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Jacked to help the client solve problems but not interested in helping them with year end planning? Seems a little contradictory. But if you are good at selling and comfortable with clients I would say stick it out..all you need is average technical skills but if you show exceptional selling skills and bring money into the firm you will be on fast track to partner. You should be using these year end planning convos to work on this - sell them estate planning etc etc. If you aren't making moves as second year manager might as well walk out now!
It certainly is contradictory. I feel I struggle because I don’t have any passion for accounting/tax. My motivation is to get the work off my desk and build relationships…that’s it. Then to top it off I don’t put any effort into learning the new tax laws because I’m stretched too thinly as it is and just let my team/partner just do it for me. I’m thinking about throwing in the towel after busy season, just not sure what I’d do as I definitely wouldn’t want to stay in accounting.
You have some knowledge since you made it to manager right? I know a lot of people in the tax world and very few are truly passionate about it. BUT you are passionate about selling and that's the biggest hurdle for these tax nerds to overcome once they make it to the precipice of partner. Just focus on that aspect of things and push yourself to digest some tax here and there. Once you get to partner you can just focus on selling and if it's technical things you have the support of hundreds of subject matter experts (assuming you are in a big firm). Unless you feel financially secure enough to start your career over again I would say stick it out.