Heard mixed thoughts. If an MBA worth it if you have barely any FDD experience when you have some CDD, operational M&A, op model work & Tax M&A? Ultimately u want to be on a deal side but need experience in FDD. Worth an MBA or better try even to get into a lower position at big4/boutique (if I can even get in!)?

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FDD is the opposite of a gold star for deal team. CDD is legit 10x better

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You don’t make that transition , it’s a 1 to 99 chance even with partner support assuming same firm. Externally I’d argue even lower since FDD is mostly CPAs and CDDs are mostly MBAs with pure strat consulting backgrounds, completely different people. Like I said my group that sort of covers both realms is REALLY small (like 300 total practitioners nationwide) and we only do like the data/KPIs for finance and opps. It’s like 4 slides in either sides deck of 50+ on a VDD or CDD deck

Why do you want to move from CDD to FDD?

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Commercial due dill much better than financial due dill experience imo. However, somehow I’ve found myself doing more technical due dill than CDD - trying to change that ofc.

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Recently left KPMG FDD for another FDD role at a growing firm and love it. PE focused. If you are interested in doing the same shoot me a DM.

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