Have an offer to become an assistant controller at a privately held company - $900 million in revenues so fairly large. Take it? Or stay in public accounting? I haven’t minded PA - I like learning and am somewhat of a workaholic. Growth opportunities are there at the company.

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Nah

Wait for a controller position if you haven’t burned out yet

Or make sure you have a clear plan to get to the controller level

It’s damn near impossible to move up in private

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Exactly. It’s the reason I came back to public. Promotions are crazy hard in private. You have to move to the next company and even then it’s difficult

Don’t take it so that I can have it! Ha ha!

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Is the purpose of this post to brag?

 do not brag!!!!

Why even ask??

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Super bitter and dismissive. I hope you seek help, you don't seem right.

Decent benefits (not as good as PA), but close to home, great people, path to CFO has been discussed. Nobody offers controller right outside of PA. Even assistant controller was a tough find without industry experience.

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Take it!

Care to share more?!?! Just curious to hear what I haven’t considered/should consider.

How much are they offering?

$175k

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Depends.

Do they have good benefits (health insurance, 401k, PTO, etc)?

How is the commute compared to your current work, and what are the WFH (or otherwise remote) options?

What do you make right now (base + bonus)?

Where do you want to be in 5 years? In 10 years? If you want to be the controller at this company or a similar one, going to be the assistant controller is a great way to get there. A lot of companies won't hire you as a controller without some industry experience, but others will.

Do you like the industry? Do you like the people you will work closely with at the company?

Usually if you don't want to be a partner and you've reached senior manager and done it for a year or two... it's time to leave. But ...you don't have to. Your call. Go with your gut.

Being a bit of a workaholic a f liki g to learn will serve you well in your current role or if you take the new job, btw

Take it and then gain the experience. When you feel ready move on to another opportunity using the skills developed or if you think the work isn’t a lot for the pay then stay.

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