I am a CPA and have been working for a tech startup for the last two years. Before this I was an auditor for about 2 years at a national firm, not Big 4. I am starting the Georgetown MSF program this month with the hopes of breaking into investment banking or corporate development. My target would be boutique banks in the DC or NYC area. Do I need a banking internship to secure these kinds of roles or is it more feasible to move directly into a full time analyst role?
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Leverage the Georgetown network. I’d be flexible in terms of looking beyond IB, a lot of multinational banks have small or nonexistent advisory practices, but have capital markets. I’d also look at corporate banking, corporate development and FLDP programs. Internships only make sense if you have a summer to do them in, if you don’t just target full time roles and have lots of informational interviews with alumni.