For those who have left Public accounting specifically audit - what types of industry roles have you gotten without a CPA? Senior 3 for reference

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I left as a S3 for a sr staff FP&A role at a F100 company.

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Congrats

Still interviewing but financial reporting senior for Fortune 500 companies

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I left PA after 4.5 years to join Siegfried. I’m now working on industry jobs without my CPA. It’s been great and I have no intentions (nor pressure) to get my CPA.

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Correct. E.g. I’m currently working on a FASS project with a banking retail technology client.

I am leaving for a management consulting role.

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What does all these F posts mean,

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It means “following” so they get notified when other people respond

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Consulting at a firm that pays overtime!

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