant enough? So because of that I guess the Scotiabank internship could only just be something to bring up in a future IBD internship.

It sounds better, but would it beat Citi BO in this case when networking* is factored in?

(*The Citi office im going to doesnt do FO, so I would be looking to network with my colleagues links in different countries; most likely the US)

 
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What about Citi BO v.s. Scotiabank FO Trading Desk for future IBD opportunities?

I would also say S&T opportunities but Im doing a degree in Business so I kind of figured that that's out of the question because its not quant enough? So because of that I guess the Scotiabank internship could only just be something to bring up in a future IBD internship.

It sounds better, but would it beat Citi BO in this case when networking* is factored in?

(*The Citi office im going to doesnt do FO, so I would be looking to network with my colleagues links in different countries; most likely the US)

Is this a serious question? Dude, Scotia is the third biggest bank in Canada and they have a significant trading operation. If you have both offers, take Scotia no matter what...
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It's amazing how worthless some career centers can be. I'm obviously no expert on recruiting, but I know 10x more about it than anybody at my school's career center does about finance recruiting (granted, I am at a non-target). I had them take a look at my resume once, and the first thing they tried to correct was my lack of an objective statement. I'm not even bothering with them anymore

 
notaspammer:
It's amazing how worthless some career centers can be. I'm obviously no expert on recruiting, but I know 10x more about it than anybody at my school's career center does about finance recruiting (granted, I am at a non-target). I had them take a look at my resume once, and the first thing they tried to correct was my lack of an objective statement. I'm not even bothering with them anymore

Same with mine. Unfortunately, I may have to deal with mine in a futile attempt to get out of this if I feel that the Trading Desk at Scotiabank is better for my prospects.

 

I can't even tell you how many resumes I have chucked because they have an objective at the top.

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