Alvarez & Marsal KPMG Strategy MD vs. Alvarez & Marsal PEPI Senior Director - which one would you choose and why? Comp, culture, wlb, leadership, clients, …

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MD title is better than SD.

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Comp - A&M SD comp will be potentially >2x KPMG MD. A lot of that is bonus, which makes A&M tc a lot more volatile.

Culture/WLB - Not at A&M, but I hear incredibly mixed reviews on culture/wlb, with PEPI being the worst. KPMG is going to be 30%+ fewer hours, and a much better (on average) culture with people that generally seem to be happy.

Ownership structure - at KPMG you can make partner and become part of leadership. At A&M you work for Brian Marsal.

Hopefully others can add/correct anything I missed or don’t have visibility to comment on.

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Not all MDs at A&M have equity. The MD level here has tiers, it’s just not very transparent. Ive known SDs with equity too, though these were generally more long standing employees.

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A&M, just do a LinkedIn search and see the volume of recent higher level defections from KPMG strategy to A&M PEPI.

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Second this, the best folks in strategy left for us in PEPI

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I’d start by focusing on what the responsibilities are as well as how you’re measured in the respective roles. One is more skewed towards delivery while the other is more of a “junior partner” role.

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KPMG MD. Once you get that MD title, it Carrie’s weight externally. “Senior Director”, while very high up at A&M, is not going to be as respected as MD.

A&M has stronger brand with PE and M&A space in general, but KPMG is a globally recognized name (albeit more known for accounting). You can go from KPMG MD to MD/Partner anywhere else pretty easily. But you can’t go A&M SD to MD/Partner elsewhere without a significant uphill battle (think about time in role, etc…to move to MD/P from SD, the external firm will want to see evidence/time in the box at SD before letting you in the ranks. vs. coming in with the title, having earned the badge already).

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Nope

A&M

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depends what you’re doing.

Assuming it’s ops, A&M is the better brand.

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SD at A&M PEPI prob make more than MD at K Strat

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Yeah that’s about right. I’m a little over $500k and I’m sure that I’m not top of band.

If you're asking, go to KPMG

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You didn't catch my drift. Nonsensical to compare K to A&M. It's Different in every sense.

Depends how old you are and if you want to own equity in a firm. I do think A&M SDs probably make more than big 4 non-equity MDs, but as others said, if having equity in a firm soon is important to you, than for the KPMG route. I do think work is more interesting at A&M (came from KPMG and went to A&M) and you dive deeper and make better relationships with clients, but it really depends on your end goals. If you’re gonna go into industry again at some point at c-suite, then A&M is probably better.

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Strategy MDs at K make pretty good money and the MD title does carry weight. WLB is probably better at K. Broader variety of clients at K given the tax and accounting connections, but if PE is your focus, then A&M is the way to go.

I would not take a role and responsibility step down for maybe a little more money.

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