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Why Should You Consider A Career In Corporate Finance & How To Build One?

Dec 28, 2020 | 2 minutes |

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A career in corporate finance means one would work for the organization to help generate and meet its capital requirements, utilizing these resources optimally to allow organic and inorganic growth and channel the earnings in the appropriate manner as to boost further growth and shareholder satisfaction. One gets to work with the CXOs and top level executives of a large multinational company, a domestic leading group or even a relatively regional player with high growth prospects. Sounds exciting? There are more reasons that support your choice to build a career in Corporate Finance like, 
  1. Direct participation in high level financial decision making
  2. Great remuneration as per industry standards with added benefits
  3. Offers long term career and multiple promotion opportunities
  4. Multiple career transition avenues
  5. Continuous education with evolving rules in the domain
There are 3 important activities that any corporate finance professional looks after are,
  1. Investments & Capital Budgeting
    1. Plan organization’s long-term capital assets to generate the highest risk-adjusted returns
    2. Use Financial Modelling, IRR and NPV to decide whether to pursue an investment or not.
  2. Capital Financing
    1. Finance the capital investments through an optimal combination of business’ equity & debt
    2. Optimize the company’s capital structure by lowering its Weighted Average Cost of Capital.
       
  3. Dividends & Return of Capital
    1. To retain a business’s earnings for future investments & operational requirements or to distribute it to shareholders in the form of dividends or share buybacks.
There are multiple job avenues for Corporate Finance professionals to work in. One can easily become a Financial Planning and Analysis professional, Controllership professional or get into Financial Accounting or Treasury at companies like JPMorgan Chase, DBS Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Citi Bank, BNP Paribas, etc. A career in Corporate Finance can lead to multiple growth opportunities within a few years. Being involved in top-level, organizational decision making lends a crucial experience that will enable you to transition to careers in Investment Banking, Private Equity, Controllership, etc. To know more about how to build a high paying career in Corporate Finance check out,

InsideIIM’s Certificate Program in Corporate Finance with SDA Bocconi.