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Didn't get Rotational Program but Suggested to Apply for Commercial Credit Analyst Position
I applied for a Rotational Commercial/Credit program at the regional bank I am employed at. They had 3 positions available for my state and I was waitlisted to see if any of them were to reject. None of the others rejected so I wasn't extended the offer. The program coordinator did inform me of an...
Middle Market IB to Fixed Income AM?
Any advice on how to get in as a credit analyst/derivatives specialist without experience in AM? I'm an incoming analyst for the JPM MMBSI program (2.5 year rotational with underwriting, banking, and treasury rotations) but I'm really trying to get into asset management (fixed income and related...
Seeking Advice: First job in finance.
Hello all, I am currently deciding between two offers, one from a top 50 bank (50B in total loan assets) and the other from a much much smaller bank (about 300M loan assets). Top 50 Bank: Credit support position, 60K, no formal credit training (its not a credit analyst position), promises to expose...
WP MMB FAP
Hello. I have my written assessment/ case study today for WF MMB FAP. Does anyone have any insight on this? I’m unsure how to prepare. Thanks Kim
Credit Analyst Information?
Hello guys, I will be graduating from my masters study this year and I am still deciding my future career path. Some people suggested credit analyst to me and I would like to hear some insights from you guys. 1. What is the compensation and salary progression of credit analyst in Credit Rating...
Career Advice - Retail banking (Credit) vs Operations (AM)
I'm looking for a career advice / different perspectives into which role I should take if my end goal is a front office position in IB/HF/PE/VC/AM Quick Summary: Graduated with a mathematics degree in 2020, CFA level III candidate. 2 years retail banking experience (credit analyst) assessing...
Career advice - Retailing Banking vs Back office (AM)
I'm looking for new perspectives into which role I should take if my end goal is a front office position in IB/HF/PE/VC/AM Quick Summary: Graduated with a mathematics degree in 2020, CFA level III candidate. 2 years retail banking experience (credit analyst) assessing residential loan applications,...
RE Credit Analyst as Entry Career Choice into CRE?
Monkeys, Humans and those in between, -Been reading forums for a bit, thought I’d ask for some tips/info -My Background: 2yrs removed from college with business & finance major. Work experience from college till recently was residential RE investing family business. I’ve become keenly interested...
Credit Analyst exit opportunities?
I'm currently a credit analyst at a small company (under 100 employees in the NYC office). I am getting paid a decent salary but nothing special and have been in the role for a year (this is my second job, btw). I'd like to land a higher-paying job $90-100K to be able to afford a comfortable living...
Credit Analyst vs Credit Risk Analyst vs Financial Analyst vs Financial Risk Analyst vs Risk Analyst
I'm about to be a graduate of the Class of COVID-19 from a non-target school. I'm exploring career opportunities in finance and, since there are so many of them with various titles, I often get confused about what the jobs entail. With that said, could somebody please explain the differences between...
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Best Credit Underwriting Group
Hi All, Received a FT offer from a BB to work in the credit underwriting division. Possible credit underwriting groups are equities, munis, rates, and securitized products. More generally-- was wondering what the best group would be to work at in terms of advancement + exit opps, etc. And then more...
Mortgage Loan Officer -> Commercial Credit Analyst?
Long story made short; studied Finance and Econ for state non-target, got into selling mortgages after graduation (1 yr experience thus far) and I'm interested in commercial banking. First internship was one year part time in investment advisory, second intern as commercial mortgage analyst for a...
Credit Analyst at a CRA??
Hi All! I'm looking for some advice. I'm currently enrolled in a Top 15 MBA program (part time) while working full time in financial services - more of an operations role. I want to take this opportunity, while I'm still doing my MBA , to make a career transition. I'm looking to make a move to a...
Is formal Credit Training Valuable?
Hello all, I am currently deciding between two offers, both from regional commercial banks (~$10B in Assets). One offer is less money and offers a formal credit training program, while the second is a lot more money, but with no credit training. The goal is to move into a LevFin role down the line,...
Is anyone here a Credit Analyst at a PIMCO-esque shop? IWTL how to properly model corporate debt.
Bit of context: I'm in fixed income manager research and I've got a decent-ish grasp of the markets but where I want to build knowledge is within individual security analysis (plan is to eventually go buy-side as an analyst) I'm curious as to what models are used to value a credit, particularly fair...
no corp experience MBA student and want to get into investment banking
So, here is my full background. I am 30 and have been an entrepreneur for years. Back in grad school to get my MBA and am not really at a target investment banking school, however my school is in NYC and still top 50. I do not have corporate finance experience, but have a 3.8 GPA and secured an...
