As an Auditor currently working in a big 4 accounting firm, trying to move to the finance industry. Please what are the chances of getting an IB, corporate finance , asset management company? Or would I advise I move internally within the big 4 before looking outside. Please I need advise. I am currently a qualified chartered account and recently got CFA scholarships. I am just tired of auditing.

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Depends if you are happy with non-front office.

If you've audited financial companies, a move to product control should be easy.

There is a path to trading from product control if you actually understand the business and can go beyond being a reconciliation monkey

Looking into:
- an MBA
- masters in finance
- M&A due diligence

I was literally just posting about this in another thread on here - I think that's the main path from back to front office really

The chances are not that high, to be honest. But I agree with the comment above. Getting an MBA is a great option.

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