Anyone at Big4 transferred internally (or even jumped to another B4) from tax to transactions M&A consulting? How is the current transfer market? How hard is it coming from tax? I’m entertaining this idea and would be nice to hear success stories. I’ve been in tax for 4 years, I’m a first year manager and a CPA.

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The move is possible but often takes significant networking as someone who moved from consulting to M&A. Be prepared to put in the work building a network, read / research, ask others for advice on learnings or other resources they find helpful, craft your story on how your existing skillset compliments the group and work, etc. The deal market has been gaining more momentum in the second half of the year.

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Howdy newbie 👋

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Howdy 👋🏼

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We hire people from compliance backgrounds all the time. Usually they do PE compliance. Probably would need to come in as a senior associate. If you want to switch, sooner the better

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I know one who I don’t think did PE work, but honestly not sure. Only been here a few years so it’s a small sample size

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