Credit Analyst or Fund Operations?
I currently work in the back office of a mutual fund - my responsibilities include daily reconciliations, generating performance reports, communications with third parties etc. As I have been actively seeking job opportunities, I now have two job offers: 1. Credit analyst for a major commodity...
Exit Ops: BB Portfolio -> CFA L2 -> CRA TMT -> ?
I am reevaluating my career path, any input and advice would be appreciated. How are the exit opportunities for a CFA level 3 candidate working in corporate credit ratings at a CRA for the TMT industry (masters/ MBA position with client and c-suite interaction)? Prior to this, I worked a few years...
PE Associate Career Path
Hey guys, I'm currently a middle market credit analyst for a larger regional bank. Internally, I'm on the career path to become a lender. Last week I was approached by a recruiter from a private equity company. I have always wanted to move to private equity, but I thought it would take a couple more...
Credit Analyst Offer vs. Capital Markets Offer
I am currently working as an investment analyst in the wealth management space (coming up on one year experience). I am looking to get into a more financial rewarding career. I have received an offer from one of the big banks for a credit analyst role, and an offer from a boutique for a capital...
Interview insight
I have a phone interview for a credit analyst intern position at BAML . Any ideas on what technicals they may ask, if any?
How can I possibly break into Equity Research?
Hello people my first post ever in wso! My current situation: I am a recent graduate with an accounting major from a semi-target school. My school has a very top accounting program but it's only a semi-target. Currently, I am in NY trying to seek a job opportunity to begin my career. My GPA is 3.41,...
Credit Analyst Offer
I've received an offer from a BB bank as Commercial Credit Analyst but, I'm debating to take this offer or stick around a bit longer around in my current firm and look for something better. My current situation is that I'm currently working in small European bank in a corporate banking credit risk...
Targeting Commercial Banking after equity research
Hi all, I am located in Canada and I have been with a small Asset Management company as a buy-side analyst for about 2.5 years here in Toronto (not a well known company). I am looking to switch into commercial banking and I wouldn't mind starting from junior or even credit analysis or account...
Credit Analyst - Big bank or small?
Got two job offers, both are for Credit Analyst. One is a smaller bank, $60b in assets, another from a large bank (SBA) with over 1.5 trillion . They pay the same, the smaller is bonused, the larger obviously has its name, very thorough training and more volume. The smaller bank has a close nit team...
Credit Analyst Q&A
Background: I work for one of the largest banks in the world by assets, in credit analysis. My job is basically to analyze the credit risk of large corporates (generally more than $1Bn in revenue). Products are not limited to loans and revolvers, but extends to everything under the sun that is...
Hours for Credit Analyst
Hello, I'm looking at a job posting for a job as a credit analyst covering large corporations at a large IB . Does anyone have any idea what kind of hours this job might entail? Thanks!
Reevaluating Credit Career / Stuck in Rut
My career path has been somewhat unorthodox thus far, I’m actually pretty happy I’ve made it this far, but I’m totally burned out. The problem is that I don’t know what my next move is, or what I’m necessarily qualified for. A little background first – I screwed around in undergrad and I...
Credit analyst to DCM?
Just started as a commercial credit analyst in a BB . Basically assessing credit risk. Obviously we do modelling, although only from templates at this stage. People who stay in this role tend to either move up the ranks within credit risk or become relationship managers. The work is interesting, I'm...
Upcoming TD Bank Credit Analyst Commercial Real Estate Interview
Hey I have an upcoming interview in TD's Boston Office for a Credit Analyst dealing with commercial real estate and REIT portfolio. Anyone have any interview experience with TD or this field with another bank that can give some pointers? Interview questions to prepare for?
Fixed Income Internship Preparation Advice
I accepted an offer for a fixed income, rotational program over the summer. I'm looking to hit the ground running once I start, so I would like to build up my knowledge of the asset class. What will be most helpful to read or watch? I'd like to receive an offer for a full-time position.
Any active Credit Analysts (lending) here?
I have been searching but found mainly inactive users. Most threads had relatively recent posts, but mainly people trying to figure out a few things. Would be good to hear from you. And, if you could drop some tips on how to hit the ground running that would awesome.
