Any tips/advise for a MBA grad that is looking at FP&A career?

Hi all,

I recently heard about Stoa School for the working people, who wants to do MBA. Would anyone provide any insight if stoa school is worth to consider for MBA for working professional?

How has the experiences for SCs been?
Its been 3 months at Deloitte and trying to find enough reasons to stay back.

Starting to think about making the switch from agency to brand side. Any tips from strategists who have already made the jump? And is there a level at which it makes the most sense (i.e. should I wait until I make Director and then make the switch, or does it not really matter)?

I want to get out of sales into a new career path. Suggestions on what paths will look for my skill set?

Hi fishers,
I am a fresher, I have a chance of getting AWS or Sailpoint (Cybersecurity)technology to work on .. kindly suggest which I need to choose.
Also ,If I get Sailpoint project now, can I switch to Cloud in future?

I keep seeing posts that associates at mid-size/biglaw firms don’t get given the opportunity to go to court. Is this true across most larger firms, even if you lateral with some experience?

West Monroe where did you guys exit to after WM?

Is leaving PA at S-1 level really bad in terms of career advancement and $ raise? Any successful or unsuccessful experiences to share?

Is it possible to get another law firm job after being fired from one (Big Law)?

Fishes, any suggestions as to how to move into the VC role with a non-finance background (PS - exp. of working in founders office of a startup, management consulting in past and do understand corp. finance, financial statement analysis etc.)

I heard promotion of higher management is already announced?
When will the promotion of level 11 and 10 will be announced?

How do I get a job after a failed startup? I tried everything to make it live . But now I'm having a very hard time recovering mentally because I was committed to seeing my startup through and now feel like I'm being pulled away. I feel very sad and confused.

I am(was) a serial entrepreneur with serial of failed startup. kindly guide me .I quite my corporate job to be an entrepreneur but now......

Has anyone ever left finance (or know someone that has) to do something completely different? My experience is split between FP&A and accounting and while I have progressed, I am becoming depressed b/c I feel like I’m in the wrong field. I am generally a motivated, high performing person, but I al starting to slip up and care less, b/c my work is not satisfying to me. I know I just sound like a complainer, but does anyone have any advice?

Does anyone have any career insight for a tax associate in corp dev? Is it as lucrative as regular corp dev? What do you do on a day-to-day basis?

Hi 🐟
Is anyone working as a Salesforce QA? Please let me know what are your daily tasks on a high level and what are the main areas a QA works on.. I'm planning to switch to Salesforce as QA.. Need some guidance..

How is SAP practice in LTI... Do we have ample implementation projects?

Will the learning be good and how about firm culture , onsite opportunities?

How to get into IBM ISL from GBS

So I've been at my job for 5+ years as a data analyst/back office support team. I made my way up into making a little over $40k. I've been WFH the past 2 yrs and overtime more than half my team has now been pulled out to work for a diff department which resulted in me taking 90% of our daily tasks to handle. I'm at a point where the salary I'm getting is disrespectfully low for all the work I do. Should I ask for a raise? And if so, how do I go about asking without sounding greedy.

Hi
I am a senior graphic designer
Work experience - 8years
How much salary should I be getting?

Something has been bothering me for a long time and I want to get it off my chest.

My firm does upward feedback and I asked about 10 of my team to participate so that I could be a better supervisor for them. My results: I got mostly great feedback with constructive points, however along with it I received the meanest, most cold hearted criticism I’ve ever seen (con’t in comments).

How do you distinguish between a pink flag and a red flag?

Does anyone here have that one friend with really high standards for food and complains all the time you go out..

Can anyone tell me which all hard copies of documents we need to carry for the first day of joining Wells Fargo ?

Have you ever completely walked away from an offer without countering because it was too low?

I’m looking to get into Tech Sales and would love to connect with a fellow sales savvy for tips on how to crush my interviews but also perfect my resume. I’m coming from a fintech background

There should be more exotic vetenarian locations than what is offered. I owned a pair of lovebirds and finding affordable petcare within proximity of our home was fairly difficult.

What kind of discounts does your clinic offer staff?

Hey everyone! Happy almost winter break ❄️

What digital platforms have you been using to engage with students? Especially if it's collaborative or fosters more classroom community.

