What is Corporate Finance?

1. What is Corporate Finance? • Job Descriptions • Sample Organizational Structure • Representative Recruiting Companies • Lifestyle and Compensation • Skills Recruiters are Seeking • Interview • Events

2. MBA Graduate Job Descriptions • Designated Positions or Part of Rotational Program • Program/Product Financial Analyst • Program/product budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis • Strategic Planning • Corporate budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis • Strategic Pricing • Pricing analysis of new programs/products • Corporate Development • Merger, acquisition and minority investment analysis • Treasury • Financing and capital investing analysis • Internal Audit • Procedural and sampling analysis

3. Sample Organizational Structure Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Controller Treasurer Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) Director, Programs/Products Director, Planning Manager, Accounting Manager, Internal Audit Manager, Prog/Prod Fin Analysis Manager, Strategic Planning Manager, Strategic Pricing Manager, Corp. Development

4. Representative Recruiting Companies

5. Lifestyle and Compensation • Lifestyle is VERY GOOD! • Typical 50 hour work week • Minimal weekends • Flexible work schedules • Relatively low travel • Compensation is relatively good • $109,000* average for Class of 2001 *Total compensation includes base salary, signing bonus, tuition reimbursement, & performance bonus

6. Skills Recruiters Are Seeking • Analytical/Quantitative • Leadership • Initiative • Interpersonal • Confidence • Maturity

7. Corporate Finance Interview • Personal Fit • Corporate Finance Interest • Industry Interest • Limited Knowledge Probing

8. Corporate Finance Events • Corporate Finance Forum • November TBD • Mock Interviews • SC Johnson October 11 • Guidant November 6 • Resume Reviews • September – October • Meet the Interns • December • Club Speaker Series