Big 4 to Credit Analyst
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Exit Plan for Credit Risk Analyst in BB Investment/Corporate Banking Group
Hey everyone, I have just joined a credit risk group at a BB (think JPM , BAML , WF ..). My specific group is working along side with the investment banking/corporate banking coverage group and performing credit risk assessment & underwriting credit memo. While the pay is not nearly as good as IBD ,...
Credit Analyst interview questions
Hello, I just found out I have a rather long in person interview for a corporate credit analyst position at an international IB . what kind of technical questions might I expect to get? The position is in lending, not research or S&T .
Help!! Choosing b/w CB/S&T SA offers for Full-time IB Recruiting
Hey guys, I'm a junior at a non-target state school (semi-target for some) with a 3.5 finance/econ. I pursued IB SA recruiting by networking, went on to 2 super days for BB's in NYC but nothing stuck at the end. MM's in my city are non-existent and even boutiques are out. My options right now are...
To initiate contact or not, after 2nd interview? (Lunar New Year issue)
Hi all, First post here, despite dwelling for a while and have learned so much from all generous monkeys here. Big thanks to all who've helped! I don't think my situation is a common one, i'll try to describe as much in details for you guys to assess and give advices: there are a few people involved...
2 year Credit Analyst looking to move into IBD
Hi, thank you for taking the time. I have been working as a corporate credit analyst at one of the top rating agencies for almost 2 years now and I realized that a lot of the experienced that I have gathered are very transferable to a IBD position. I have been getting a lot of offers from recruiters...
Reserve Base Lending- Credit Analyst
hi, i'm sorry for what might seem like a question with an obvious answer, but i was wondering if anyone could tell me about the career track and exit opps for credit analysts. furthermore, what core skills will you walk with after a two to three year rotation? to be honest, i didn't really think...
PwC FSR Advisory Full Time offer Vs. Citi Credit Analyst Full Time offer
Hi Everyone, I have run into a bit of dilemma and i figured the folks on WSO may be able to help. First a little background on myself: I am a current senior year at a good (but non-target) business school with a good GPA and pretty strong resume. Moral of the story is I have been applying to full...
Need Help with REIT Job Description
Hey guys, Needed some help in figuring out this interesting job description, which seems like a dual role in Investments and Credit...would like to hear what people get from the description: The Investment/Corporate Credit analyst will provide unbiased, well researched proprietary corporate and...
Career Path Starting With Credit Analysis
Hey everyone, first time posting on here so sorry if i'm posting in the wrong section or something like that. Hopefully you guys can help me out. Me: Undergraduate Degree in Business Economics From a mid level New York State University. Currently going on 2 years accounting / analytical experience...
Corporate Banking at TD Bank
Credit analysis out of undergrad
Hey guys, Currently a senior at a non-target SEC school graduating in May. FT recruiting did not exactly go my way in the fall, and now I am stuck searching for positions during my last semester. Right now, I am looking heavily into credit analyst jobs, both at regional banks and other...
<$1B Bank Credit Analyst
What information and/or insights are you willing to share about life as a credit analyst at a small community bank? This bank is in a large Texas city and does mostly commercial loans and revolvers. I'd like to know what the usual compensation is and what sort of career paths and exit opportunities...
22yr old, Senior, Non-Target, Buyside Credit Analyst Experience.....still young and still want to take over the world
Title encompasses most of it. Buyside firm was good sized ~$200bn. Worked there for 8-9months and helped start/get funding for my schools fixed income fund. Also a quick stint at State Street before the analyst internship. Now currently going through interviews for ER /CR and IB . I had an account...
Resume Critque - Entry Level Credit Analyst
Hello All, Seeking some feedback on my resume. Looking to breaking into any entry level credit analyst position. No specific institution: real estate, banking, or insurance... would take any relevant feedback. Thanks, OOzz
CRE loan valuation/acquisitions analyst -> Credit analyst at a BB commercial bank
Hello guys. Recently received a credit analyst job offer. What do you think about this move? I'm considering it due to a slight bump in salary. My goals is to get into REPE acquisitions. Would this move digress my career path?
Credit research salary
All, This is a dummy account as I post regularly and wanted to preserve anonymity. I'm looking at a credit research position analyzing corporate bonds in a non NYC location (Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta). I have a few years of credit experience. The salary is $80k. No signing bonus. Just wanted to...
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