Corporate Finance & Investment Banking
1. Job landscape for this Career Area (“where”)
Where do Corporate Finance & Investment Banking professionals work?
Departments & Teams
Investment Banking Division
Team within department
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- IPO
- Corporate Client Advisory
Corporate Finance
Team within department
- Capital Budgeting
- Financial Planning
- Risk Management
Sales and Trading
Team within department
- Stocks, Bonds, Commodities and Derivatives
- Client Investment
Asset Management
Team within department
- Research
- Investment Advisory
Financial Planning & Analysis
Team within department
- Budgeting, Forecasting and Financial Modeling
- Strategic Decision-Making
Private Equity
Team within department
- Buyouts
- Growth Capital
- Venture Capital
PROFESSIONAL FIRMS
Investment Banking Firms & Boutique Firms
- JP Morgan
- Chase & Co
- Goldman Sachs
- Morgan Stanley
- Evercore
- Moelis & Company
- Greenhill & Co
Corporate Finance & Advisory Firms
- McKinsey & Company
- Bain & Company
- BCG
- Deloitte
- KPMG
- Ernst & Young
Private Equity Firms
- The Blackstone Group
- The Carlyle Group
- KKR & Co. Inc.
- TPG Capital
- Apollo Global Management
Sectors
As a finance professional, you could work in a finance-related department in any sector. However, the sectors highlighted below tend to recruit corporate finance and investment banking professionals—and companies in these sectors may even have a large group or an entire department dedicated to the field.
SECTOR
IMPORTANCE
- Financial Services & Banking
High
- Technology & Software/Fintech
High
- Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
Mid
- Transportation & Logistics
Mid
- Energy & Utilities
Mid
- Consumer Goods & Retail
Mid
- Telecommunications
Mid
- Manufacturing & Industrial
Mid
- Real Estate & Construction
High
- Media & Entertainment
Mid
- Automotive
Mid
- Consumer Services
High
CONSULTING
IMPORTANCE
- Mergers & Acquisitions
High
- Corporate Strategy & Consulting
High
- Financial Restructuring
High
- Valuation Services
High
- Transaction Services
High
- Debt & Capital Advisory
High
- Risk Management Consulting
Mid
- Financial Planning & Analysis Consulting
High
- Corporate Governance & Compliance
Mid
- Financial Modeling/Consulting
High