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 strategy/CFO at big companies in Europe (think Novo Nordisk, Procter and Gamble, Dell, Amazon, Pfizer)

•additional question: In case I choose Dell, how hard or easy is with eg. 3yrs of experience tranfer to FP&A of another huge company, in different industry (eg. pharma)?

I secured two offers for full-time position, which one to choose:

1) DELL Tech - Finance Graduate Program

  • pros: 
    • immediately entering the corporation and FP&A role without going to big4 for several years
    • tech company + great rotational program as I've heard + maybe better WLB (not sure) compared to big4
    • deep understanding of the company, not grasping only the surface like at BIG4
  • cons:
    • it is in Slovakia, and I am from more developed EU country so salary I would receive would not be great

2) KPMG FDD 

  • pros: 
    • it is in home country, salary the same
    • big4, multiple industries and clients
  • cons:
    • I worked 9mos there so know the team and the job - team is good, atmosphere is good, like the job, but not sth what I would like to do all my career, max 3yrs
    • seems like criterias fell down in Europe regarding recruiting the talents as nobody wants to work at BIG4, also I have a feeling like it is hard to transfer (from no matter which position, even as senior +2yrs experience) to FP&A corporate roles
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I'm an FP&A analyst at F500. It massively depends on the company, at least in my workplace the career progression in FP&A teams is slow and we are overworked - it's definitely not a 9-5 job contrary to what I was told. Anyway, my company prefers ex IB/Equity research/consultants for corporate strategy external hires, otherwise you can go for FP&A, then lateral to FP&A in another (desired) company/location, and then try to lateral internally. My company is more lax about internal laterals but you still need to network. I tried to lateral to another M&A role and haven't been successul, so bear in mind that internal laterals aren't guaranteed either 

 

KPMG. Accounting firms have lots of options in terms of moving around, across groups or geography. Can always go to the industry after. KPMG will likely be more sweaty though.

 

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