Career Advice Needed (Audit -> Corporate Finance/Valuations London)

Hi Everyone, I just thought I'd ask for some quickfire career advice. I have 4 years' worth of audit experience, 3 at the Big 4 and 1 at a smaller firm specializing in HF/VC/PE audits. All in London. I'm aware that it isn't realistic to expect to hop into IBD directly from audit, so I'm looking for an intermediary step for 1-2 years. The trouble is that the market has completely dried up and I'm not finding anything on linkedin in either valuations/deal advisory/Corporate finance/Corporate development. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed? I'm considering a US MBA (I'm writing another post on that as it is a radical idea), but that wouldn't start til 2 years from now so that isn't a consideration at this point. Thank you

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