PWC Structured Finance Group

A family friend is a partner at PwC in their Structured Fin group, I might get an internship next year is it worth A) making a friend jump through hoops B) Doing it as I come from a nontarget? The money looks good, I suspect this guy brings home 1.5-2MM and he loves his job. Can I go from there to IBD?

 
gekkoguy86:
i think 1.5-2MM is a bit exaggerated. i would imagine 750k-1mm is more reasonable.

Depends on the location of the office and what kind of partner we're talking about...2mm is a bit less than some

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happypantsmcgee:
gekkoguy86:
i think 1.5-2MM is a bit exaggerated. i would imagine 750k-1mm is more reasonable.

Depends on the location of the office and what kind of partner we're talking about...2mm is a bit less than some

is there that much of a difference between partner compensation at big4 firms? i would imagine that between base, bonus and profit sharing majority make around 1mm. http://bigfouralumni.blogspot.com/2007/03/pricewaterhousecoopers-lets-o… , granted this article is outdated but, "an average of US$643,000 per partner take-home pay."

 

just out of curiosity, does anyone think that this internship (being that it is w/ an accounting firm) will give someone an edge when applying to banks, or perhaps the accounting stigma will set them back in such a venture...

 

There are 29 levels of partners at PwC.. the first level will make less than half a mil while you're upper level partners will be pulling in $2mil+. You'll see a lot of inconsistency across the Big 4 in terms of pay. I know some senior managers at KPMG/PwC who are paid millions based on the constant work/fees they brought in from high profile clients.

The reported average partners salary for the Big 4 firms in the UK is around $1-1.2million including bonus.

 

The accounts aspect of this is a big thing. Without getting too specific, I know a guy that has a MASSIVE account at one of the big four (like the account generates nearly 20mil a year in fees) and he clears 3mm. He is also way up in the hierarchy and is an expert in his part industry to say the least

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