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When I was interning in corp fin almost everybody on the FP&A team had an accounting background and had CPA's and a few MBA's. There was even one analyst that came in through hospitality consulting. This was at a blue-chip tech company though, so I don't know how applicable it is to the big leagues. From my experience, I think you can go with just about any business department major that gives you at least some accounting skills.
Accounting or finance would be ideal.
I'll second that.
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