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1. I have 11 years of experience in Operations & Project Management.
2. Have implemented innovative and digital transformation projects such as ERP and IT Simulator.
3. Carried out process improvement and Cost-Benefit Analysis.
4. Engineer with MBA degree.
5. Certifications are :
Certified Project Manager (PMP)
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB)
Looking for managerial roles.
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Would you say FDD has better exit ops than an M&A advisory practice like DDV at PwC or TAS OTS at EY?
FDD is solid. You’ll learn tons of finance and accounting within the M&A space. How to analyze quality of earnings and debt like items in a deal. Should be able to lateral to any bank within their transactions advisory group
Yeah apparently we lost a lot of good people recently. I’m trying to leave soon
I am thinking of PRTM acquisition times (look it up), classic supply chain strategy and value capture post M&A, operational due diligence, sourcing, technology and commercial DD, that was a different league compared to DDV PMO, they all gone somewhere else. PwC is actually a great firm and has a lot to offer, trust me, the major problem is to break through DDV chains and see the light outside of the chamber.
I really wanna get into this space 😪 I’m stuck in tech consulting. Referral kpmg or pwc? 🤗🤗
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DDV is an integration/separation PMO, occasionally due diligence but in a dull space -G&A benchmarking. People mostly exit as finance managers, integration managers. FDD is difficult to exit outside this M&A finance niche
Tbh, I’m in DDV and I think both groups have solid exit ops. FDD is better for M&A valuation, it’s possible to lateral to investment banking or other types of transaction advisory services such as financial reporting, etc. DDV is more PMO and operations focused, exit ops are more broad but you have to spin it
Work(ed) quite close with FDD, IB is an option for junior staff (pre-managers) and boutique banks, so you know your niche.
Key message in the above for DDV - “you have to spin it”. I’ve seen exits to strategy in industry but with very solid MBA (top-5), most of spinning happening around PMO and Finance roles, the latter one if you worked on integration streams in finance. Ops is a very rare thing for DDV, couple folks still do this but majority already left.
Thanks S&1 for the insight. If in DDV, and have an interest on the diligence side (CDD), what would you say is the ease to potentially pivot to Deals Strategy? Obviously understand one would need to show the skill set and network to get buy in from a Partner on the other side of the table
Deals strategy is a stretch to work for, even being inside S&. I feel that they might over-hired so might have no issues with staffing internally. Things to think about: MC rate is lower - edge #1, CDD is being done by other groups in S& (say, automotive is one of them) - edge #2. Directors might be better to network with, rather than partners, they do budgeting and delivery.
It’s basically impossible to move from DDV to S& lol. Never seen it done. And CDD is completely different than the IT/ODD we do
This happens, rarely but happens, I've seen select instances (approvals are way beyond regular partners). DDV keeps it low and probably already shut the doors, their are very defensive, so out is more common than transferring
Again, thanks for the insights S&1 and P1
@P1 - with you looking to leave, what type of role are you aiming for coming out of DDV?
Is corporate development a common exit op for fdd? Is VC possible without doing IB first?
S&1, what types of operations work did we use to do? I know Monitor does quite a bit of operations and I’m trying to spin my story to break in there.
P2- I’m currently speaking to other consulting firms and banks including Alvarez & Marsal, Houlihan Lokey, for advisory roles