Transaction Services, M&A, Deal Advisory

Used to work as a senior associate in audit at EY. Current company I am working at is planning on being sold to another, so I have been working with the EY FDD team to get anything they need. I beca...

What’s so good about staying in this profession long term? (SM and above). For the older folks, has this industry trended for the worse?

Just did a deep dive of where everyone form my practice (M above) left for in the past 2-3 years…. Directors - mainly all to another TAS/FDD firm as Director SM - either downgrade to another type of...

Do we actually get paid that much more than auditors?

Moved to B4 TAS from Audit a few months ago. LMM PE offered me a seat on their deals team. Would be a 30-40% bump base. Also - Targeting 2027 or 2028 MBA Matriculation. Anyone have any thoughts? Or ...

How hard is it to study and pass the CPA while working full time in fdd? Has anyone done that? Also what other firms require CPA nowadays since GT does not require at all?

how is deal flow for yall right now?

How much do the LLM PE shops (500 AUM) pay at associate/starting level? Base plus bonus? Can you expect to get meaningful bonus first year?

What’s A&M culture like? Up or out? Can I just come in as a Manager and just stay in that role indefinitely? I’d be down just making $300k. Is remote possible? Experienced Manager - 5 years in FDD...

Can anybody out there suggest the best remote FDD shops? I’m on my second one and starting to think they all are absolute shit shows. As much as I hated being in the office and the politics of a place...

Are there any online courses you would recommend to learn FDD fundamentals?

On the sellside, which member(s) of your team are leading calls with buyside FDD teams?

I recently had someone in private equity tell me they believe a lot of the work we do will eventually be replaced by AI. As someone who’s still early in my career in this field, I’ll admit that made m...

Does A&M higher any seniors that didn’t work in the big 4? Obviously I know they want big 4 but will they take anyone that is at a top 10-15 firm?

Is it worth exploring corp dev positions in gov contracting with a 20-30% paycut in hopes of much better wlb? Strict 9-5?

FDD Senior Associate at Cohn Reznick comp? Have a recruiter reaching out saying salary is $150k, seems like fluff since that’d be the highest (salary) I’ve heard of. Thought I’d check here if there ha...

What does the A&M interview process look like for a manager level? TAG

I'm a new associate doing SOC audit, but would like to transition to FDD & TAS in 1-2 years at either a Big 4 or any mid-tier PA firm or consulting firm, while also wanna move to a HCOL city. How can ...

Has anyone gone to law school to go from financial due diligence to legal due diligence? I know the pay difference is massive, but how is the wlb, day to day activities etc? Anyone her who has done th...

How old are most senior associates at A&M, and what’s the range (TAG NYC)? Feel like I may be too old to go back to SA.