Literally feel stuck without my CPA! I currently work as corporate accountant and have 3 years of public accounting experience specializing in governmental and not-for-profit accounting.

There is not a senior level accounting position for me to move into at my current company and with 4.5 years of experience I feel like I need to move to a senior level to gain some supervisory skills. It seems without my CPA, finding a senior accountant position making 80k/year is not realistic. What can I do?

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Currently a senior accountant at a small company doing the monthly close financial process. Got two offers, one as a senior cost accountant and one as a senior financial analyst. Both similar comp and at great companies that have 10,000 or more employees. I’ve been wanting to get experience in both cost accounting and financial analysis.

Which role would be the smartest move based off the titles?

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What do you guys think about a job at niantic? I got an interview for accountant role there. Is there growth potential? I feel like it would be good if they plan to go public but for now they don’t have any plans to go public. Any other startups you would recommend that are going public soon?

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I’ve been a financial accountant for 10 years, several corporations, currently holdings accountant. I have been offered a role as senior master data finance analyst within a listed multinational with many new acquisitions and integrations. The role involves master data management, process improvements, documentation, participation in data migrations, business support and incident management. Anyone that has taken a similar path, what are your impressions and the value added to your experience?

I’ve been a financial accountant for 10 years, several corporations, have been offered a role as senior master data finance analyst within a listed multinational with many new acquisitions and integrations. The role involves master data management, process improvements, documentation, participation in data migrations and incident management. Anyone that has taken a similar path, what are your impressions and the value added to your experience?

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Anyone has details about the Financial Accounting and Reporting accountant position at Amazon? How’s the workload and compensation?

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Anyone has details about the Financial Accounting and Reporting accountant position at Amazon? How’s the workload and compensation?

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Is it unusual to transfer from FDD to a senior accountant role? Not sure if jumping from deal to deal is right for me..

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Hey all- I feel like I have always seen conflicted suggestions on when to leave and what position to leave for. I am an S2 (manager promo would be next year) making 80k in MCOL in audit. I have an offer for a senior accountant position with equity grant at hire and 100k base, no annual bonus. I feel like the base increase is more than I thought I could get, but is that true? Do I need to look for a different position in industry, or do I need to stay until manager? Any thoughts much appreciated

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Salary for outsourced accounting job for tech startups?

Senior accountant/manager role
5 YOE (3 in industry, 2 in consulting environment)
CPA
Fully remote
HCOL

I made 90k almost 2 years ago (coz of bonus and it was a good year) so wondering what that looks like now since im thinking of going back to that environment after being in f500

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Outsourced accounting services salary for senior accountant/manager role?

5 yrs of experience (3 in house sr acct, 2 in outsourced acct environment)
HCOL
Tech industry

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If anyone wants to be a Forensic Accountant for federal Law Enforcement in DC (not remote) PM me for a referral - Deloitte is actively hiring for this position. You’ll be working active money laundering cases alongside federal LE agents. CPA strongly preferred, some audit experience a plus too. CFE, CAMS, or other related certs also a bonus. Must be able to pass a security clearance.

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Anyone else getting random emails about roles that do not fit your experience and/or expertise? Loled at an email about a senior accountant role when I am about to be promoted to SM. Wish recruiters actually read up on LinkedIn profiles before reaching out.

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Considering senior corporate accountant role at a public firm. This would be doing JE, monthly financials, GL, etc. instead of being in tax/ audit (I’m currently in audit at another regional CPA firm). Do you think this would be calmer? Considering this vs. looking for internal audit

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Anyone have insight into revenue accounting? I’m interviewing for a sr revenue accountant position and wondering if it’ll be too pigeonholed. I also have zero background in this type of accounting so it would be completely new to me, but the hiring manager didn’t seem to mind that I don’t have any experience in this area. I’m fed up with the hours and lack of support in public and want to leave before next busy season for context.

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Anyone hiring for fully remote accountant role? I have over 2 years of external audit experience with CPA. I am in NYC.

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Hello! I am graduating in the fall of next year with my B.S. in Accounting. I was offered a staff accountant position to start immediately at a small firm in Central Florida. The salary is $52k per year with decent additional benefits. Is this a good entry level salary?

Thanks!

