Has anyone taken a finance job after Public and then regretted not staying in an accounting role? I’m interviewing with the same company for a senior finance analyst and senior financial accounting analyst positions. The finance one seems more interesting, but I also feel that accounting is a specialty that I shouldn’t give up.

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Financial analyst is often just a fancy name for an accounting role. If it truly is a finance job and you still don't like it, making the switch to the accounting side is a way easier change than the opposite direction.

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Surprised to see that you can interview different positions within the same company. But agree with SA1 that sometimes FA=accounting. Always easy to come back to full accounting if you prefer later on.

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