I’m an audit staff accountant applying to another firm as a senior. It’s hard to quantify my accomplishments instead of just listing duties. Would it be dumb to mention utilization and realization? Any ideas?

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Think of what your seniors did and say you did that. You've undoubtedly done some senior tasks is you're an experienced associate. Make sure to highlight the times you led, directed, or were otherwise accountable for someone else's work or process.

You want to make it come across as you are a senior and can do the job.

In my opinion mentioning utilization won't count for anything and is just fluff. Kind of like giving your gpa 5 years after college.

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Mention size of client (revenues, AUM, etc)

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Did you help train and develop new staff/interns, participate in recruiting, research to help with white papers/thought leadership, etc..? Realization and utilization are sometimes out of your control. What else did you do to further your development to senior?

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