Currently going into my 3rd busy season. First year senior financial services audit. Have an offer for a fund accounting position. Hate my current job and concerned if I take a fund accounting job

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Have you worked with inventory, payroll, a/r, a/p, etc etc? Unless you are considering a career pivot, you are already pigeon holed. That being said, lots of good paying jobs that are fund related.

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Find a career you think is best for you and go with that. If you enjoy accounting try industry. If you hate accounting, switch out of it. It’s never too late. I got my dream job and I had one year audit experience in financial services. Make it happen.

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OP is asking about fund accounting specifically

What was your dream job?

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Totally doable if you are persistent. Apply like. NOW while the market is still going

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I’ll continue to pigeon hole my self. Thoughts? Anyone here enjoy working as a fund accountant?

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Fund accounting is a dead end job. If you’re miserable with FSO audit, try to pivot to advisory internally or externally. I’ve never met one person who didn’t regret taking a fund accountant role. Once you take it, there is little you can move onto from it

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I'd try to use the big 4 name to get you into an analyst position. Maybe make a lateral move pay wise to get into a new type of work

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Very stable job though?

I did fso at a big 4 for 2 busy seasons Pivoted into a tech startup as a senior accountant. It is doable if you dont want to stay in fund accounting 🤔

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