901 Advizers
David
Director, M&A Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC
New York University
University of San Diego, MScGL and MBA
USD Knauss School of Business
Q1Career path
Management Consulting
Corporate Finance
Mergers and Acquisitions
2:21
"Grad school, corporate finance internship at 20th Century Fox, which I then, you know, leveraged to get, uh, an interview and job at Oliver Wyman."
Q2Main responsibilities
Team Leadership
Client Management
Mergers and Acquisitions
1:19
"You're running the day-to-day projects, uh, but you're not on one project. You're expected to be on multiple projects."
Q3Day in the life
Client Management
Mergers and Acquisitions
Team Leadership
1:40
"I could start my days as early as six 30 sometimes when I've got European clients."
Q4Most important skills - role
Communication Skills
Client Relationship Management
Financial Modeling
1:39
"How do you make your clients feel like they're a priority to you? Being responsive to them...and then just maintaining relationships."
Q5Favorite parts - role
Global Collaboration
Team Development
Mentorship
0:45
"The thing I enjoy most is, is developing my team."
Q6Biggest challenge - role
Bandwidth Constraints
Client Management
Workload Management
0:59
"Sometimes I would say that bandwidth becomes a constraint and a challenge."
Q7Favorite parts - industry
Technology
Consulting
M&A Advisory
0:47
"Technology touches everything we do every day. And I just enjoy being on the front lines of that."
Q8Who thrives in industry
Intellectual Curiosity
Hard Work
Detail-Oriented
0:48
"They tend to be people that are intellectually curious."
Q9Wish known before - industry
Leadership
Mergers and Acquisitions
Workload Management
1:13
"I always seek out more responsibility and more leadership opportunities, and I have that."
Q10Entry-level positions
Graduate Roles
Undergraduate Roles
Entry-Level Positions
1:31
"We're always filling up our pipeline with new graduates. So there's opportunities out there."
Q11Significant lesson - career
Client Prioritization
Relationship Building
Communication Skills
1:25
"It's the relationship piece you need to be in order to be successful and consulting long term. Uh, it's all about relationships."
Q12College ideas for success
Networking
Consulting Industry
Relationship Building
0:54
"Networking, networking, networking."

