1.5 Years Experience in Public T10, no cpa.
A financial accountant position is open for a company/industry that is growing in my area. 12 employees, 2 in which are accounting/finance. I would be the 3rd. 1 is the CFO and is retiring in 3 years, 2 has been doing the accounting but wants to transition to HR/Management if they hire another accountant. Basically a short path to controller. Job responsibilities are traditional accounting and financial modeling/fpa duties. Should I take it?

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It wouldn’t be a short path to controller they would just put a job posting for one. You don’t really have enough experience to be a controller or have a CPA so I would assume they would bring in a controller or accounting manager from public accounting when person 2 switches to HR.

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Why would they want you to be the controller if you don’t have your cpa and the experience that comes with it?

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Sure the job open is for an accountant, but without a CPA, you’ve got a lot to prove before getting to Controller. I worked under a controller without a CPA, but was in the exam process. Smart as a whip. Really struggled doing both and regretted not getting his cpa sooner. Ultimately hindered his career since he wanted to move up.

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