Accounting Exit Opportunities

Anyone hear of or work at Booksy? They have a role I’m interested in applying for.

I love my team and my direct manager is a genuinely good human, but the company’s upper management is a total disaster. I feel a huge sense of guilt leaving my colleagues behind to drown in the worklo… more

I am 30F living in the Bay Area. I feel like quitting right now during tax season. 2 1/2 weeks left and the pressure is getting to me. The staffs are swamped, the signers are checked out and I am left… more

I left public for a private equity-backed portfolio company thinking it would be chill, but it’s actually more intense than audit ever was. The PE firm wants weekly reporting, constant Ad-Hoc analysis… more

I’m reporting to a CFO who is actually just an operations guy with an MBA and no accounting background. He constantly asks me to make the numbers work for his board decks, and he doesn't understan… more

I’m trying to move into FP&A, and I’m wondering if I should even bother putting CPA at the top of my resume. Some people tell me it proves I’m smart and disciplined, while others say it makes me l… more

Everywhere I look on LinkedIn, people are talking about being Fractional CFOs for startups and making $300 an hour. It sounds amazing in theory, but I’m curious about the reality of having to manage 1… more

I have two offers on the table: one for $110k at a pretty boring insurance company and one for $95k at a cool tech startup I actually like. I tried to get the startup to match the $110k, and they told… more

What's the biggest mental shift moving from audit to a controller role?

I’m 35, I’m a Manager at a mid-tier firm, and I realized today that I genuinely don't care about accounting anymore. I don't care about the new tax laws, I don't care about the audit metho… more

How do you convince a hiring manager that you actually want less responsibility without sounding like a red flag? I applied for a Senior Accountant role just to get my foot in the door at a specific c… more

I just turned down an offer because they switched the contract from remote to hybrid. 3 days in office at the very last second. They claimed it was a corporate mandate that came down during my final i… more

I’m interviewing for a cost accountant role at a massive aerospace firm, and the job description sounds like a different language to me. I’ve only ever done audit and tax, so the idea of standard cost… more

I’ve spent the last three years in a national office role writing memos on revenue recognition and lease accounting, and I’m bored to tears. I want to move into a role that actually influences the bus… more

Tax senior manager in M&A. I have been told I’m on track for partner in a few years but I don’t think I want it. I am starting to explore exit opportunities, but don’t know what people with my bac… more

How do you prove to a small business that you’re not too corporate to handle their messy, manual books? Coming from Big 4. I had an interviewer tell me they were worried I’d just delegate everything t… more

Is there a point where you just stop trying and quiet quit until you find a new role? My firm just finished a record-breaking Q, and instead of bonuses or raises, they bought us high-quality branded f… more

For tax accountants who switched to FP&A, how has it been so far?

My firm just gave me a promotion, which apparently comes with the responsibility of managing three interns but zero increase in my base salary. I’m tempted to stick it out for six months just to put m… more

I’ve had three different recruiters reach out to me this week for exciting controller opportunities that turn out to be $80k roles in high-cost-of-living cities. When I try to push back on the salary … more

Is IA actually a good stepping stone to ops or finance? I’m considering a move into internal audit for a Fortune 500 because the travel looks decent and the pay is a 20% bump. However, my friends in e… more

I’m interviewing for a senior role and I dread the ‘where do you see yourself in 5 years’ question because the honest answer is not working 60 hours a week. I know they want to hear CFO or Partner, bu… more

Our company is switching from QuickBooks to NetSuite, and as the only person who knows how to use an Excel VLOOKUP, I’ve somehow become the project lead. My actual job responsibilities haven't dec… more

Am I just broken from years of billable hour targets? I finally made the jump from audit to a role at a mid-sized manufacturing company, and the culture shock is real. In public, I was used to 80-hour… more

Every company I interview with claims they have a great culture, but then I see people sending emails at 9:00 PM on a Tuesday. I’m starting to think that balance just means you only work 50 hours inst… more

What’s the WLB for a controller level at Millennium? Currently work 8:30-6:30. Will it be worse or better than what I am currently doing?

I just started a role in a marketing-heavy company where my direct supervisor doesn't understand the difference between cash and accrual. Every time I try to explain why we can’t just ignore a cer… more

Anyone having luck in the job market? I have been applying to many industry jobs these past two months. Barely any interviews and just got rejected from a job i really wanted. Burnt out audit manager … more

I’m seriously considering quitting the corporate world entirely and just starting my own fractional CFO shop for small businesses. I’m tired of making partners rich while I grind away on spreadsheets … more

How do you guys suss out if a manager role is actually a leadership position during the first phone screen? I’m looking at roles that are titled Finance Manager but the job description is basically ju… more

I was talking to a college senior the other day who is terrified that AI is going to delete all staff accountant roles by the time he hits Senior. I tried to tell him that someone still has to review … more

I took over my role three months ago, and I’m still uncovering creative accounting choices made by the guy before me. Every time I try to fix a process, the CEO says that Dave never had an issue with … more

I found out today that the new hire who has two years less experience than me is making $15k more because they negotiated better during the peak of the hiring craze. I like my team, but knowing I’m be… more

My current firm just announced a mandatory 4-day return to office policy starting next month to improve collaboration. I live an hour away, and being in the office does nothing for my productivity sin… more

I’m trying to decide between a stable corporate C]controller role and a PM role at a boutique consulting firm. The consulting gig pays way more, but it involves 50% travel and client emergencies that … more

What kinds of interview questions can you expect for a senior tax manager or tax director position in industry? Curious as to what they might ask about - technical or experience or behavioral? If you … more

I’m seeing more and more senior Finance job postings that list a CPA as preferred rather than required. I’ve passed two parts of the exam, but I’m so burnt out that the thought of studying for FAR mak… more

I’m currently looking at a role with the statevgovernment because I’ve heard the 40-hour work week is actually a real thing there. Everyone says the pay ceiling is lower, but at this point, I’d trade … more

When do you think the job market will flip back to actually hiring? Thoughts on how AI will impact those in our field? Been looking to exit to industry for a compliance sr. manager/manager equivalent … more