Hello folks. I currently do TAS at B4. And am currently interviewing for a corp dev opportunity at a PE firm (not a portco). Obviously will still be working on growing the portcos. Any feedback on how folks have like corp dev compared to TAS will be extremely helpful.

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Corp dev is bigger picture work in my experience, at the junior level, its a mix of coordinating the financials, people, legal, hr, and getting the right data. It's sort of like a PM role in my opinion. There's definitely a strategic modeling, and understanding the financials, but for the heavy type work in that regard, the bankers and consultants come in.
It's more of a jack of all trade type of role.
Understanding the deal process is imperative.

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