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Help with choosing first rotation in FLDP
Hello Everyone, My company (F500 Chemical Company) has started the placement process for all of the people in this year's FLD cohort, and I'm having trouble trying to decide what my first rotation should be. There are currently 8 roles the company is offering. All of these roles are either in a SBU...
Dell FP&A vs. KPMG FDD
Help me to make a decision for entry full time position. Below is my profile! About me: • final year of MSc in non-target school in Central&Eastern Europe • did 2 internships at big4 companies: 3mos in Audit, 9mos in Financial Due Diligence/M&A/Valuations • long-term goal: career in corporate...
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Any thoughts on "Fractional CFO's"?
Seems like I've been seeing this more and more recently - interim CFO at my company has done it, and seen it on Twitter a bit. Wondering if anyone here has done this or plans on doing this in the future? What are your thoughts on this? Would like to hear what you think about this as your career, but...
Early Career IB vs. Early Career Tech
Hi everyone, after reading a lot of discussion posts comparing IB to Mega-cap tech I wanted to start a similar conversation but through the lens of someone early in their career. Both career paths have high compensation ceilings and both are pretty selective compared to other industries. Almost...
Dual threat (Low GPA, no internship experience) Dec ‘22 grad looking for advice to avoid working for Northwestern Mutual or Vector Marketing
Hello bored analysts! So as the title says im graduating in a couple of months with no relevant experience and a low GPA. I do, however, have a rough long term plan. The Plan: Get some decent paying finance job for several years in order to save up for a quality MSF. Hopefully then get a role in the...
Please roast my resume
Hello, I am currently an uni student in a program where the bachelor's and master's are combined. I am working part-time as an Audit Associate at a Big 4 firm (not an internship). I hope to get a FP&A job after graduation, perhaps through a FLDP. I would really appreciate all and any feedback! Thank...
Finance Rotational Programs - Solid IB Backup Plan?
Looking for some insight on F500 corporate finance rotational programs. I go to a NESCAC (northeast liberal arts) school that doesn't have a finance/accounting program. I'm studying Econ, which is obviously different, and looking to recruit for IB in the next 12 months. Although our school places...
Finance Rotational Programs - Solid IB Backup Plan?
Looking for some insight on finance rotational programs for undergrads. I go to a NESCAC school (northeast liberal arts) which has no finance program. I'm studying Econ, which is obviously different, and looking to recruit for IB in the year ahead. Our school places reasonably well in IB for what it...
JPM VP Offer
Considering a VP offer - JPM Planning & Analysis - 150K base, 20K average bonus; consolidates forecast, reporting, budget planning for Corp & Investment Bank; fields ad hoc exec requests. Coming from GSE FP&A in DC as a lead associate (level just below manager); 4 years' corporate finance...
Please Roast My Resumé, Student Trying To Break Into FP&A
Hello, Currently in my second year of university trying to get into FP&A after graduation and working part-time as an Audit Associate at a Big 4 firm.
Please Roast My Resumé, Student Trying To Break Into FP&A
Hello, I am a student in my second year out of 4 years. I am in a regional target school but not a national one. Trying to gather as much relevant experience as possible at the moment, mainly interested in FP&A. I would really appreciate any and all feedback. Have a great day.
Please Roast My Resumé, Student Trying To Break Into FP&A
Hello, I am a student in my second year out of 4 years. I am in a regional target school but not a national one. Trying to gather as much relevant experience as possible at the moment, mainly interested in FP&A. I would really appriciate any and all feedback!
Asset Based Lending Exit Opps
I was offered a role for an abl development program and was wondering what are potential exit opps? The type of loan I would be working on are also in a specific area, so I’m worried it might pigeonhole me. Since it’s a more nicher area would I be able to get the necessary technical/quantitative...
Niche Commercial Lending Analyst w/ Questions About FP&A
I currently work in as a financial analyst in a third party lending company (we handle all aspects of the loan process and servicing) in a niche market. I have been here for about 3 years now. I've gotten great experience as we are client facing, handling underwriting and directly working with...
Please Roast My Resume, Student Trying To Break Into FP&A
Hello, I am a student in my second out of four years of uni. I am in a regional target school but not a national one. Trying to gather as much relevant experience as possible at the moment, mainly interested in FP&A. I would really appreciate any and all feedback!
Please Roast My Resumé, Student Trying To Break Into FP&A
Hello, I am a student in my second year out of 4 years. I am in a regional target school but not a national one. Trying to gather as much relevant experience as possible at the moment, mainly interested in FP&A. I would really appreciate any and all feedback!
Please Roast My Resumé, Student Trying To Break Into FP&A
Hello, I am a student in my second year out of 4 years. I am in a regional target school but not a national one. Trying to gather as much relevant experience as possible at the moment, mainly interested in FP&A. I would really appreciate any and all feedback!
