In a specialty consulting group at PwC and.. don’t think I like the speciality anymore. I like consulting and I’m a high performer but want to switch it up. Has anyone successfully managed a pivot at the SM level?

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I was in your boat and actually made the switch in the year I was up for Director. I moved from a compliance to a consulting group.

Some of the potential difficulties were that I had to rebuild my relationships within the new group and establish trust. I really only had one or two partners feeding me work to the extent they could. I felt like I didn’t have much control over the workflow where I had some of that in my previous group. Even if playing co-chair with another SM or Director I had minimal involvement because of billing rate so my utilization was wish washy. After a couple of months, I did get my own projects etc but just had to learn patience.

To get to Director it would have been likely 4-5 years at the SM level but I was ok with that because again I didn’t see myself doing tax compliance and being a partner in that group so really didn’t have much to lose.

I ended up leaving the firm but not because I didn’t like the group (I actually really liked the work) it was more I wanted a lifestyle change. I just don’t want to work long hours and sit my whole life behind a computer. I’d rather do it for 8 hours a day rather than 14-15 😂 and do other things with my life.

Hope this helps!

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This helps a lot, thanks.

Dang that's a high level to switch it, are you in a group that has a lot of transferable skills to a separate specialization?

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Haha well nevermind then, I was going to suggest a technical accounting consulting role, but it sounds like that's what you'd like to move away from. Maybe managed accounting services if you want to get out of regular consulting and move more into providing typical accounting services (month end close, financial reporting, etc) for clients?

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