2022 Corp Fin Comp Megathread
Curious to see comp across corporate finance roles.
Reading the IB bonus thread has me feeling bad about myself so let’s get something going here.
Job: Corporate Strategy
Experience: 2nd year associate, 4.5 years total exp
Industry: Bank (major BB)
Base: 105k
Bonus: ~20k
Hours: ~70 hours/week
City: NYC
Maybe worth adding city tier too.
Added.
Job: FLDP (post-MBA)
Experience: 1st year Associate, 5 YOE pre-MBA
Industry: Financial Services
Base: 125k
Bonus: ~20%-25% (full year)
Hours: ~45-55 hours/week
City: NYC
Is your bonus made up of a % stock comp?
No.
Job: Corporate Strategy
Experience: 1st year analyst - haven’t started yet
80k base
20k signing bonus
EOY bonus, don’t yet know how much
Industry: Media
Hours: haven’t started yet so don’t know
City: tbh don’t know what tier it is - not tier 1 tho
Job: Corporate Finance
Experience: AVP, >7 years exp (accounting background)
Industry: Alternative Investments (PE, various debt, RE, etc)
Base: $170k
Bonus: ~$60k
Hours: less than 40 hrs/wk
City: NYC/LA/SF
Hours?
Edited
Job - Corp Strat Sr
Experience - 3.5 Years, FLDP Grad, MBA in progress (part time)
Industry - Defense
Base - $125k
Bonus - $15-20k
Hours - 40-45
City - Tier 2/3ish (DC, Philly, Dallas)
Job: Business Analyst - esque role in consumer/commercial banking.
Experience: 1.5 YOE
Base: $130k -> $142.5k
Bonus: $20k (15% target for 2022)
Hours: 40s
City: MCOL T2 (fully remote with a local office, however)
Wow. 1.5 years total experience? How big is the bank you work for?
Curious as well. That is extremely good comp for ~40 hours/week less than 2 years out of undergrad.
I work for a large (national level) consumer/commercial/retail bank. I started out of college in a very small/specialized (non-IB) BB analyst program, and then left at 13mo to join a later stage startup looking to hire sometime from my team with my skillset/experience (analytics &product strategy focused). I received a big title and comp boost when I did so (95k target to 150k target). My startup was then very shortly after acquired by my current firm, and that is how I ended up at ~165k for 2022.
My role is essentially to be the business analyst (albeit I am leveled as a manager) for a core BU function.This is not a role that is readily available and I absolutely lucked into my situation. If I was to leave my current role and look elsewhere, I would struggle to find something paying over ~125k all-in without switching over to consulting or banking (had both as options out of undergrad, albeit not at a MBB/BB).
Plan for now is to spend ~2 years at my current firm and then switch to MBA / MBB.
Alternatively maybe I'll switch over to tech at some point, as I took a number of CS classes at school (top CS target) and I spend a decent amount of time coding in my current role
Commercial Banking
VP
$183.5k base
$70k bonus
~60 hrs/week
Tier 1
Tota YoE out of undergrad?
6
Did you start in commercial banking straight out of undergrad?
Yes
I didn't realize commercial banking worked that many hours, especially at the VP level. Is that typical?
Depends on your role, I am in sales, pre-COVID I actually traveled about 2 days a weeks, mainly east coast, as far west Texas/Chicago meeting client, product and business management don’t travel and typical are more in the 50hrs/week range
Are you a RM or in portfolio management/underwriting as a credit officer/underwriter?
Cash management, I work close with the RMs and credit teams
Job: Corp Dev Associate
Experience: 1.5 YOE
Base: $160k
Bonus: $40k (25% for 2022)
Hours: 50/60s
City: Tier 1
What industry are you in?
Insurance
Job: FLDP (Undergrad)
Experience: 0 YOE, Start Position in July 2022
Industry: Industrials
Base: 67k
Signing: 5k
Relocation: 5k
Hours: ~50/week (Told by connections in the program)
City: Tier 3 Midwest
Job: Sr FP&A Analyst
Experience: 2 YOE
Base: $100k
Bonus: $10k
Equity: $20k
Hours: 40-60
City: Tier 2
That is a crazy comp even for a HCOL. Congrats
What industry?
Tech
Job: Corporate Finance
Experience: AVP, ~6.5 years experience total experience
Industry: Bank (major BB)
Base: $120k -> $124k
Bonus: ~$5k (This was lower than expected even though I'm in a non revenue generating role)
Hours: Average ~50 - 55, but goes up to 60 - 70 if busy
City: NYC/LA/SF
Probably looking to make a move and aim for total comp nearing at least ~$180k since it's pretty clear I'm underpaid
This is ridiculous. FP&A at a BB pays this little? Or were you there for more than 5 years and market outpaced you significantly while your company didnt do shit to adjust you? Either way, look and leave ASAP. $200k would be pretty easy in this market
Well, it's a combination of both staying too long and then just being lied to regarding opportunities/promotions. I started as a consultant from another company that was basically staffed full-time with the team. Got d*cked pretty hard for salary here since I was just desperate to move at the time. Stayed in that role / team for around 3.5 years before getting converted to an official employee of the bank, but at the same level, albeit with a pay bump (but obviously still much below market).
Didn't get promoted again in recent cycle even though I've been performing at VP level for past 3 years. Was told I'd get one this year, but I've heard that bs for so long. Just updated the resume and about to begin applying elsewhere to actually get the correct comp.
Job: Corporate Finance/Strategy
Experience: Associate I (1.5 YOE)
Industry: BB Bank
Base: $95k
Bonus: $15k
Hours: ~50
City: Tier 2 (DC/DAL/DEN)
Just received this offer, might negotiate some terms:
Job: CorpDev/M&A/Strategic Investments
Base: 65k (might push for 70-75)
Bonus: 7.5% target
Hours: Not sure
City: Probably considered a Tier 6 city on WSO, but I enjoy the area. Super low COL
what part of the country? just interested - i lived in the SE in a probably T3-4 city and would never imagine getting up to $65k without a few years experience lol it's ridiculous, congrats
Midwest, it's called an "up and coming" city by a lot of places. I think it's consistently top 20 in the best places to live rankings that some outlets make.
Job: IT Finance Strategy - Recently accepted offer
Experience: 9 YOE - bounced around a bit early on
Industry: National Bank
Base: 145k
Bonus: ~25k (+$20K sign-on to cover previous role bonus; +$40K grossed-up lump sum for relocation as a home-owner)
Hours: ~40 hours/week
City: MCOL
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