Hey all, I am a rising junior at a target school 3.7 GPA hoping to get into FP&A after undergrad. I am currently doing a double major in Finance and MIS, however, I've been thinking about doing Finance/Accounting rather than Finance/MIS due to the nature of FP&A. Can any one with prior experience confirm if Finance/Accounting will be a better fit? Thanks.

I think that having MIS would help you more, but doubling in Finance and Accounting will look better on a resume. FP&A is not too hard to get into. Since you have a great GPA at a target school, I would recommend looking to get into an FLDP at a F500 company. FLDP's let you rotate to different corporate finance jobs every 6 months or every year, which gives you a broad range of experience and a real dynamite resume. Rotations nearly always include FP&A, and you can sometimes get experience in Corp Dev or Corp Strat.

FP&A Possibilities after undergrad

MarkBaum

King Kong

I think if you are already at a Target with a finance degree and 3.7 then you should be fine. FP&A isn't too difficult to land especially in the tech realm. Make sure to get good work experience by interning.

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Big4please

Neanderthal

Depends on the company you're interviewing with. We have no one in FP&A at our F500 with less than 7 years of experience in finance in some facet.

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