+9 Continue CF Role on Buy-Side or Wealth Management at a BB? 1 2y
+17 Corp Dev Guide 3 2y
+13 Advice / redundant IB to corp dev 3 2y
+3 Sun Life Corporate Development Analyst/Senior Analyst 1 2y
0 How do CEOs come from non targets 1 2y
+31 Anyone move from IB to CorpDev as an Aso? What are some considerations to keep in mind? 10 2y
0 Corp Dev Interview 1 2y
+24 Mim Essec vs Mim Bocconi 7 2y
+36 Which is more effective: F300 FP&A > F50 FP&A (same role/more $) or F300 FP&A > F300 FP&A (different role/same $)? 7 2y
0 Moody's 2024 2 2y
+27 Northwestern Mutual 18 2y
+18 Tech Corp Dev from Another Industry 3 2y
+7 . 3 2y
0 Vanguard AFP/ELDP Program info? 1 2y
+9 Path to 200k from Middle Office? 2 2y
0 CIMA exemptions / CIMA CFO pathway 0 2y
+2 Behind the box reference calling 3 2y
0 Blackstone Finance Leadership Development Program Interiew 2 2y
+6 BlackRock AIB Superday's 12 2y
+6 Del 5 2y
+6 UK CorpDev Comp in 2023 2 2y
+10 No internships 3 2y
+8 GPA Req for Finance Internships Junior Summer for Harvard Student 2 2y
+20 Exit Opps: Corporate Structured (Project) Finance 13 2y
+6 Senior Associate in Valuations Group at a Big 4 vs Manager at a Commercial/Financial role in a Corporate Firm 1 2y
0 Blackstone Finance Leadership Development Program 2 2y
0 Big 4 deal origination 1 2y
+3 Recruiting timeline for 2025 internships 2 2y
+15 Tough decision: Deloitte London graduate audit program or accept LSE GMIM offer + loads of debt 5 2y
+3 Can Corporates have multiple venture teams? 2 2y
+2 Market Sizing sources/research methodologies? Tons of garbage online from places like Business Research Insights 2 2y
+19 FP&A Analyst Interview - no accounting background, help!! 3 2y
0 Chief of Staff Recruiters 1 2y
+26 Compensation: Corp Development roles Vs FP&A/Accounting roles 16 2y
+12 Operations to FO 1 2y
+17 Strategic Finance Comp Thread 24 2y
0 How to create a funding plan 0 2y
+9 MASTERS, UNIVERSITIES, CONSULTING, ADVICE REQUEST. 0 2y
0 Thoughts on Overemployment? 2 2y
+10 Exploding debt covenants in public companies 3 2y
+28 Is corporate banking underrated or do I lack ambition? 9 2y
0 Tesla Rescinded Internship Offers 1 2y
+18 Treasury/Liquidity Risk to Front Office 6 2y
+6 Final round interviews - Amazon Intern 2 2y
0 Blackrock Corp Dev & Strategy role 2 2y
+3 Corporate Finance!? 3 2y
+17 Citi Asset Based Finance 5 2y
0 Interesting Anecdotes for Finance career! (International student) 1 2y
+12 Corp Dev Internship at a REIT? 1 2y
+5 Corporate banking industry 5 2y
+1 Transaction Bonuses and Other Forms of Comp 3 2y
+9 Prospective jobs for Canadian BA Financial Economics 1 2y
+49 Looking to break into strategic finance 15 2y
+3 Who led the Reddit / Google Content Deal? 0 2y
+74 Q&A: Corp Dev (F500) with a non-traditional background and b school 31 2y
0 Modeling a Direct Purchase Plan (DPP) for accounts receivable (Receivables sales facility) 1 2y
+16 Corp Dev Case Assignment 6 2y
+7 CFA for Corp Dev 1 2y
0 Financial Lines? 1 2y
+23 Corp Fin/Dev/Strat Compensation 2023/2024 20 2y
+31 Corp dev tiers/difference in tiers 8 2y
0 Deloitte Engagement Financial Advisory 2025 Summer Internship 1 2y
+11 Price return on share buyback 2 2y
0 Transaction Bonus Expectation for Corp Fin Director in $1B - $1.5B Industrial Sale 3 2y
+22 Corporate Banking or Strategy Consulting for Internship? 6 2y
+9 Tax planning, carried interest, Trust? 4 2y
+9 Tax planning 1 2y
+56 Corp Dev Salary Increase? 11 2y
+19 Senior Level Corp Dev 4 2y
+9 Capital One Commercial Rotation Program Pay 1 2y
+6 Corporate Development: how to talk about active sell-side process of my own company in interview 1 2y
+8 Exit options? - 8 years of experience in finance and corp dev 4 2y
+14 Is it the role, or is it me? 4 2y
+6 PC to Corp Dev? 3 2y
+9 I have an IB interview coming up where I will have a surprise case study. Can anyone please share what has come up for them in the past? 2 2y
+33 Becoming Comfortable with a 45% Pay Cut 8 2y
+6 Should I take a pay cut to go for a role I am excited for? 3 2y
0 Debt Financing vs. Equity Financing for International Expansion 2 2y
+10 I want to go to Corp. Finance - but I go to a non-target and I have a 3.4 4 2y
0 JPMC Business Manager - Associate TC? 1 2y
+33 Corp Dev job search at Sr. Mgr. / Director level 15 2y
0 Advice: BNP Paribas Corporate Coverage Internship (In EU, outside France) 0 2y
+7 Corporate Finance Task 2 2y
0 What non-IB jobs focus on mainly on modelling and DCF? 1 2y
0 How to calculate cost of equity breakdown? 1 2y
0 Capital One Business Analyst Project Types 1 2y
+9 Financial Management for Donor Funded Projects Course 0 2y
+6 FT Analyst pay listed as hourly rate ? 1 2y
0 What is Corporate Finance at a Big 4 like? 1 2y
+7 Breaking into M&A/ Buy side Analysis 1 2y
+9 Corporate Finance/Treasury Value-add Functions? 1 2y
+3 Corp Dev Analyst Interview Guide 1 2y
+17 Being anxious about upcoming promotion 6 2y
0 AM -> FP&A/Financial Analyst 1 2y
+3 Path to CFO 2 2y
0 Corporate Finance vs Investment Management 1 2y
+1 Break into CD role down the road w/o IB experience? 2 2y
0 Chief Operating Office - Chief of Staff of Shared Services Intern 1 2y
+13 Reasonable comp expectation? Strategy director @ HC company 2 2y
+3 Summer internship at Marsh McLennan 1 2y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.9%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

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  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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