Consumer and Retail Division 2019

Question

I am curious about this division. I haven't seen much about it in any threads on this site post 2013. What is the culture/hours/comp in this division. What are the top groups leading this space currently? How are the exit opps? Also, why is this division barely mentioned on this site compared to many other divisions?(Healthcare, TMT, M&A, LevFIn, etc.)

jjwatt_469 · Accepted Answer

There is no general overarching "average" in term of culture, hours, comp or exit opps. Those things are all bank specific. Someone else mentioned the top groups and I believe the groups he listed are along the top ones.

Compensation will be based on the bank you're on. Majority of the banks pay the same, 85 base + 30-80% of that as bonus, except for EB's which tend to pay higher bonuses in different incremental amounts.

jjwatt_469 · Answer

That’s a question outside of my level of experience, but if I had to guess, PE firms would probably be more focused on assessing your modeling/technical skills if you came from C&R as they are likely to be under the level of a M&A or sponsors guy. This shows the need to be proactive in getting those technical assignments once you hit the desk, or even just going through models and rebuilding them on your downtime so that skillset remains sharp.

If you are looking into any non finance (ie.

jjwatt_469 · Answer

Hedge funds, venture capital, and all the other traditional finance routes are also fair game but keep in mind that if you start in C&R it'll probably be easier to stay as the "consumer" guy if you end up at one of these places meaning you will probably cover companies in the sector. Which is a great thing if you have an interest in the industry, and to be fair it is hard not to because there are so many cool verticals within it (ie.

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