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Where a corporate investment banker can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a corporate investment banker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Corporate investment bankers offer strategic advice on financial services to companies and other institutions. They ensure that legal regulations are being followed by their clients in their efforts of raising any capital. They provide technical expertise and information on mergers and acquisitions, bonds and shares, privatisations and reorganisation, raising capital and security underwriting, including equity and debt markets.

Also known as corporate banker, corporate investment adviser, operational investment banker, corporate investment strategist, investment banker, investment banking associate.

Professionals 34 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: mergers and acquisitions analyst, 56%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
mergers and acquisitions anal… 56% covered venture capitalist 47% covered investment analyst 46% covered securities analyst 43% covered dividend analyst 43% covered corporate investment bank… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from corporate investment banker, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a corporate investment banker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A corporate investment banker needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • advise on participation in financial markets communication, collaboration and creativity
  • provide legal advice on investments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • business valuation techniques business, administration and law
  • mergers and acquisitions business, administration and law
  • management consulting business, administration and law
  • investment banking business, administration and law
  • asset management business, administration and law
  • credit control processes business, administration and law
  • monitor stock market information skills
  • develop investment portfolio management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a corporate investment banker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Corporate investment banker is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a corporate investment banker’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.