Accounting Exit Opportunities

If you leave a company before your bonus is paid out, are you able to ask your new company for a sign on bonus of a similar amount?

An accountant with 2 years experience in Private sector with CPA license. No public experience, how much salary should I eye for next role?

Any insight into compensation for M&A Tax Director in Industry with 10+ years experience for MCOL?

What are common exit opportunities for a manager in B4 M&A consulting?

Hey all, I'm trying to break in Financial Reporting and have applied to multiple listings but no luck. My background is 1.5 years as an auditor at Deloitte and 6 months as an accounting consultant… more

Would you take a lateral exit opportunity (Audit SM > Audit SM) from KPMG to a much smaller public firm for a base pay increase of 35% - 40%?

I've been approached by two companies to apply for open fund controller positions. I do not have experience in the private equity and investment industry. Do you think someone with audit experienc… more

Why would a salary range be from $60k to $130k? Do you ask for $130k if the recruiter says what are you targeting or do you say something lower?

How are financial analysts paid in Tech? Amazon senior financial analyst positions on linkedin are only paid at 60 - 128k, looks really low.

I have looked for industry role for several months with no success. Got few interviews, but they end up choosing another candidate with mix experience (PA and industry).
Should I consider switching to advisory, i… more

Any feedback on Grant Thornton Tax? The salaries their recruiters are pitching are absurd.

Any insight on DDL practice at KPMG?

I am a CPA, two years experience PA tax, high net worth individuals. I want a remote position so I can have the flexibility to visit family and not have to use FTO. Any thoughts?

Working in a toxic work environment where our team has had one resignation once every 2-3 months. Our main problem is the snr mgr who’s condescending and sets unrealistic deadlines on us and when we e… more

Anyone who works in technical accounting, either in PA or industry care to share their experience? What do you like about it? How is the pay relative to workload? Career prospects?

I am currently looking for a new Accounts Payable or Full Cycle Accounting, permanent job opportunity in the Toronto, Richmond Hill, Markham, North York or Unionville areas. Please reach out to me if

Trying to rebuild my LinkedIn profile. Stopped using the site years ago and created a new profile. If anyone is interested in connecting, please let me know.

Looking for a job at Victoria in Accounting department.pls let me know if there any opportunity.

Fishies, what's considered a good amount of paid holidays/ vacation / sick days in the industry?

Does anyone have any knowledge on Oracle NetSuite sales consultant jobs? Specifically a pre sales role so the person doing the demo presentations. A family friend wants to refer me to a position and o… more

CFGI, Connor Group, or Alliance Group. Anyone have insight on the difference between these firms? All else equal, which would you choose? Figure perhaps CFGI being the largest may offer broader opport… more

Is it a red flag if I job hopped every year? Should I stay at my current company for 2-3 years before job hopping again?

My company has an average of a 20 day month end close.. slowly getting burnt out. What should I do?

Applying to industry manager positions (coming from audit). During interviews, I asked how many hours/how busy the team works during the busier period/ deadlines, but answers I got are vague.
I understand p… more

Has anyone landed a well paying job that they feel under qualified for? I have gotten an offer and am now second guessing whether I am suitable for the role or not or will crash as I don't really … more

How do you compare industry compensation packages versus B4 anticipated salary on exit when the industry package has a large variable bonus component? Also, does it make sense to only count 25% of ind… more

Any advice on how to successfully transition into a federal role? I’m completely burnt out from consulting life.

New director in the accounting advisory / deals group and beginning to consider exit opportunities as I don’t want to pursue partner. I’m interested in what people think about pros / cons of public co… more

There’s a notion that your career progresses much more slowly in industry than in public accounting, however I’m not sure if this notion fully accounts for people job hopping after exiting public accounting.
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Has anyone been a part of the flexible talent network (FTN) with pwc? Any thoughts on the program? Thinking about leaving my current job and trying that out. I have a family and want to work only part… more

Looking for some advice on a tough decision! I’m currently 1.5 years into Deloitte Audit as an AY2. Right now, I’m making $65k with a 5-10% bonus. I’ve been offered a role at a Global 100 company in their interna… more

Seems like my manager doesn’t know how to teach and gets visibly upset if you don’t know the answer right away. How do you deal with this passive aggressive nature?

Does anyone else get paranoid after giving two weeks' notice?

I've done it a few times before, but I still feel uneasy every time. I’ve read those horror stories about job offers being rescinde… more

I'm in my 30's, and only a first-year senior associate due to making a career transition and having to start all over again at big4. I'm feeling lots of financial stress with my current salary l… more

Hi everyone! I'm torn between staying at my public accounting firm, where I make $89k in a MCOL area and have strong relationships with my colleagues, with a great hybrid work policy or moving to … more

Cpa vs going into data science

Hi guys,

What would be the best way to transition from audit in public accounting to an operations role?