What are careers in corporate finance?

The Top 4 Careers In Corporate Finance:

• The Corporate Development team (Corp Dev for short) works on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for a company. They work closely with investment bankers to find target companies, negotiate with them, and strike deals that create value. (average salary: $127,402 per year, range: $93K to $173K)

• The Financial Planning & Analysis team (FP&A for short) is responsible for all budgeting, forecasting, key performance indicators (KPIs), variance analysis, and related functions in a company. They work closely with operations, accounting, and sometimes, Corp Dev and investor relations to manage its internal operating model. (average salary: $66,000 per year, range: $46K to $96K)

• The Treasury team has responsibility for a wide range of financial activities at a company, including cash management, short-term investments, liquidity management, foreign currency exchange, hedging, buying and selling derivatives contracts, insurance, and issuing debt and equity. They work with bankers and deal with products such as lines of credit, money market securities, and FX trades. (average salary: $170,000 per year, range: $134K to $200K)

• Investor Relations is a specialized IR team involved in decisions around dividend policies, share buybacks, and M&A activity, which are all core concepts in corporate finance. (average salary: $250,182 per year, range: $100K to $300K)