FP&A and Finance Analysts Holiday Season Hours, Busy Seasons & Work-Life Balance Question.
Do FP&A and Finance Analysts (Analysts, Sr Analysts, Managers), usually have busy seasons (due do Budget season/ annual plan season) during the holiday periods (Thanksgiving and Christmas). Like working 50- 60 hours during that time. Would it be possible to take a week off for Thanksgiving and 2...
New FP&A software
Hi Folks, I spent 6 years in FP&A my last job is a senior manager at a unicorn. I used a bunch of different FP&A software in the past (host analytics, anaplan, adaptive insights) and I found those are expensive to use and complicated to implement/use. I worked with my friends in the past year to...
FP&A, strategic finance career path
Question for the group - as I'm thinking about career path, I have 1 year in IB (BB), 1 year in FP&A/strategic finance (yes, that's what the dep't was called - we covered everything except accounting which was covered by separate team - so we did all capital raises, m&a, modeling for new business...
FP&A to Debt Capital Market Possible?
Hello guys, first time posting on this forum. I'm currently a first year FP&A analyst at a tech start up and am actively looking to transition out of FP&A as I found my day to day work to be quite boring and repetitive. I do want to be in a revenue generating/ front office role. After reading...
FP&A Analyst in retail vs medical device
Hi all, Any advice please. Sorry if it appears duplicated, I couldn't seem to edit the content but just write new one. I am wondering which of the below 2 FP&A Analyst opportunities (in Australia) would better prepare me for a future executive role. A national retailer with revenue $570m, PE backed....
Switched
I've been in banking (Treasury/debt/capital issuance) for about 4/5yrs and few months ago i made a switch into Tech FP&A. Last year i was so convinced that i wanted to go into tech, but now im wondering whether i was just excited by how cool it sounded/pay. Having done this fp&a role for a few...
Financial Analyst in FP&A vs. Data Analyst in Compliance
I currently have 2 offers: FP&A (Financial Analyst) and Compliance (Data Analyst) I have a genuine interest in FP&A. I began my career in Equity Research but I absolutely hated having to cover multiple companies. However, I like thinking about an individual business and industry research. I also am...
Portco VP Finance Equity Comp Expectations
Long time lurker here, hoping to tap into your collective wisdom. I'm specifically looking for guidance from those with specific experience in a similar situation, rather than speculation. I'm about to receive an offer for a VP Finance role at a ~$150M PE portfolio company. It's owned by a highly...
Offer Decision to Make - Sr Corp Treasury Analyst ft. Capital Market vs FP&A Manager
Hello Everyone, I recently got to offers for my next career move. One is a Sr Treasury Analyst position at North America HQ of a Global Fortune 100 company and the other one is internal promotion (French company, F500) . I am struggling making decision as both position has pros and cons. I am going...
Sr. FP&A Analyst - what are my opts?
Hi fellow Monkeys! I am a non-target Latam university (yikes!) Sr. FPA analyst at a +$100m law firm in Florida looking for advice on next career moves. I am having a really hard time bumping to the FPA Manager position or moving to another corp fin role (obviously). A Sr VP from a mid size asset...
Future Finance Roles
Hi all! I read WSO posts every so often but this is my first post. I would like other people' opinion regarding the future of finance profession. Firstly let me intorduce myself. I am based in Greece, I am 28 years old and I have bachelor in Business Administration and Master in Finance. I have...
Finance & Strategy Roles - What does this actually mean?
Hey All - curious if people on this forum have any insight on what "Finance & Strategy" roles actually entail? This title seems increasingly prevalent at growing technology companies for younger professionals looking to join a finance team internally within a company after exiting from private...
Career advice | deals vs FPnA
Hi there, I am a 3rd year consultant in big4 deal advisory in Central Asia. Now I have an opportunity to get an FPnA analyst role in a large private manufacturing company. The thing holding me in deal advisory is large privatization programs being planned by the government. What do you think is it...
IB SA ---> Corp Dev/FP&A/Treasury Rotational Program
Hey monkeys - Past IB SA and REPE Intern here. Just made the move to a rotational program next year and wondering what to expect out of rotations within corp dev, fp&a, and treasury? Background: rotational program with one of Canada's largest companies (spans diversified, O&G, consumer products)..
Fund Accounting vs FP&A
Hi, I am currently looking to exit Big 4 Audit and have the following two opportunities: Finance Manager at Top VC firm (in-charge for reviewing all accounting work prepared by out-sourced accountants. basically operations and reviewing work here along with work with auditor requests). Senior FP&A...
FP&A for a Private Equity Firm, what to expect?
I’m currently in FPA for a large tech company in silicon valley. Was approached by recruiting team from a PE firm (not a PE backed company, but the PE firm itself) nearby for a manager role in their growing FPA team. Im familiar with how FPA works in a publicly traded company, but what are some...
