Anyone here have a certification that you found to be helpful in your M&A career? If so, which is it and why?

£50k TC, 2.6YoE working within the change arm of a bank ——- what do experienced fishes think is a good next move for someone like myself? Might want to move into consulting one day with ultimate aim of MBB but also enjoy technical coding work, particularly in credit risk / counterparty credit risk in banking — could use some fresh perspective ; quite confused atm as interested in many things! Don’t mind staying in change management either TIA - appreciate any advise

Can anyone enlighten me on the difference between CDP and Strategy? If I have plan to move to strategy what can I do ? Also is there a part of strategy that focuses in Healthcare?

I am in need of some advice I have a bachelors in healthcare administration. My long term goal would be a CEO of a hospital. I am looking at masters programs and need some advice as what to get my masters in. I could get my masters in healthcare administration but would like to look at something a little different maybe healthcare leadership or something. Anyone have some advice?

Could someone explain what finance closing process is? I passed CPA and have audit experience but I don’t really understand how industry accounting cycle works :( What does it mean to close the books? Are they referring to 12/31 deadline? Do all JE have to be recorded within this date? How does one close it?

Newly barred attorney here of almost a year. Looking to maybe ditching the “traditional” attorney/bar licensure track and going into other areas where JD degrees/lawyers are preferred. Anyone have experience with this untraditional track?

What’s the most valuable supply chain skill at the moment, and why? Trying to decide on an investment strategy and welcome input

I’m thinking about transitioning to In-House from a big law firm where I practice Employee Benefits. Will employers consider me without the typical “corporate” or “litigation” experience?

Hi, I was curious if anyone had any jobs or companies that had a position with a mix of consulting/healthcare/pharmaceutical. I currently work in clinical operations and research, and would love to jump or learn into a tech side company with pharmaceutical exposure. Not sure if these are out there but figured I’d see!

MBB folks, I’m a Product Manager (non-tech company) and interested in working at MBB.

Which level/role does MBB can offer me ?

Do we get a timely exit in PwC SDC in 15 days during probation period? or does it depend or our manager?

note - I’m yet to join the company, just want to know if it’s a smooth exit or they can keep us as long as they want?

Your favorite resources for learning just enough UX?

My baseline is a data scientist background: stats, data visualization, storytelling with decks

What are exits for tech transfer? Have an opportunity, but idk if I want to work for university commercialization offices for the rest of my life

Anyone here who left fed job and regretted it?

YOE : 7.8 i have an offer from IBM and HCL.
IBM : 18 fixed + 1 JB HCL : 21 ( 18 fixed + 1lakh approx (monthly variable) + 2 lakh Annual variable ) . Now i have a discussion pending with Robert Bosch , What should i quote ! Which will be better for job security and work life and overall career growth .

What can I be doing in my current entry level tech consulting job to make me a great candidate for promotions/raises or changing jobs in the next year or 2?

Hi, I want to learn how to build ETL pipelines with Pyspark and Azure. As right now i have experience in feature engineering only with SQL and Pyspark.

Can anyone suggest anything online from where i can learn and do hands on?@

Which would you rather? Internal at MBB or client-facing at Big 4/ACN?

Any tips on leaving a firm “correctly”? Was about to go “of counsel” with my firm of 6 years, but then another firm whose partners I really respect (and personally like) offered me a partnership position. I predict my current bosses will *flip* (cut off file access immediately, try to beat me to calling my clients, etc.), so how do I set myself up for a successful transition?

Thoughts on career changing and joining a headhunting/executive recruitment firm? I feel like it won't be super hard for me to start building a book of business with my current network. Anyone with experience?

Just been offered a manager position (people & org consulting) at a big 4 in Qatar for 24k (QAR). Based on previous threads this seems low for the region. Especially as 9k goes towards accommodation (max unfurnished 1br) ....Have I been low balled? Or is this normal?

Friendly reminder about our Bowl meetup tomorrow (Thursday) in Wash Sq West. $6 Margaritas and $6 Nachos all night long. Hope to meet many of you there!

Date: November 3rd, 6:00 pm
Where: McGillin’s Olde Ale House

Can anyone of the fishes working in Uber Amazon Microsoft Apple Facebook (Meta) Google Netflix Mercedes-Benz Research & Development India OnePlus India R&D Sony Corporation Adobe EY Boston Consulting Group Deloitte McKinsey & Company help me with referal?
I am actively looking for a change.

