Deloitte BTA or Accenture MCDP
Have both offers with similar salaries. Ultimate goal is to go to a M7 MBA but have a huge interest in strategy work with media and tech companies and M&A strategy clients. The salaries are pretty much the same but who knows if I can switch into Deloitte S&O or Accenture Strategy (as most of you know they took strategy out and created its own group). I haven't been assigned a service line/industry at either group. Can someone provide some insight on which one I should take?
Switching into S&O from BTA for Deloitte isn't going to happen. They are separate recruiting processes, with different compensation, for a reason. It HAS happened, but you'd be foolish to count on it. I'm not sure about the ease of switching into Accenture strategy, but it also has its own separate recruiting process from my experience, so I wouldn't count on that either.
I'm a BIG fan of Deloitte, but I'd recommend Accenture here given your stated goals.
If you want to switch into S&O, you're going to have to try after 2 years. THIS does happen; it's just very rare. Additionally, the firm does not allow transfers across Tech/S&O/HC until you've hit the Consultant level. Feel free to PM for more info on that.
As far as your offers, it depends on geography. I would talk to some analysts in each of the divisions and ask about their projects. Deloitte IS going to be heavily-oriented towards implementations, but that doesn't mean you can't get onto more strategic projects.
Ultimately depends on what kinds of skills you want to develop and what you value. But if you want to do pure strategy (or something near it) right off the bat, go with Accenture. Interested to here what other DCers have to say about your situation.
As far as grad school, I'm going to lean towards Deloitte. GSAP's shortcomings aside, you do get pretty ridiculous levels of access to all of the top grad schools and their deans, not to mention all of the people you'll work with from those schools (I've worked with at least several people from each of the MBA business schools ">M7 within two years and they have all been willing to help me craft applications). On top of all that (some of which can be offered by Accenture), I do tend to think the Deloitte name will take you a little further. Will it make or break your app? Depends on the committee.
Best of luck to you! Both solid options.
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but isn't Accenture strategy a completely different sector now? Can i get staffed on those kind of projects as an MCDP?
MCDP and Strategy are actually two different entry points. You can either enter in as a Strategy Analyst or an MCDP Analyst (post-UG).
Accenture. Accenture Strategy is only for Post-MBA students, MCDP is their prestigous program for undergrad. While Deloitte is a better company than Accenture, at Accenture you'd be in the top-tier group and be doing strategy work, whereas Deloitte you'd be second fiddle doing tech. I'd go with Accenture for both experience and business school. There's a lot of former Deloitte at MBA business schools ">M7 schools, but they're almost all S&O.
I just don't think the MCDP program is as prestigious as it probably used to be. With Accenture Strategy being its own program now since 2013, a lot of the MCDP analysts I've spoken with have told me that most get aligned to change management/ ERP implementation.
And while Deloitte BTA is more of an integration roll, I've heard that it can be leveraged to get onto more challenging and diverse work compared to being on a project for 8 months just doing data migration with Accenture under the MCDP title?
Is this true? and how does the GSAP program compare to Deloitte's? I'm leaning more towards Accenture but still not sure
Couple of clarifying points - Accenture Analyst Development Programs:
Accenture Strategy = (ASADP) Accenture Strategy Analyst Development Program
Accenture MC = (MCDP) Management Consulting Development Program
The two are completely distinct with there own separate governance, separate rate cards,Talent Fulfillment Specialist (HR folks that handle staffing), communities of practice, etc. MCDP program has a more process / change enablement focus while ASADP has the expressed desire to get there analysts assigned to strategy roles (higher margin). Both are great opportunities but both are different by design.
Like the guy said above, Strategy and MCDP are completely different groups and with Accenture having so many projects and its growth, I feel like Accenture might not be the best place to start because of the issues I've been hearing with this new re-org that happened in late 2013
If you want to do IT consulting instead, implementing SAP or whatever, go ahead.
What kinds of issues have you heard of with Accenture since the re-org in 2013? And why does this make you think that Accenture may not be the best place to start?
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