Am I crazy for entertaining a move back to public? Currently in industry. Have two offers. One in public in a specialty role, one for a pre IPO company going public soon with a slightly higher base and about $400k at current value RSUs. Just kind of sick of in house tax work.

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How much does the PA role pay? Considering the industry role is about to IPO soon, I’d go with that. Not sure how long you’ve been out of public accounting, but core federal tax managers in my office are working past midnight almost every night, 6-7 days a week, and it’s not even “busy season” yet. You might be working that at your current job, but at least the pay is way better

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So you started in public? Are you going back to the same firm? I would just consider the reasons why you left in the first place, and make sure those concerns no longer exist, either because of a different group, a different level (so you have more control/flexibility than you did when at a lower level), higher pay now, etc. You can certainly make a great career in public if you value the “pros” and accept the “cons”.

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Started in public, B4 for about 5 years. This would be a different firm. Regional with good reputation and completely different work. I do believe I have 2 solid options here which makes it tough.

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I would definitely go with the IPO… not only because of the RSU’a but also because going through a successful exit is extremely valuable experience

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Yeah - awesome resume builder

Interested on what made you sick of your current in house gig. Is it just not challenging?

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Yeah, two years in. Year one was interesting. Year two was just a repeat more or less. Too compliance heavy for me.

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Make sure you go to big four if you do

Reason I say that is I personally don’t have big four on my resumé and I wish I had
I have no idea why I would go back to PA but if I do I want that stamp haha

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