From Big 4 to Equity Research - TS or Valuation ?
Hi,
Before jumping into the question, let me introduce myself.
I'm currently working at a Big Four in Belgium in the Consulting department (not in a Finance-related field tho) and I have the opportunity to make an internal move towards the Financial Advisory Department (i.e., TS or Valuation & Modelling). The thing is, my goal here is to get a good exit opportunity to end up working for either a Big Bank as an Equity Research Analyst or for an Investment Fund / Asset Management firm.
Therefore, since I now have the opportunity to work in either the Transaction Services team (doing mostly Financial Financial Due Diligence) OR the Valuation & Business Modelling team (i.e., asset pricing, impairment testing, general valuation ...), I am now wondering: "Which one of those two teams would offer me the best exit opportunities in order to later be able to land a job as an Equity Research / Investment Analyst ?"
FYI, I have been working for almost two years now in a field that has nothing to do with Finance after graduating in 2020 in Business Engineering with a minor in Finance. Thus, after applying pretty much everywhere in Belgium, I noticed that most recruiters would not give me my chance as they already consider me as "rotten".
Therefore, I really want to make sure that I chose the right team when making this internal move to better position myself this time ...
Anyway, back to my question : "Do recruiters/funds/banks in Europe usually value more having experience in TS or experience in VBM ?"
There you go, that's pretty much the only thing I want to know. However, if you see any other potential career paths that I could consider to switch my career towards Finance/Investment (e.g., Traineeships in Retail Banking, etc.), I would be delighted if you could mention them.
Many thanks for reading !
Either one is fine. What’s most important is getting an interview and showing you understand the job responsibilities in the interview. I came from big 4 audit and no one cared about what specifically I did at big 4 once I got an interview
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