Hello Everyone,

Any update if the M&A market will hire in London in 2024?

How are hours in CMAAS?

What is the salary for Software Engineer position at Optum?

Anyone raising desi kids in the US? What are are some of your fears?

I feel like I sound like a broken record but - Why are tech salaries so low in the GTA?? Where's the money at?

Been in my new role (financial analyst) for about 3 weeks now and I feel like the learning curve is a lot more than expected, since we didn’t do much real analysis in audit. Is this feeling normal?

McK 🐟: Is it helpful if a Senior Partner from another part of the world puts in a referral (looking for role in the US)

Anyone prepping over holidays? MBB interview here

Hey fishes,

Does EY provide relocation expenses for moving inside same city? From one end to another end? To shift home in other area?

I’ve slowly started drinking less and less. And the less I’m drinking the more I realize just how much of my time revolved around alcohol. From going to get it, to drinking it to fighting hangovers. Now I realize I need something to fill all that time with. Especially now that I’m not spending all day saturday and sunday deathly hungover. I go for walks and run errands…but in a shock to me…there’s still a lot of time left. How did you start spending your time once you stopped drinking?

I’m feeling stagnant in my career and looking for ways to grow. I was considering obtaining a PMP certification and wondering how impactful this is. Is this certification well recognized?

ACN strategy SM2 salary? Trying to understand salary progression.

If some of the key creative leaders in your agency are actively advocating against recommending our clients take action for George Floyd or Black Lives Matter, what would you recommend doing?

Weekly Hot take, the lack of couch Co-op is the reason gaming doesn't feel like it hits the same. I miss the days of bringing over the crew to play a game that isn't smash bros. One of my best memories is playing Tower fall with my college friends in my dorm.

I have a client who needs a 401k, or a solo retirement account w loan options. When I was at UBS/Ameriprise, it was no issue but now it seems tougher to find a firm that does solo 401k as a RIA's.

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

General practice or specialized center of excellence (CoE)? KPMG Strategy has certain CoEs, one of which I am part of. The TMT general practice hints at wanting to bring me over. What are the pros associated with becoming more of a “generalist”? I’m current in the technology CoE. M level

Do you think M&A playbooks are needed for teams with a limited M&A capability?

How would you rank the strategy firms in terms of their private equity consulting practices?

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 ?

Any way of being in Ey s&o and being local? As in, is there a team that mostly does projects that are local (NYC)

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

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

I've been tasked with developing an M&A Integration playbook from scratch (I'm in industry and don't have the library of materials/templates you consultants have). Anyone know where to find a decent example, or resources online to help me build one? We will be bringing in consultants eventually to help review/validate what we put together. TIA!

Rookie question: Can you get ahold of financial information for Canadian and US private companies for light DD/early screening?

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

Is Assistant Director at EYP same as Senior Manager at Accenture?

Is deal flow starting to pick back up? Just started as an FDD analyst and would love to keep my job

Anyone have insight into Deloitte’s M&A strategy, diligence, and restructuring group? What kind of projects do you see the most and what’s the culture like?

How long does it takes for you to feel confident on what you are doing at FDD? Essentially I am not trying to stay at FDD forever but want to make sure that I learn all the necessary skills before I go.

Does experience in financial due diligence with Big4 ensure good future opportunities ? Also how good is it for an MBA finance considering the majority of crowd I have found being CA on LinkedIn..

TIA