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Mostly depends on firms - firms that value IA will often rotate IA members into various roles after few years.

Also, SOX tends to be limited to SOX whereas compliance/operational IA will open up more paths.

My advice is look for IA role that is valued within firm. Also look for operational/compliance IA rather than SOX or IT audit. Don't grab the first role because its there - actually spend time looking into IA roles that fits your career needs.

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Idk. Im enjoying my new job as an IA. I have also been an IRS Agent and senior audit associate in accounting firms. This job is within a company. I am not doing SOX. More internal controlls and regulation compliance. I do a ton of observations and some walk throughs plus research. But I also like I get the time to really research and design my workpapers. I do miss training interns and new hires as this job is a small department. Anyway, this job can feed directly back into a regulation enforcement job. I see lots of possibilities.

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