I have two offers that I cannot decide which one to take. 1. 30mil PE backed SAAS company. Going to work directly with CFO. On the pathway to Controller in 2 years. Felt connected with CFO during the interviews, and he has a good solid plan for the team and myself. 2. F200 company. Entry level manager in technical accounting. Very structured organization like any other F500 companies. Felt connected with the team throughout the interviews. Comps are about the same.

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How many YOE do you have and what do you see yourself wanting to do long term?

For 1 - I’d expect worst WLB. When you say comps are comparable, does that include equity? I’d take any equity received from company #1 with a grain of salt bc it may never materialize to anything (unless there’s an active secondary market for the shares but doubt it at that size). You will get broader experiences as far as operational accounting goes (I.e. the month to month booking of entries and closing the books and understanding all of the underlying processes), which is important for a variety of future roles depending on what you want to do down the line. You’ll likely get to build out processes which could be fun if that’s something you like

#2 - job will likely be more chill and allow more time for things outside of work. You’ll likely experience a more wide variety of technical accounting issues and less repetition month to month (although in many orgs some recurring things fall into tech accounting such as stock based comp, so there will be some of this). Any stock comp you get is liquid so it should figure into the comp picture more prominently

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Thanks for the insight. I have about 6 years of experiences, and most of my years, i have been doing technical accounting, most recently ASC606. So like you said, i felt that I am missing out operational accounting that I want to learn, at least for the next couple years. As I am saying this, i feel like I am leaning toward the option 1 but I am definitely more comfortable going with the option 2, which I am fairly familiar with(technical accounting). Thanks for the good advice. At the end of the day, there is no career sucide in accounting I guess.

Just know a PE backed company will have the PE firm breathing down your neck and demanding. It can accelerate your career if you are an all star, but be a big added stressor if you’re not.

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Very good insight. Thank you!

I have worked on larger public companies only through out my career so far. I want to try the number 1 option as I would expect i woll have more broad experiences vs option 2 (structured organization) but it’s hard to make a final call. What are pros and cons?

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