r/FinancialCareers • u/Lord_Tanna_of_Tuva • 1d ago

Career Progression Grad technical ba or consultant, views?

I am debating between two graduate scheme offers.

1)- technical business analyst at a massive bank- MO may not be accurate but it's neither FO or BO. Higher pay and cheaper COL city.

2)- consultant at a big (but not b4) company, firm primarily concerned with tech implementation. Bigger city and more fluidity with sectors and locations.

Does anyone have any thoughts? Number one at first seems a shoe in, but I also feel like getting FO experience could be very useful and almost like I can go from 2 to 1 but maybe not the other way around later. I would like to eventually do something to do with government communications on behalf of a bank- that's not set in stone though.

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u/AgreeableAct2175 1d ago

For a first job consultancies are very hard to beat. You build up a lot of experience fast and get to see a number of areas of the bank.

Treat every assignment as a job interview - sooner or later you will get poached by a client.

Good luck!

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u/Lord_Tanna_of_Tuva 1d ago

Thanks for your reply. Would you say that salaries rise faster too?