Big4 as Associate or Top 10 as Senior

My career goal is to stay in TAS at least until Manager and then maybe go the consulting or corp dev route. Currently A1 in TAS at a top regional firm at 63k. I have the opportunity to jump ship to Big4 as an A2 for 83k in TAS or go to a top 10 TAS (BDO, RSM, GT) for 85k as a senior. I'm in a HCOL.
Question is, should I take an A2 spot at big4 or a senior role at the top 10 firm? Any insight is appreciated, thanks!

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In my opinion - there actually is a large difference between Big 4 and other firms in TAS. You get the best PE clients and largest deals which in M&A is really what people care about. Deal teams are always small so that negates the benefit of a smaller TAS shop.

If you get A&M though go A&M. They are the only exception where I’d say go there over big 4.

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Cause they have a good reputation, poach tons of Big 4 TAS people, but most importantly pay a crap ton of money relative to everyone else

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B4 has so much more clout than the non-B4. You'll never see a top tier client at regional. Go B4 title doesn't matter compared to client experience. And so many exit ops put B4 experience only its worth the investment now.

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