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What are fund accountant at admin currently making (i.e CITCO, MORGAN STANLEY,SS&C, NT? )

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Started looking at jobs in private accounting. I scored interviews for a Staff Accountant, Junior Accountant, and Accounting Assistant. I just finished interviewing for the Staff Accountant position which feels very much like AP/AR and Bank Recs to start, similarly to the other two positions. Does the title matter? I want to be able to grow but at the same time I want to make sure I’m moving up positions in my job search so I’m exposed to harder/higher level work.

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Has anyone worked at Fox Corp and know anything about the accounting department? Applied for a senior accountant role and want to know what it’s like.

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Monday thoughts- what was your last straw for leaving public accounting as a senior instead of waiting until manager?

Also has anyone left as a senior in PA to senior accountant in industry and still gotten into a manager type role within 1-2 years? People always make it seem like the path of going to senior accountant takes many years to move on to the next level

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Potential employer is asking what compensation level I was looking for. They asked me to think about it because they are ready to make an offer. Currently I make $56,000 in LCOL. Potential firm is largest in the state. Current firm is large regional firm. Would be same role I am currently as Staff Accountant. Just not sure what amount to shoot for.

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Thoughts on EY FSO Audit Senior 1 to Goldman Sachs Fund Accountant? Is it a good exit opportunity or not? TIA! EY Goldman Sachs

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advice on switching from Public accounting at a Big four to an industry staff accountant position after only a little more than a year ? I have no desire to become some kind of CFO or CAO. I’ve been interviewing for positions at smaller public accounting firms as well as staff accountant roles in industry. I just want my life back before busy season….

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Can anyone help me understand what will be the role of a Chartered accountant in technology consulting. I have been selected for TC and will start soon.

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I’ve been looking for a senior accountant (industry role) for a few months now, with not much luck. Most of the applications we receive are for candidates with much more experience than what is required. I was expecting to see a lot of Big4 or mid-tier seniors or associates that are looking to move to industry, especially since the news lately is that PA firms are experiencing attrition at those levels. We’re offering competitive pay and great benefits. What gives?

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I’m an S1 and got an offer for an in-house VC fund accountant position. I have a background in both partnership and corporate tax, but have more partnership experience. Don’t know if should pursue this since I heard fund accounting can pigeonhole but I like the stability and bonus potential. Any thoughts?

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Corporate accountant or fund accountant? Which one is the better exit opportunity? And why?

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I have a company where I applied to a Senior Accountant role (3-4 weeks ago). I didn't hear back at all. But they just dropped a staff accountant role. I like the company and what they are doing.

Would it be uncouth for me to apply for the staff position too? Or is that a no-no? I feel like the cover letter would write itself - I like you enough to take a title cut. It helps they included the salary, and the staff salary is lateral to my current role.

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Highest paid accounting exit opp? (Eg. Accountant, FP&A, Internal audit, advisory, etc)

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Can you move firms to get a promotion or you need to already be in the position? I have been passed over for manager. I'm not a cpa but a jd and have been told this is an issue.I'm not an accountant so my business tax prep skills are a sub par but ok, my reviews say I excel well beyond others in getting the tax law correct and well argued when taking positions on IRS issues & complicated tax law questions and am sought out to do it. Why do I have to be a jack of all trades? Can't I specialize?

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We’re hiring a senior accountant at the tech start up I work at. Most of the people applying have financial services or real estate backgrounds… I’m a little worried about those skills translating to a tech company. I was never in FSI so I’m not sure if areas like rev rec, PPE, capitalized software, etc get much exposure. Thoughts on if this type of background could translate well?

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Senior Accountant role at Sherwin Williams for $95k? Or Senior Consultant role at Protiviti for $95k? Which would you take?

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I have a potential transition from audit -> revenue accounting. Can anyone please tell me what does the career trajectory of a revenue accountant look like? And what are the exit opportunities? Is it worth the switch from audit to revenue accounting? Thank you!

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I am about 7 months in as a property accountant, but I want to switch to public. What are my chances of getting an entry level audit position at a mid sized firm if I have already graduated?

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Hello all! I am an MBA in Accounting graduate who has had a few AR jobs in my past professional career and in my current role, I do GL postings and reconciliations and ensure everything for my assigned account is entered and posted to the GL. I really want to transition fully into the Accounting world but when I apply for Staff Accountant jobs (in my mind a step above entry-level), I don't get many calls. What am I doing wrong? What should I be applying for with my education and experience?

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