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Accounting Exit Opportunities

Discuss exit opportunities from accounting. Share open roles & insights on interview prep.

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  1. works at PwC

    Does anyone work as the financial analyst - Selling Partner services ( fee) for Amazon, can I ask to what extent do you guys use SQL or other data tool? Any information would be greatly appreciated. A...

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  2. Manager

    Is getting into accounting advisory helpful for exit opportunities?

  3. works at KPMG

    JD/LLM here (CPA eligible). Thinking about starting my own small firm after my second year as a manager (current S2, so in like 3-4 years). Does anyone have any advice on it, and for those who have do...

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  4. Tax Analyst

    Spreadsheet whiz, but my soul craves human connection. Thinking of ditching accounting for HR or recruiting. Anyone else made the leap from numbers to people? Tips, advice, warnings all welcome!

  5. Senior Staff Accountant

    Tax season was an absolute nightmare this year. The long hours, the endless spreadsheets, the soul-crushing monotony of it all... I'm starting to think this accounting gig isn't for me. I've been day...

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  6. Tax Associate

    Woot woot - just got a job offer working in the controllers' office at an awesome local nonprofit, meaning I can quit my role at this toxic firm. Do I really need to give them my two weeks' notice? Ar...

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  7. Accountant

    This guy seems to suggest that the easiest way to exit is to start applying for assistant controllers once you're a senior? Sound advice? I'm totally lost as to what I want to do next.

  8. works at KPMG

    I have an interview with the IRS coming up for a Revenue Agent Position… any advice??

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  9. Deals Senior Associate

    What can anyone tell me about forensic acocunting for an insurance company? Are skills there tranferrable to other areas of forensic accounting?

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  10. works at EY

    Confused by hierarchy of ranks in industry. Is a Fund Controller role equivalent to that of an Assistant Controller at a HF? Or is it equal to a Controller role?

  11. works at EY

    I have an offer to be a director of a finance function for a private company. Is it ok to ask to look at their financials prior to accepting the offer? It’s a PE backed company and I just to make sure...

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  12. works at EY

    Incoming tax consultant. What departments should I try to specialize in to increase my exit ops? Would likely not want to do tax.

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  13. Associate

    I got an offer from as a SALT associate, my ultimate aim is to get out of PA in 3-5 years preferably into asset management, will there be decent exit opportunities into the same after working in the S...

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  14. works at EY

    I interned in B4 Tax last summer and signed a full-time offer to start in Jan 2025. Since then, I realized that my interests do not lie with Tax and I would rather exit after 2-3 years into corporate ...

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  15. Senior Accountant

    Worth it to apply to/attend T14 law school if I am about a year away from manager (140k ish TC in VHCOL city)? Didn’t recruit for jobs in college despite going to a nice private school bc I didn’t car...

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  16. Senior Tax Associate

    What exit options does Equity Tax Senior Associate have after working at Big 4?

  17. works at In Extenso

    Does CFA help to get out from tax to a finance position

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  18. RR
    R_Keir R_Richard

    Is FGS a good company to work in? The Glassdoor review is pretty low. NYC FGS Global

  19. Audit Senior

    Big 4 audit senior exit opportunity: - CPA - 2 years of experience on a public client as a senior - lead senior for 2 small clients What are some of the exit opportunities for my situation? Also...

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  20. works at In Extenso

    Hello everyone, I’ve heard that EY GCR is the most general of the other tax services and has better exit ops. Any idea about these exit ops ? and how many years we should stay to not get stuck ?