TAS vs. Analyst, Unique Opportunities
Monkeys,
First of all, I would like to thank all of you for your wealth of knowledge, your willingness to share some of it, and your senses of humor. I have picked up quite a bit of great information from browsing this forum. Hats off
Secondly, I have some stats and a question for you experienced guys:
I am a Masters of Accountancy student at a top 20 university, who just graduated from a top 15 university.
Stats-
Highest honors in philosophy (Major)
Leadership and organization (Minor)
GPA- 3.6
GMAT- 710
Executive for three years in social fraternity, including rush chairman and VP.
Fairly extensive community service.
In one years time, I will have completed my masters and passed the CPA. The question is, what to do with it?
The ideas I am weighing are between going to a big 4 firm and working in TAS, or starting as a first year analyst in IB. I am supremely confident that I will get the job at the big 4. My question is, what do you think the odds are of getting an offer in IB (I am less worried about getting the interview), and secondly, what makes more sense for me right now? I want to make myself as marketable and well rounded as possible, and know what road I am on. Unfortunately, I forgot which exit to take.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Also, if you require any more supplementary information from me, please do not hesitate to ask.
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Seems like a waste to not get the two years of accounting experience to solidy yourself as a CPA. But then again I am not in the industry [yet] so my advice may not be the best.
No interest in CPA's moving into IB and PE?
This doesn't make much sense to me.
You did undergrad in Philosophy, and are now doing a MAcc program? Will you meet the requirements (120 credit min.) to sit for the CPA w/ only a masters?
Why invest the time/resources in MAcc + CPA if you wanted to do banking?
TAS seems like the more obvious option, but even then you might not get in right away (would probably have to do 1 or 2 years in audit and then apply for transfer / rotation). Why are you "supremely confident? Do you have a connection to a big 4 TAS practice?
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