I need some guidance. Left B4 audit as a Manager and have been Controller for 2 years at my current company. The industry side of accounting is killing me and I find myself with no motivation to do my job. I miss the client aspect of B4, the career progression, the coaching, but I've been spoiled with the 9-5 hours now. I also feel like I would be better off going into consulting for a specific skill (M&A, TAS, something), but don't want absurd hours.

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I work accounting advisory. My hours are very nice. This is a busy week for me and I’m expecting 42-45 hours

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Depends. I’ve been on my main client for 6 months now and will be likely until March of next year. But other deliverables are ad-hoc. I help audit teams occasionally when they’re stuck on a tricky lease contract for example. I’ll review the contract, work through the guidance to support proper treatment, maybe write a memo if needed then done with that client likely forever

How much is your pay and COL? You can compare what’s better financially

It's not 9-5, but my firm just reduced total hours to 2200-2300 per year (1375 charge hours for managers). Busy season minimum is 45-50. No requirement to work weekends.

Perkins & Co, largest local firm in Oregon. We hire nationwide fully remote or local remote/hybrid per employee preference.

If you want to limit to 40 hours, we can talk about that, too. It will just impact compensation if you're on a reduced schedule.

I feel like we all glamorize advisory lol

It’s the best of both worlds. Out of compliance work, but still get the resources and quick promo of PA.

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