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Hedge Fund vs F100 Corporate Finance FT Offer
Hey WSO Community, I'm facing a tough decision and could use some advice. I secured a full-time offer from a reputable F100 company for their finance rotation program, where I'd have the chance to explore roles in corporate development, capital markets, treasury, FP&A, etc. With recent announcements...
Help with choosing first rotation in FLDP
Hello Everyone, My company (F500 Chemical Company) has started the placement process for all of the people in this year's FLD cohort, and I'm having trouble trying to decide what my first rotation should be. There are currently 8 roles the company is offering. All of these roles are either in a SBU...
CBRE IM portfolio management vs FLDP at fortune 500
I have a friend who has two job offers. One offer in a rotational finance program at one of the largest companies in the world (fortune 100). It is a 3 year program that teaches you all about corporate finance. Having worked at this company will probably open doors at many places because of its good...
FLDP at top firm to MBA
Currently in a FLDP at a top tech firm. Curious about how it translates to MBA placements - is it possible to go to a top MBA program from corporate finance at a tech firm? Or would I have to try and switch to corp dev for a few years before applying to MBA, to increase my chances? I've read that it...
Corporate Finance vs. Investment Banking
Did someone say they needed reasons not to go into investment banking? Well, I have two words for you: corporate finance. Sure, there is the prestige of working at a bulge bracket, then there is the money (which is certainly not as great as it once was), and of course, there is this façade of the...
PE Operations to MBA? Currently No PE/IB Background
I have an offer to join a MM private equity firm on their operations team doing reporting and analysis of the portfolio companies. The role slowly grows into more of a consulting-type role out at the portfolio companies providing various financial services. What is the value of this type of role...
Difference between Strategic Planning and Corporate Strategy?
Is there a difference between the two? I found a strategic planning opening but it seems like it's more marketing focused, so that confused me for a bit.
Is the F500 Corporate Finance ----> Valuation FT move possible?
Hey Everyone, Was just curious how possible was it to break into a Valuation Group full time (i.e: Duff & Phelps, Big 4, etc.) from a F500 background (internships). Looking at what valuation does I am trying to keep it as a possible option but I don't know much about the recruiting process for that....
How to prepare for F500 Corp Fin Interview?
How can I best prepare for the technical portion of an interview for the FT position in F500 biotech company? I am assuming that the interview will not be as technical as banking/ AM / trading , but still what kind of technical questions should I prepare for? Thanks
Financial Analyst @ F50 or BO (Operations) at BB?
Hi everyone, I just recently received two offers for FT: one at a F50 Aerospace Company as a Finance Analyst and the other in a Back Office role as an "Operations Analyst" at JPM . For the F50 I will be working specifically as a Procurement Finance Analyst working on the buy side of the company...
What would you want to learn during a Corp Fin/FP&A stint?
I am 8 month's into a Corp Fin/FP&A analyst stint at a small (1bn) Biotech company and my work has become very cyclical in that the same tasks repeat month to month. I am not a complete moron and with the decent amount of down time I had I automated a lot of my functions. The downside to this is...
F500 Leadership Development Program Advice
I'm a rising junior currently interning in an F500 finance leadership development program ( FLDP ). I attend a target school, and I've always wanted the opportunity to intern on Wall st. I have a 3.5, so I'm not sure if I would even land the opportunity. However, if I did land an offer with the help...
Back office at top 5 AUM firm vs F500 FLDP? Internship decision help?
Trying to decide between an internship at a top 5 AUM HF ( back office research) vs a F500 company (financial leadership program). Want to work in IBD and eventually end up in PE . Wharton, sophomore, white, no connections. Go!
Any where else that is still hiring
Hi guys, I have a twin brother who hasn't been as lucky as me to have landed to offers. Is there anywhere else he should still be looking into or how should he approach it? Are the f500 still hiring? Or the boutique banks? He is on the verge of giving up so any advice would be so helpful Thanks!
F500 Internship Deadlines?
Anyone have any idea when the deadlines are to apply to F500 internships ( corporate finance , FLDP internships , etc)? When do they generally start reading resumes and scheduling interviews?
Jump to F100 company? - SBs for good answers
I was approached by a Fortune 100 recruiter today for an internal finance role. I'm trying to maximize my chances of getting into a top business school in a few years and was hoping for some advice.... I am currently a financial analyst (FP&A) at a relatively well known software company. Thing is,...
Corp. Treasury experience?! PLZ help
Hello all, I was just wondering that since both Corp dev/strat and Corp treasury are the best of corp finance at F500's what experience you need to get in treasury in specific. I know that to get into Corp dev u must either get top 10 MBA or have 2 year BB analyst experience. Is it the same for Corp...
FT Job Decision?
I am currently far in the interviewing process for 3 positions and will most likely receive decisions soon. I expect that they would all want a quick decision from me as well and I am unsure about all three. My eventual goal was to work at a hedge fund. Unfortunately, I couldn't get MM / BB ibanking...
F500 Corp Fin Program -> Boutique IB
Any advice would be much appreciated: I graduated from a non target this May with a Finance major (3.62 GPA). My internship experience consists of FP&A in a smaller commercial focused bank and a credit analyst at another small commercial bank. I started a 2 year Corp Fin development program at a...
F500 Analyst => Top Tier MBA => MBB => F500 Exec?
I was wondering, if I don't get into a good consulting firm early on, how realistic is it to go from being a financial analyst at a F500 company => top tier MBA => McKinsey/Bain/BCG => exit back to a F500 company at a higher position? I believe that doing consulting (or even banking) is valuable and...
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