Exit opps for Finance rotation/ Corp Development straight out of college?

I have two full-time options for after graduation. One is with a Valuations team at a Big4, and another with a tech company in a rotation program that includes corporate development. Since both careers seem interesting to me, I’m wondering which one would provide better exit opps in the future.

thank you!

4 Comments
 
Most Helpful

Valuations:

— have seen exits to BB after 1 year (fill in exiting analysts)

— have seen a few PE exits

— easily go into a valuation role at a VC/PE company

— Had a lateral hire in my class that was pretty technically sound vs another later hire who came from a CorpFin background

CorpDev:

— check out the type of deals the company is doing

— I would think large tech like Cisco / PE owned companies like Genesys do interesting deals

— understand if company is acquiring LMM/MM revenue generating companys vs technological acquisitions

— really dependent on stage of company — I feel like the more acquisitive larger cos (Salesforce, Cisco, IBM, Adobe, Bill.com) have a steady stream of banking VP/Directors hopping back and forth — giving more opportunity to network and enter a BB.

PE/Banking —> Valuation (or mature co CorpDev)

Strategy/BizOps/FP&A —> CorpDev

 

Voluptatem tempore laudantium velit rerum vel. Aliquid repellendus est officia cupiditate dicta. Saepe qui et optio quas occaecati quia. Dignissimos voluptas praesentium ab est adipisci. Dolorum voluptatum facilis natus voluptate qui quos.

Velit placeat a facilis nemo. Voluptas rerum voluptatibus consequuntur rem inventore recusandae vel. Aut et veniam quibusdam. Qui minima ratione rerum possimus voluptas.

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (50) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
3
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
4
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
5
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
6
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
7
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
8
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
9
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
10
bolo up's picture
bolo up
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”