Hey,

Is there like a way to break into consulting? I have 6-7 years of FP&A experience, as well as my MBA, but it seems really difficult to break into consulting

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What type of consulting… and where?

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Did you find it hard to move around the firm also??

What kind of consulting? Strategy / MBB I don’t know aboutbut I got in to implementation consulting after a couple of years in FP&A, I work for a FP&A software company implementing our tool for FP&A end users so your experience would tie nicely

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I was thinking more of strategy consulting or financial consulting (risk management, advisory, etc). I never looked into implementation consulting. What does your day to day look like?

Don’t do it this year and next. Super bad years for consulting rn

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I figured much, the job market in general is bloody plus firms are cutting projects/budgets left and right

Right there with you, 3 yrs fp&a in a corporate support/consulting position (Center of Excellence so they call it) and think about this all the time.

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