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I pivoted from audit to transactions services after making senior in audit. I would look into if kpmg does rotations if that interests you. Might also have to pivot to a MM firm to get experience which is what I ended up doing. Pay is better, no testing and work is more interesting
If you enjoy processes and the understanding of how a company operates, I’d consider going into internal audit either at KPMG or industry. I left audit at KPMG and transferred into IA&ER and it was a good transition. I spent another 1.5 years there and then left and took an IA position at a company. Couldn’t be happier. SOX still sucks but at least working internally you can do quality work and build out a program the way it should be done instead of working against a budget and not having the time to do it the right way and thus putting out crap work. I always hated that.
Could leave public accounting and get away from testing altogether by going to industry
like working somewhere as a staff accountant. Industry is basically the companies that you're auditing
I worked in tax, but pivoted to FP&A. Should be fairly easy for you to break into once you get senior title, especially if you have your CPA. You can probably even find a senior analyst role for FP&A with your experience (I started as an analyst). I work mainly with month to month financial data, analyzing KPIs, volumes, random ad hoc requests for other departments. A senior analyst role would pay probably 90-100k plus bonus of 5-15%. I probably work 9-5 95% of the time and might stay an hour or two later a couple days a month.
You could join a CAS practice, do some financial statement and reporting work and dabble in advisory as well.
Could also totally move to industry as a Senior Accountant and move toward controllership.
You can also always try a more full pivot and try to get in somewhere in FP&A or full career transition into a sales role somewhere selling to accounting firms or something like that
I went tax -> controller at a food chain -> FP&A in tech -> full time entrepreneurship
You can do anything there are no rules haha, just gotta learn to sell yourself and your past experience
M&A an option to consider - we are hiring if interested to explore. We hire current B4 SA, Manager and SMs across the country, interested to do TAS or Operational Finance for PE backed high growth companies - CBIZ Private Equity Advisory.