If you don't leave PA at a certain point, are you shooting yourself in the foot?

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Yeah SM is not ideal especially if you never took a break from PA and did a few years in private. You are overpaid and don’t have any private experience, believe me it would be extraordinary to step from SM to CFO of something similar.

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Like everything in public accounting - it depends 🤷‍♀️

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I think Manager is the worst position to leave at. At Senior, you have good entry (sometimes low management) level jobs in industry to pursue. The world is your oyster. As a SM+, you're more likely to roll in as high level exec management (Controller, Director, VP) and if your experience is high enough, you could nab a CFO/exec role. Varies widely upon industry and your PA experience.

It depends but I know someone who has been a Sr. Manager for about 10 years and due to consistent pay increases have priced themselves out of some positions

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