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Advice needed - boyfriend has almost 3.5 years of finance experience at a bank. Interviewed for PwC valuation senior associate and now recruiter says they want to hire him at “experienced associate” because he has no valuation experience. Is this too big of a step backwards in career? Should he push back and see if it gets him anywhere? If he does accept Associate, is it reasonable to ask for written, definitive timeline (1 year?) for promo to Senior upon meeting standards? Help!
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Unless your dream is to be a partner and have their lifestyle (workload included) take the opportunity if it better aligns with your goals and values.
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Yes to all of the above. You’ll learn the inner workings of the whole accounting department which you don’t get in audit. It’s good to get hands on experience vs just auditing what people have done.
Leave. The longer you are in PA the harder it is to find a position elsewhere.
Agreed with this
I was an audit senior in the process of moving up to manager at a public firm. Basically guaranteed moving up in the firm if I stayed. I had been there 6 years and worked my way up from accounting support staff. But I was already stressed and burned out and, looking at the audit managers I worked with, I only saw it getting worse. I was recruited for a director position in a different type of organization (glassdoor said I have to contact them to make a title change and I cant do it myself). I was nervous about making the change from a position I was good at to an unknown. Fast forward 2 months to the present day. I walk into my office and the atmosphere is light and happy. No one is yelling and the VP I report to has conversations with me about how to approach staff in a way that SUPPORTS them (!). People are encouraged to work a 40 hr week except for month end close, then it's 45 hours. My stomach still turns when I take a while to solve a problem and I worry about billing the time... and then I realize I dont have to do that anymore. The biggest difference is that people treat each other with respect and kindness and not as a cog churning out billable hours. I am so much happier and in the process of getting healthier, and getting over some public accounting PTSD; it feels like I've walked out of an abusive relationship. All this AND a higher salary. I cannot believe how much I normalized stress, yelling, disrespect, and 55 hour weeks. I wish I could tell everyone I know and care about in public accounting that there is a whole other world out there and you dont need to subject yourself to the conditions you are used to. I would highly recommend taking the chance and making the change. At absolute worst it's a new type of experience on your resume and you can always go back to being an audit manager if your new experience is less positive. Or even at senior audit manager with the additional experience on your resume. There is so much demand out there for someone at your level, you don't have to worry about ever not having a job if you want one.
TLDR: Take the job!!!!
It's a financial services firm with 200 employees.
Controller is pretty good
You can always work ur way up to larger companies at the controller level
I have seen some Controllers (my audit clients) are working long hours, so try to get a sense of WLB in the new role.
Also, the market is tough right now. I looked for about 8 months before getting an offer. So just to keep in mind
If you know you're exiting eventually, this sounds like a great off ramp. Follow the sign!