Tips on internally-moving to different position after SA role

I signed an offer as a BB SA in NYC working in Risk Management (non-deal-centric). It is hard to say my current placement/function, but careerwise I eventually want to end up on the deal side in DCM/ private credit. I am grateful for my current role, but wanted to see if I could leverage the experience for a different role closer to my career goal within the same bank.

Assuming I do something relevant like enterprise credit risk this summer, what is the process like recruiting for a similar role within the same bank - for example, a deal-facing credit role? Would I be throwing away my (potential) return offer by trying to vertically climb to another division? Even worse, would I jeopardize getting a return offer in the first place if I made this intention clear to my recruiter earlier on? Not sure what the etiquette would be behind this.

I am thinking of either re-recruiting full-time within the same bank or perhaps more difficult, re-recruiting for a different SA role. Appreciate any thoughts!

 
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Some BBs are more open to internal lateraling than others. I know Barclays is very open to it and encourage it if its what you want. Granted I know Barclays hasn't been to hot lately but being in IB at Barclays still looks 100x better on a resume then being in some no name LMM or MM IB shop imo. I know someone who was in middle office role at Barclays for 3-4 years then he got his CFA and lateralled over to IB Barclays as an associate. Other BBs might just shut you down and not entertain the idea so really depends.

 

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