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What is market for a PE backed VP of Finance role? Considering leaving Senior Associate gig for a finance role in corporate
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This varies extremely hard company by company, but I did 2 years EB 2 years MF then I was an associate in finance who made $265k all in and then senior associate who made $340k all in. but this was years ago my VP all in is now ~$500k all in.
That feels high for corporate
Any advice on how to find/land a similar gig? Laid off from PE (high performer) as a senior associate and it's been a nightmare trying to find something else. Looking across finance/FP&A, corp dev, strategy but no luck. Have a generalist/consumer and commercial services background. Would love to connect and get any advice. Ty!
Tough market. But there are a ton of finance gigs on LinkedIn with base salaries of $200-250k+
I’d just do a bunch of outreach
Have been. Got LinkedIn premium and messaging directly there or finding emails and emailing, no one responds. Been
Man that’s disheartening. These things definitely take their time. If you feel like a beer or coffee happy to chat. To the extent anyone in my network is helpful happy to connect. DM
Man, at least give us some potential company size ranges. Are we talking $5-$15M EBITDA, or $100M+...
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