Applying to industry manager positions (coming from audit). During interviews, I asked how many hours/how busy the team works during the busier period/ deadlines, but answers I got are vague.
I understand people in industry doesn’t keep track of their hours, so maybe they really don’t know how many hours they work.
How should I modify my question? My biggest fear is if I end up working more hours in industry compared to audit..

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Biggest driver will be if team is competent and staffed well. I’ve found the faster the close process the fewer hours overall are worked. For example, a fast close of 3-4 days may be a busy few days but then it’s over and the more routine work begins. If a company tells me they close on the 20th or later I am leery because that means more days for issues to arise.

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If you're applying to any Accounting Manager roles, I would ask them to walk you through what their month-end close process looks like starting from the first business day of each month through whenever it ends. Non-close periods can be extremely chill with minimal hours required during the day

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Agree with S1. In general the hours should be much more reasonable than Big4 audit and the duration of any stretch of working more hrs should be way shorter. I made the same move 2yrs ago and have never regretted it. Can’t speak to how it compares to non-Big4.

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