Has anyone moved from accounting to a totally different role? Did SALT at a Big 4 and now do PE/hedge accounting for a large administrator, but thinking I want to switch to HR or CSR consulting?

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Yep. I was doing tax and assurance in PA. Completely left public and doing corporate compliance.

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Thank you! Glad it worked out!

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