Trending Content - Investment Banking Forum
Career Resources
WSO Free Modeling Series - Now Open Through
August 31, 2026
9 Free Financial Modeling Lessons
Get instant access to lessons taught by experienced private equity pros and bulge bracket investment bankers including financial statement modeling, DCF, M&A, LBO, Comps and Excel Modeling.
+Bonus: Get 27 financial modeling templates in swipe file
+Bonus: Get 27 financial modeling templates in swipe file
High Finance Applications
Guaranteed
Get at least one offer GUARANTEED
- 1:1 support
- 92% success rate
- 2,000+ mentor network
- Unlimited Live bootcamps
- AI for resume + LinkedIn
- Networking automation tools
- HireVue simulation tool
- Full course library
- Private Slack community
- 20hrs of mocks
- + much more...
See my response here:
http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/valuations-analyst-info-and-exit-…
Furthering that, there is one MAJOR difference between indep val shop and big 4:
Big 4 (anywhere from 30-70%) of your time could be spend reviewing OTHER PEOPLE's models / valuations. In an indep val shop, you aren't reviewing anyone's work because you're not at an audit firm. It's also worth noting that there will be independence issues come up when the audit partner, advisory partner, and val partners are all after the same clients (I've seen it happen multiple times).
tl;dr - take D&P over Big 4,
^ above has a great response in link. Would also add that Duff has very good fairness opinion practice and decent MM IB and is pretty open to internal mobility.
Other independent val shops like AM, HL, etc all have solid IBs. I can't say for sure but I'd imagine people at these shops could move to banking if they wanted to.
anyone know how pay is at D&P (for valuation analyst)?
I'm sure it's very similar to Big 4 / other indep val shops. I would probably say as a 1st year you can expect 60-65k base, 1-3k signing bonus, and maybe anywhere from 5-15k year end bonus. I would think the D&P's/HL's/A&M's of the world pay a bit higher in bonus than Big 4.
Bump - Anyone else have any comments?
Take D&P but the group should be based on your career goals
At KPMG you'll work on a lot of pre-deal stuff. Out of the Big 4, it's #1 for internal mobility. After about a year, you're free to move to any office or group that you like. Also, KPMG loves to promote internally. On the other hand, at KPMG you will work on Audit reviews, might work on legal entity valuations and might work on, depending on your office, FMV engagements. These are projects that most people aren't interested in. At D&P you'll most likely have more access to fairness opinions and litigation valuation work (will get some exposure to this as well at KPMG).
In terms of culture, I hear some bad things about Duff, but you'll get that anywhere in bval. If your goal is PE, then portfolio valuations will do more for you. KPMG has a PE valuation group (alternative investments) that has huge turnover into buyside.
Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.
.
I'm in the northeast. Deal advisory usually engages EVS to do the bval modeling, sensitivity testing and preliminary valuation output. FDD will typically come on as well to test management's projections and assumptions. Deal Advisory will structure the transaction.
What office location for D&P?
Worked at Duff for 3 years and left for BIG 4 (PwC) about 6 months ago. PM me if you're interested in Pro/Cons, culture, pay, exits, etc.
Hi-- I have an offer for Senior Consultant at Deloitte Securitization Transaction and Senior Associate at DP Complex Asset Solutions (Alternative Asset Valuation). I want to go to an IB after or PE. The MD at DF say some people from his team ended up going to a PE firm. Consultants from other EY Securitization Transaction have moved to IB.
I would appreciate the advice from IB and PE people.
Thanks,
Laboriosam saepe perferendis ea sequi. Ea tenetur tempore sed eum.
Autem repellat magni odio est voluptatum. Aperiam officia nihil quam exercitationem sunt sequi ut. Pariatur nihil et aut corrupti voluptas ut odio. Aut et fuga est numquam perspiciatis.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...