Accounting

How is everyone dealing with rent proportion to your income? Mine is 50% since no salary adjustment this year and it’s worth for mental health? 🥹

For those who have worked in both punlic accoubting firms and industry companies, where do you think you had more flexibility and encouraged use of PTO?

I have a question for the parents: when your kids' school supply list requests you purchase extra supplies if you can afford it, so kids who can't afford their supplies will have something, ho… more

HELP! Excel gurus, is there a way to allow filtering but turn off sorting on a worksheet?

This may be the first time I'm posting but thought I'd share a negative experience from a couple years ago when I was still learning the basics of public accounting at a larger firm. Basically… more

I’m a first-year associate in R&D Tax at a mid-market firm, but I’m realizing I’m more interested in systems, controls, and tech. I minored in Internal Audit, have a Master’s in Analytics, and I’m… more

What are the hours/utilization requirements for managers at your firm? TIA

How is the WLB as a fund accountant generally? Looking at becoming a fund accountant at a PE firm. Better or worse than big4?

Thinking about switching from accounting/tax role to a tax automation team at a top 10 firm. Currently doing typical Tax work at a midsized PA firm with other accounting and auditing duties. Concerned… more

Am I crazy that I want to take a fully remote role over another offer that has a 10% higher salary but 5 days at the office?

The first role is a senior accountant at Public company, fully remote, I felt this might… more

Im senior assistance. Back from my maternity leave since 6/20/25 and unassigned. I have reached out to resource manager and they said it has been slow but they are monitoring and will let me know if a… more

Can someone please explain why I'm responsible for my manager's good mood? He comes into the office in a pissy mood because of some personal drama, and if we can't cheer him up, our day wi… more

If you were going to be let go, would you prefer to be fired on Friday afternoon or Monday morning? I'm trying to make this process as painless as possible.

How was your experience going from a mid size firm to big 4 or vice versa?

I saw someone in another bowl say EY is laying off more people. How true is this? Any other Big 4s planning mass layoffs?

Not to be dramatic but every time I open a workpaper and it has 7 different fonts on one tab it ruins my entire day.

On a scale from 1 to 10, how valuable is a QuickBooks certification for Accountants today? My thinking is, in a world of AI, who's going to need QuickBooks skills?

I am working as an accountant in several companies since +9 years but I am still lacking behind because I am still unable to build up the confidence. What shall I do?

What kind of questions should I expect when interviewing for a Senior SEC Accounting position? I have about 8 years of experience with preparing 10K and 10Q filings. I was on the technical accounting … more

I have 8 years of experience from a nesting job (admin, AR/AP, Tax, etc). I get my bachelors at the end of this year and I’ve applied to over 150 positions and keep getting rejected. If not, I’ll go t… more

Other than a direct referral, what has been your most effective method for job hunting?

I only used my college's internship network, and that got me my first full-time role. I got my second full-t… more

I got an offer for a Senior Accountant (operational) role that matches my currently salary. I’ve been in tax (big 4 and industry) the past 6 years and am looking to get out of tax and try to pivot int… more

Audit to Tax -> I've thought about making a transition from audit to tax, especially since the job market seems more poised towards tax. Currently, I've spent my last 5 years in public accounting firms… more

I need to leave public accounting/big 4 rn. I need help with transitioning from big 4 to another field. I am looking to pivot to either finance, any analyst roles or data/business analytics. I applied… more

What’s B4s parental leave policy?

I moved out of being client facing for 10 years awhile ago and am in more of a support type of role. I find that I have 5-10 meetings a day and am being pulled in 50 different directions, which in tur… more

“Ok, work is starting to pile up. It’s too late today, but tomorrow I really need to lock in and clear some tasks”
-Me, every day for the past 2 years.

I think I’m ready to leave to private some how. If there’s a chance of it being remote. I’m in public and I don’t want these responsibilities of client management. I want to be small and tiny. Do my t… more

I have been searching for a position for over a year with job offers that ended in the position no longer being funded or just my being late. Any suggestions as to what I can do to land that ideal pos… more

Ive recently finished 6th form and im 18. I’d like a job in just about any form of accounting and I’m being suggested to pay about £600 for some online training and in person work experience to get an… more

It seems like there are a ton of companies who continuously interview candidates for roles but never seem to actually fill them. To those teams, does this get exhausting? I’m guessing there’s some bud… more

How’s the work environment in big four in the Bahamas? Is the salary okay?

My husband got a great job offer out of state. I'm proud of him, and if he took the offer, he'd get a $14,000 raise. However, my career is going great, and I don't want to quit, move, and … more