I realized the skill sets I need to be building up to be a good finance professional in the investment teams is through investment banking. In this market is that possible / doable ? I realize that I may have to reset as an analyst 1 but how difficult is it if I ace the technicals and know all the modelling ?
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Ignore job title. I’m going into an MO/FO position that is adjacent to multiple FO groups. Typically after the analyst program is over, you place/lateral into one of these groups as an AN2. It is very doable, especially for certain groups. For example, many credit groups focused on underwriting/execution/portfolio monitoring can go into LevFin/Structured Finance without a ton of friction, but going to M&A will be a lot harder. I can speak for my bank, it looks like internal transfers take precedent over external hiring, especially if apart of the analyst program.
I feel like at mine external hires take precedent over internal
Not sure on the current market, but I took a MO role out of undergrad in a crap economy (tech bust), moved to FO and then had to restart as a AN1 to move to IB once the market improved (2 years). Worked out just fine. It’s also so much timing based with some luck. I often wonder if I should have just stayed in S&T as my friends who did have done way better financially, not that I’m in a bad spot.
Did you move to Fo In the same company? How did u convince the IB people to recruit you? How much networking did this require and are you very personable?
Speaking for my company/group, my MO role requires 63/79, it’s MO but FO focused so the transition is fairly easy. When it comes to lateraling, my position can be framed very FO orientated with deals/execution. I believe that is why the group I’m heading into places well internally but also fairly well externally. I believe it’s also bank dependent
Are you doing something credit related by chance? Can I PM?
I was in credit trading but that was over 20 years ago.
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