Anyone in Transaction Services (FDD) at a mid tier firm (BDO, RSM, Crowe, etc). Thinking about switching over but not sure how FDD is at a mid tier. Thanks!

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Mid tier firms will typically have lesser known clients, which means smaller targets with poor accounting functions. Which means you’ll be spending a lot of time doing reconciliations, requesting/pulling together support, etc. It will feel a lot like audit at times. But it’s still better than audit, so if you can’t get into top tier then still go for it.

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Maybe a little but in FDD all hands tend to be on deck at all levels. I often work directly with director/partner level as a first year senior

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BDO - SF. I believe so

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Do you get more of the experience of seeing the full deal through though at lower levels? In audit at mid tier I feel like by second year senior you’ve seen whole audit start to finish unlike B4

Exp 1 where do you work and is that Fdd group hiring?

Any ideas how much more pay is if you switch over to FDD at mid tier?

BDO is in the process of trying to drastically grow their tas group and have become very respected at the mid tier level. It's a move I have considered as the hours are slightly less grueling and the pressure is lower due to not being the super deals where share price means millions for the transaction.

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