I’m an S2 auditor looking to exit in a job that’s more stimulating and less tedious than being an auditor / accountant. What are your thoughts on FP&A jobs ? I was also interested in joining FDD. I’m specialized in investment funds… thanks !

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Most people in this bowl haven't actually worked in FP&A and think it's all budgeting/forecasting. Would strongly suggest you do further research on it, as it (ideally) encompasses a lot of strategic finance as well. My current FP&A role is about 50/50 split on routine (budget/forecast) vs. strategic work. There are ones that do only routine tasks or only strategic tasks. And everything in between.

As for FDD, the volatility and the lack of true finance work can be tough to handle, but it can broaden your exit ops if you're looking to have a better shot at FP&A, Corp dev, or small/mid size IB. Just be aware, there's a reason FDD is mostly ex-audit: it's an accounting job. Lots of excel formatting (databooks) and little to no modeling or strategy involved. It's all historical and you are purely the accounting diligence side of a deal. Not saying it's bad, just saying you need to be aware of the good/bad/ugly of wherever you go next.

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P1, I'm a bit confused. Do you have a masters in accounting or an MBA in accounting...? The large majority of people in PA have a masters. It doesn't mean much outside of getting you the hours needed for the CPA. Honestly, the CPA is more important than a masters in accounting.

If you have an MBA, I'm not sure why you went into audit. But I'm guessing you're just using masters/MBA interchangeably.

There's not anything specific really. I wouldn't waste your time on a certification. The most important thing is having modeling skills. Just look around online and try to build models from scratch. I just went on YouTube and Google to look for anything to do with modeling and practiced that. Also visualization tools like Tableau are good.

Be an Excel genius and understand what value FP&A brings to the company. You should definitely be getting interviews at your level, although passing them is the hard part since you're always a step below people with finance backgrounds.

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