Is FP&A analyst a prestigious position?

If you moved from IB analyst to FP&A analyst at a tech company, would your job still be prestigious? Probably most people in the group likely were former investment banking analysts 

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It all depends on the company. Some positions are glorified internal accountants where you do nearly the same thing every day/week.
Depends how close you are to strategy and new projects.

IMO corporate development, strategy, and project management are more prestigious and interesting. FP&A is a true cost center and doesn’t contribute much to growth.

 
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Agreed - People in most Front Office roles typically have revenue generating capability
 

Those who don’t or people/groups who typically increase costs are often classified as Back Office, usually first to be axed during downsizing as well, so usually less job stability for people in these teams 

 

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