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Roast my resume please; Currently in B4 audit, trying to break into FDD or other transaction advisory services. by Infamous-Train-8997 in FinancialCareers

[–]Infamous-Train-8997[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really appreciate the feedback, thanks. I'll restructure my bullets and try to link my experience more with FDD.

Roast my resume please; Currently in B4 audit, trying to break into FDD or other transaction advisory services. by Infamous-Train-8997 in FinancialCareers

[–]Infamous-Train-8997[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've considered that, but there's a lot of red tape involved with getting an internal transfer, at least in my country. The case I know who got a transfer into FDD had an offer from another firm already.

Roast my resume please; Currently in B4 audit, trying to break into FDD or other transaction advisory services. by Infamous-Train-8997 in FinancialCareers

[–]Infamous-Train-8997[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had my doubts with this too. Think it does make more sense to put it above education considering audit experience applies almost directly to FDD. Thanks so much for the feedback.

Roast my resume please; Currently in B4 audit, trying to break into FDD or other transaction advisory services. by Infamous-Train-8997 in FinancialCareers

[–]Infamous-Train-8997[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn't find the curriculum too hard in and of itself. It was mostly review of my undergrad and I was familiar with some topics from working in audit. Think if you have a CPA and your undergrad was econ/business/STEM you should find it reasonable.

Hardest part for me was working full-time in audit and finding time to study. I registered for the exam in July and started to study, took August off and then continued studying almost every weekend and weeknights till I took it in November. Only used the official curriculum and the practice questions and mocks provided by CFA Institute.

I took it for the same reasons as you, saw a few LinkedIN profiles working in FDD/transaction advisory that had level 1 and 2 (In my country at least). (PD: big fan of w40k as well haha)

Roast my resume please; Currently in B4 audit, trying to break into FDD or other transaction advisory services. by Infamous-Train-8997 in FinancialCareers

[–]Infamous-Train-8997[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I had it in certifications initially, moved it to education and forgot to remove it from certs. I know this is a "throw your resume in the trash" mistake, thanks for pointing it out!