exit opportunities for someone who got a good gpa from a well known school and a cpa who thought they would be doing something cool while building a foundation for a fruitful career but got stuck on state/federal claims and related government work instead? or is a full restart needed?

S1 at B4 now but looking to do something more traditional (?) that will provide opportunity in finance/accounting and not something ‘risk’ oriented that will pigeonhole me.

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I was in your shoes about a year ago. Start planning your move ASAP and leverage your experience reviewing documents, reconciling financial information, manipulating data sets, etc

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What did you exit to?

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I’m guessing you’re at EY? Why not just switch to a forensics practice at a different firm? Should be pretty easy to get your foot in the door and from there pickup experience on other kinds of projects that involve very “traditional” finance/accounting skills/opportunities: financial modeling, valuation, forecasting, etc.

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Cheer up. Senior is the most needed level in the market. You can easily transfer to S&T, Audit or FAAS depending on what you are looking for. Work there and reassess at the split. Talk to your counselor and get it in process before the holiday break and it will happen. Good luck.

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Do you want out of government work completely or just out of federal claims?

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Would your current firm let you pivot to another BU? My firm encourages transfers from one unit to another to keep good people. I’m eyeing transferring from public sector to our cannabis sector.

Don’t leave! Lol jk. You are correct.
Just curious - what school did you go to?

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