If you wold like some assistance with classroom management or even managing your ow children, check this out.

Hello! I am an LCSW working in a private practice (not my own) in Utah. I became fully licensed within the last 6 months. I’m trying to figure out if I am being paid a competitive rate. What kind of raise is to be expected going from a CSW to an LCSW?

Thank y’all for your help!

What challenges do you encounter which stem from your emotional trauma?

Any mental health therapists work for LifeStance? Looking for another job and have an interview with them. Curious to hear more about the company.

Getting sick of The US but haven’t been back home for 20 years. Where are the best places in Lagos to live if you had means and wanted to settle back? Im hearing about Banana Island, but not familiar.
VI?
Ikoyi?
Thoughts?

Do you feel that in SEO there are too many ways of conducting the same tasks. I have had a string of managers within the past year, it’s starting to get very annoying as each person says method A is wrong and B is right, another manager would have the complete opposite view. Have you had similar experiences when this practice and adjustment begins to interfere with client deliverables.

Welcome friends! Feel free to share anything you would like!

Are all the fish in this bowl dead? Did everyone migrate to a better bowl?

I'm 4 years into my career, currently I work at one of the largest public advisory firms writing research and taking advisory calls with CIOs/CFOs on strategy around IT Cost Optimization, IT/technology finance, benchmarking, budgeting etc. I enjoy the role but fear not being able to do much with this experience. I fear this due to the fact that I simply talk strategy and roadmaps with no technical experience of having ever done these activities myself.

I’ve landed a job in a global investment bank for a business analyst in FP&A. I have 1 year of relevant experience. I live in MCOL city, what salary can I accept?

Do you folks work the weekend as well? What is your close calendar like. Anything that makes your company uniquely efficient/inefficient?

I went through two rounds of interviews for
a job that the posting stated $36.66 per
hour (FP&A Analyst)…the company
recruiter had told me in the initial call the
pay could be 32-36 because of the other
benefits. If I do get a job offer what range
should I try for? I was really hoping to get
around the 36-40 but now I feel like they
may try to offer lower than what was
posted. Also there was no range but the
average for this position is upper 70s-90k.
Thanks for any help!

What would be a typical Sr Financial analyst salary in NYC?

Welcome to the FP&A Bowl. I came on this app looking for a place to connect with others working in corporate planning but saw that there was no Bowl for us, so I created it! Hope you’re all doing well

Been with company for 2.5 years in a SFA role, and they just let me hire an associate financial analyst reporting into me. My manager never mentioned anything in regards to a promotion, but when I asked, I was told that there will be an evaluation period before any promotion is given. Has anyone else had this before, where you are managing someone but they don’t give you a promotion? Sounds bizarre to me that they allow me to hire someone but then are hesitant to promote.

What is the best method to learn SAP finance? Do people have recommendations on a specific book, website, or other best practices to learn it?

Hey all,

I’m trying to switch over to an FP&A role from a wealth management analyst role. Has anyone had experience doing so, and does anyone have any referrals? Thank you!

Hi everyone, anyone know of opening at their company that will connect? I’ve been doing FP&A work in higher Education for about 6 years and would like to break into Tech/fintech. I have an MBA and all the relevant experience (KPIs, modeling, ad box analysis etc…)

How many hours a week do you actually work. Sitting in front of a screen working? Also. Are you remote, hybrid of 5 days a week in office. Just gauging other peoples lives ahaha

Hi I just lost my job due to Covid-19. Can anyone help? I have 10 years of experience in FP&A worked for Goldman and BMO

I do FP&A work for a manufacturing company, doing reporting, ME close work & sales reports and forecasting. They’re letting me pick my title, I’m not sure what to go with. Is Analyst - FP&A redundant?

What challenges have you all faced in light of COVID and how have you adapted models/forecasts?

What’s a typical career growth route for an FP&A analyst? And outside of Business Partnering and Excel skill sets what else is needed to move up the ladder?

Looking to begin a career in Financial Analytics. I am an Economics major that graduated in Dec 2020. Since then I have been an Operations Analyst at a FinTech company. I also have some past experience as an analyst at a small business lending company in college. I have been applying for jobs for the past ~6 months. I have made it to the final round of a few interviews, but have not received any offers. Does anyone have any advice for me? I would greatly appreciate any insight.