Transition to a FP&A role from business analyst/data science role
Hi all, I am a business analyst with three years of experience in SQL,EXCEL,R and python. I am applying for an MBA this fall for the batch starting next fall. My post Mba goal is to work in corporate finance in a FP&A role. I come from a quantitative heavy background of engineering and have a...
From Finance to Brand Management?
My background: I started my career in a well known tech company in a Central FP&A team supporting the group's CFO by helping him prep for Board meetings, quarterly earnings calls, strategy sessions, etc. A lot of fancy decks/presentations and high-level financial analysis. My favorite aspect of that...
FP&A to Banking chances? (Corporate, commercial, investment firms)
Hi. This is a rising senior who at a top 25 college with a 3.3 GPA (yea very low..) I'll be interning at FP&A team for an IT company. Although I'll be doing FP&A, I have very big aspirations of doing more finane related tasks in financial institutions such as corporate bankings or Big 4 advisory....
Pigeonholed in Asset Based Lending
Hi All, I'm an ABL Risk Manager . I work in a mid sized bank at a back office so I do not have a sales goal. I feel grateful for the low stress, decent salary (100K + all in) but I feel pigeonholed and can't seem to get a lateral or even downgrade move. My concern has always been the lack of...
Part of FP&A team establishment - Advice appreciated
Good afternoon and happy Friday. This is a first time post as I have been a long time stalker on this site since my freshman year of college. I am very grateful and credit everyone on WSO for being a major factor in developing a passion for finance. A little background about me. Graduated in May...
FP&A Modeling Test
Hello WSO Family, I have a last round interview with two high up individuals next week at a SaaS company in Dallas and they are asking me for a one-hour modeling test. I am not sure what to expect. The position would be part of the FP&A/Strategy division at a fast-paced company. What to expect? Not...
What are some job titles under the umbrella of FP&A?
I am very interested in working in FP&A at a corporation, but it seems some companies don't clearly list a job as FP&A. For example, one job I found is "Project Controls Analyst", with such job functions as " Assist in the performance of the Cost Estimating and Pricing functions", and "Perform...
Moving to Restructuring Advisory?
Hi, I am a former auditor with my CPA . Like most of us, I got sick and tired of that after a few years and ran towards FP&A where I'm currently an analyst for a public company. In my few months here, the job is pretty mixed but way better than the auditing. I like that I get to do more strategic...
Forensics --> Valuations --> Corporate Finance?
I wanted to get people's opinions on potential career progression. I'm currently an associate at a Big4 in the forensics practice. I really love some of the work, but at the same time hate some of the work (compliance, look backs, etc.). I'm considering making a switch (ideally) to TAS - Valuations...
List of Recruiting Firms and your experiences with them?
Hello WSO community, I’m switching jobs and would really appreciate any insight on: 1) any recruiting firms 2) how do they operate. For example, I know that they have certain quotas to meet and have interests of their own to pursue collecting data and so on (there’s absolutely nothing wrong with...
Networking from Corporate Finance to IB
Hi all, I know this is an uphill battle, but I'd appreciate any advice on how to position my emails and anything else I could be doing to improve my chances of getting to interview for an IB position. Thanks for your input.
[cross-post] Corporate Development - worth the paycut / lateral salary move (london)?
[reposting from CF forum for more visibility/appropriatness] Hi guys Exploring Corporate Development opportunities. Some roles that recruiters have approached me with from SMEs / several hundred m turnover companies are on 55-60k. Is it worth taking such a side ways / back wards step salary wise? I...
Contractor - Trying to get into a FTE role / looking for advice
Hi All, I'm a long time lurker here. I'm 10 years experienced - all in the O&G industry, primarily in Accounting/Corp Finance/Business Analytics: * 4 Years - Management Accounting/FP&A with minor Treasury duties at a medium-sized, multi-national service company. Promoted twice. * 4 Years - Joint...
Need guidance on career path - FP&A - IB?
I cleared my CPA (took a fair bit of time), interned for 3 years at a mid-size firm. Did audits there. Wanted to get into an IB . Areas of interest are capital raising, valuations, forecasting, DD, M&A , fund raising, analyst roles at PEs / VCs , Transaction Advisory, Deal Advisory and other similar...
FP&A vs startup valuation firm
I am in a bit of a weird situation. I started with an "M&A advisory" firm that is relatively new. The deal flow is pretty small but the work that I did was fun, I really enjoy valuation work. I was just offered an FP&A role in a new department for a F500 bank and during the interview I asked them if...
CFO Services / Outsourced CFO Career Path?
This was something I've been wondering about for a while and I don't think I've seen a related topic on this yet. Does anyone have experience with working for an outsourced CFO services firm? I see them used often for early stage companies and it seems pretty interesting. Sometimes they even end up...
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