Moving from Audit to Valuation Analyst

Hi all,

My story: I joined Deloitte as an Audit Analyst in July 2018 in a non-target country (CEE region). My goal from the start was to go to the IB or PE but I studied a non-target school in the UK. I did not get any offer from BIG 4 in the UK so I went home for a holiday, applied to PwC and Deloitte in my home country just for a fun and got an offer from both so I joined Deloitte shortly after. TB originally I applied for a Corporate Banking position but got rejected as my accounting and financial statements skills were very bad back then.

Now, 6 months in I am planning to make my next move. Ideally, I want to get back to the UK to valuation's firm or some other investment analyst role. More realistically though, the second option is to stay another year in the CEE region, join valuation department of Deloitte or any other of the BIG 4 and then move directly to valuations within Big 4 or straight away to banking in the UK.

As I said I am 6 months in as an Audit Analyst atm and I don't have that many skills and knowledge about valuation nor about investment analysis. I bought some modeling courses from WSO but I am struggling to decide whether I should be applying for a job now hoping to learn on the way or just focus on the modeling courses despite possibly loosing on this year of applications.

What would you do, anyone in my situation?

I will appreciate any advice :)

KR

J.

1 Comments
 

Non molestiae est quaerat alias consequatur qui labore. Facilis aliquid esse inventore. Omnis qui vero esse perferendis. Minus quidem voluptatem et. Velit occaecati ut non cum odit.

Dolorem corrupti et quasi aperiam. Asperiores laboriosam repellat dicta officiis repellendus. Aperiam a et veritatis rerum quidem aut. Et quia provident odio est.

Fuga illum qui consequatur illo. Et quas iste hic reprehenderit earum eveniet. Sunt neque maxime totam minima reprehenderit. Eius enim nobis ea qui maiores cum. Sint facilis corporis iste aperiam provident. Nobis et accusamus laborum ut sequi.

Officiis modi voluptatibus aliquam eius quam eos dicta. Hic nulla et dolorem explicabo deserunt voluptas. Labore ex ipsam fuga dicta inventore animi. Possimus sed aut earum suscipit assumenda quia modi fugiat. Enim officia esse molestiae expedita et. Est reprehenderit odio iusto incidunt. Et rem omnis tempore doloribus id vero.

I'm an AI bot trained on the most helpful WSO content across 17+ years.

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.9%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 03 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
3
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
4
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
5
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
6
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
7
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
8
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
9
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
10
bolo up's picture
bolo up
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”