Considering two senior associate offers. One at Embark in FAAS (lots of growth upside, great benefits and higher pay) vs. EY TAAG (SEC and Derivatives and Financial Instruments). I only have 1.5 years of big four experience so I’m considering going back to boost my resume, but Embark seems great and will be much more broad experience (like operational accounting advisory and such). Not looking to exit to industry anytime soon. Which is a better route?

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I'm in TAAG. If you're interested in technical accounting, the group has a strong reputation so clients will likely be more interesting and exit opps will be better.

I'm surprised you have an offer outstanding though, I had heard we're not recruiting until next spring

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Which office are you in? And what line do you specialize in (SEC, business combinations, etc)?

How is the work life? Do you find yourself going over 50 often?

Yes mostly technical memo drafting and reviewing. Sometimes the ask is simply getting on a call with the client/audit team or providing comments on legal agreements.

The nice thing about Embark is you get paid for overtime on projects & they have great culture. You’ll likely have better WLB there than in Big 4. But there are long-term benefits to staying in Big 4 for longer (+ what EY 1 said about the clients you’ll see at Big 4 vs a smaller firm).

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