How to transition out of finance/FP&A? Done grinding in excel all day.

I have no problem staying in a corporate setting, but I’m burnt out with constant number crunching.

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I am getting my CMA, so finance manager or controller seems to be the next step up. As far as switching completely out of finance, I don't know

You need to say what industry/role you would ideally want to transition too…

What do you mean by “hire for it as a side hustle”? I’m not giving up on excel, but I am over staring at mass amounts of numbers and data constantly.

Would love to stay at my current company and transfer internally but I haven’t met the 6 month requirement yet.

Consider Credit, limited excel crunching if your company uses rating agencies data but still gives you a scope of work analyze companies. Oh and a lot of emailing & communicating with counterparties & internal groups

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