Does anyone have experience transitioning from tax (will be S1 effective 10/1) to a financial analyst position, and have advice? I don’t want to do tax. I’m interested in learning a business/industry and not just looking at records. I want to be active in the business and process, forecasting, working with sales/marketing/manufacturing teams and coming up with financial solutions. I’m interested in the process/how things are made-so I want to take my career in this direction. AnyPosition titles?

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I’ll elaborate on that last part, ran out of space. I think a financial analyst title is what I should be looking for, but do you know if any other titles I should look out for? Every company seems to have a different definition of “financial analyst” so that’s why I ask. Also, because of my tax background, should I try to change to audit/advisory (advisory may not happen in this climate) before trying to land a financial analyst job? I think I’ll be starting at the bottom-which is fine, but I do want to be competitive so maybe an “audit senior” will look more attractive than “tax senior”

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