I have Around 8 years of experience in Sales & Product Operations and Program Management.
Skills: Program Management, Product Operations, Salesforce, customer success.

Have you ever went for a job and new u we’re getting the job but then see the person they picked isn’t even better than you?

San Quentin, our local prison, seeing cases spike like crazy

When you encounter a conspiracy theorist re the vaccines, do you set them straight or do you just ignore it? I struggle w how to approach this.

7/27/22 check-in. Happy hump day! What’s your workout for today?

Hello Fishes,

Need 11 likes for DM!

Thanks in advance.

Sometimes people ask why I love being an engineer. I always say that technological innovation is amazing! If we can use technology to make our lives easier, then why not?

Looking to enhance knowledge of back-end rev cycle functions, best practices, benchmarks, etc. What are some good books to read for this?

Hey folks, this is my first post—so please go easy on me! I really want to understand the dynamics of rebates within the pharmaceutical industry better. Anyone feeling particularly knowledgeable and kind want to help?

How do I compare two sheets to make sure they are identical?

If i am a fresher in cognizant and worked for 2 months and have got better opportunity can I abscond from same as the other company is asking to join immediately

Hello Fishes,
Just curious on what is the minimum hike percentage that one receives in FreshWorks.

Hi All, Anyone moved from GBS to CIO BU ?
If yes, what is the advantages and disadvantages for this.

Hi there! What’s the best way for a Dreamer to get their citizenship? I’ve renewed my AB 540 multiple times and would like to get the ball rolling on my citizenship. The Biden Admin talked about providing a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers but because of the pandemic, they decided it wasn’t an important enough issue to discuss.

Guys, seeing a trend of rolling out offer letter only few days before our last working day.
Any idea why this is being done?

I'm leaving Deloitte (consultant - capital markets) for an analyst role in M&A (in house) in a relatively small company. How long should I stay and how hard is it gonna be if I want to join an IB or rejoin a consultancy ?

ACCA and CPA qualifications. How useful are they in the line of consulting. I work in the M&A space focusing on FDD. Happy to have a chat to see what qualifications if any are actually useful in our line of work.

Hey all, I’m considering a position with KPMG’s Deal Advisory / M&A service line as an M. What are your thoughts on 1) work life balance, 2) business outlook, and 3) culture? The salary is very competitive.

Has anyone done an M&A case study for a Corp Dev position? My interviewer told me it’s going to be a 5hr case study and I am a bit scared...Anyone knows what to expect in these?

Any McK fuel people in here? Kinda curious about this segment in reference to deal structure. Is it all commercial debt?

Anyone here that has exited to a retail mortgage or lending strategic in a Corp Dev / M&A role? Would like to hear experiences on work products, culture, etc.

Man PwC PEVC is poaching KPMG Strategy folks like crazy! Recruiters are swarming the DMs out here. Does this mean that the good natured roasting that KPMG Strat gets is just for jokes and in actuality we’re actually well respected professionals? I’m actually very impressed with the practice and everyone I’ve worked with and I feel as though clients really gravitate towards us as well given the positive numbers this year. Jw what our true reputation is out here on the streets is all

Any insight into TCS M&A group? They reached out offering $200k for an M&A specialist role and would be a significant jump from my current salary. Unsure what they do in M&A space since they focus largely on delivery vs strategy

Hi M&A professionals, please recommend between Deloitte M&A M vs Aon M&A AD. Both in London.

Anyone have good resources (online or book) to learn about the finance function?

trying to make a move into FDD...any insight into how i should prepare, know, gain skills etc. for interview and networking!

Hey everybody, I work in Healthcare Consulting (9m of prior M&A experience) and have an upcoming PwC Deals Contracts Analytics associate interview next week, any PwC D&T/M&A folks willing to connect, share their experience and provide any insights for nailing the interview?

Deloitte Consulting's M&A team is hiring IT M&A professionals for their Dubai office (United Arab Emirates, Middle East)

If interested, please reach out for more color

Anyone have insight into GMs Corp Dev team? Was reached out to by a recruiter there. Cheers all!

Anyone from A&M willing to refer me. Will be great to have a conversation. They are hiring for the role I am interested in. TIA