These are going to be two questions so please bare with me. I got an offer from J.P Morgan for FP&A yet I aspire to reach IB at some point. Would it be a good idea to go into FP&A and use that to springboard into IB later down the road, or just keep it as an option and still look for IB opportunities currently? If anyone of you have an FP&A background, is it wise to change into one of my majors into Accounting as I hear this background is more ideal for corporate finance. (I'm double majoring in Finance/MIS) (Non target)

From my experience chatting with people in my team, a few of them started in the "support" type of roles for IBD and they networked super hard and impressed the important people on the teams and were able to interview and get the job. With this in mind, this may set you back ~2 years versus beginning in IB from day 1. I guess then your trade off is just that, and keep in mind that the time you spend in FP&A you must absolutely excel and impress people regularly. Best of luck!

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These are going to be two questions so please bare with me.

I got an offer from J.P Morgan for FP&A yet I aspire to reach IB at some point. Would it be a good idea to go into FP&A and use that to springboard into IB later down the road, or just keep it as an option and still look for IB opportunities currently?
If anyone of you have an FP&A background, is it wise to change into one of my majors into Accounting as I hear this background is more ideal for corporate finance. (I'm double majoring in Finance/MIS) (Non target)

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