I’m a tax senior wanting to pivot into a financial analyst role. I understand I’ll have to take a pay cut and will essentially be starting from zero. What can I do to make myself more marketable for this role? I was considered courses on sql, tableau, maybe python but even entry level positions seem to require 1-2 years experience. Any advice?

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Learn SQL and a visualization tool. Then you just have to network hard.

You can easily lateral without taking a pay cut, in fact you should expect a pretty sizable increase in comp

Pivoted as a second year audit associate into an entry level analytics consultant role (heavy SQL) and got a 35% pay bump to do it. So pick up a couple skills and be picky and patient in the market you can do it!

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