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I have an interview with Caterpillar Inc. on Friday for a Senior Accountant position. Any advice and/or tips?

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I’ve been a senior accountant since 2019. Company was bought 3 years ago by private equity. They acquired/merged us with 2 other companies. Integration has been a nightmare. There have been no promotions since ac… more

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I have a bachelor's in accounting and want to find a company which will sponsor my TN Visa so I can move from Canada to the US.

Any suggestions as to where I should be looking?

Thank you.

Based on… more

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Hello Everyone,
Can some suggest good and legit platform to search for work from home job.
Preferably data entry or accounting related🫶🏻

Thanks

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Anyone have a manager they needed to set some ground rules with? Mine seems to think I'm available 24/7 and while I'm okay flexing my hours I'm not down for late night calls and messaging.

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SAS I’ve had my product manager interview with HR and the hiring manager last Monday. It’s been a week should I just assume I wasn’t selected to move forward. They never updated my status on the comp… more

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👀What was your first summer job, and does it connect at all to what you're doing now?

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Is GT currently fully remote?

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I am planning to interview for an accounts receivable manager role. I am very skilled in supporting with accounts payable process and I have minimal experience in accounts receivable. What type of qu… more

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Where to go after 3 years of big 4 public accounting experience in real estate tax?

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I was advised to look for an accounting job with a publicly traded company for better training and development, to avoid learning the wrong way. Is this solid advice? How does the pressure and work-li… more

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How do I let company B know that I have an offer? B requires 3x in-office...which is roughly 2hrs away from my house (based on brother who commutes to the same area). But A, while fully remote, is PA and Reddit has sca… more

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👀What was your first summer job, and does it connect at all to what you're doing now?

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What do you answer on a job application if they ask for your current salary and all of your previous salaries for each prior job as a mandatory question?

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I'm starting to have this same anxiety, worrying that maybe I'm not cut out for this. Anyone else experience this early in their career? What helped you gain confidence?

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So have any of you gotten a set start date with a Big 4, confirmed that date the week before, only for the Big 4 tell you on your start date that they won’t be ready for you for a week? Did that firm… more

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I’m starting my first year at the Deloitte NYC office in September and was wondering if anyone has relocated to another office in the US or internationally and what that process looks like.

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Asking on HR perspective. My father had passed away and wanted to take some time to go home (parents home is in the other country). Does 9days reasonable to take? My company offers only 2day bereavem… more

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Im a senior tax associate in SF and am starting to feel burned out by it. Want to move to treasury role. Any advice on how to go about it?

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which specialized tax service group has the best exit ops?

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Any auditors open to a cash question? Pretty sure my client is wrong but wanted to double check

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What’s a fair salary for a Financial Reporting role in Texas with 2 YOE in Audit? I checked glassdoor but the salary range was very wide.

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Any single parents here who successfully homeschool your kids? Please let me know! I’d love to chat

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State job or PA career path, then transition to state job? Ultimately want to have state job and side business as a long term plan. But I am open to opposing advise. Would likely pivot to a sub senior… more

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After 6 months of searching, including being jobless after losing my job last month (senior/private) , I'm finally at my first final interview.

It's a client services firm (so PA). I've liked how they&… more

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Do you think it's okay to have a staff review another staffs work if one has been at the company a year longer?

Want to give the more experienced staff the opportunity to review basic returns. Just… more

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To those of you with older kids, are you guiding them towards this profession, or telling them to steer clear? Or just letting them figure out their own way?

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What locations in the USA have a greater need to accountants?

My firm pays based on cost of labor for the location. So anywhere with tons of accountants the salaries will be lower. I'm wondering if… more

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Hey everyone- Im starting to prep for a possible PWC START- Advisory (CMASS or FDD) interview. Im decently familiar with the behavioral aspect, but can anybody give me tips on the case portion? Or the… more

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What does one do in internal audit

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Hi Fish! I just got a notice my student loan payment was delinquent for 33 days but I’ve been making my payments and just realized it wasn’t allocating correctly which caused the delinquency. I just m… more

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Has anyone here been laid off in public accounting due to performance more than once and managed to bounce back and have a successful accounting career? I’d love to hear about your experiences.

Do you … more

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Hi all! Im an experienced accountant living in the United States and I am very eager to leave the US. I would love to take on an accounting or fiannce related position anywhere in Europe including Ire… more

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Anyone a Financial Internal Auditor? How is the WLB compared to operational audits?

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Let go as a senior accountant at 81k, industry, 3x in-office, 1.5hr commute each way.

Mass applied, got tons of interviews, but never really making it to the final rounds except for 3:
1 that I rejected early: PA, staff, remotemore

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