Is getting into accounting advisory helpful for eventual exit opportunities outside of PA?

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Outside of public accounting to industry accounting, yes, the exit would be technical accounting or SEC financial reporting. Outside of accounting to other consulting services or finance, maybe, depends on what kind of accounting advisory you do, if it’s finance department set up, maybe you would get into some ERP system implementation role. If it’s accounting policy implementation, probably not…
It’s still heavily accounting related work

I have my CPA! I think it depends on your profile, have seen lots of big 4 auditor being able to get FP& A analyst, big 4 experience are highly preferred. But honestly audit experience doesn’t really help with the work itself. FDD is not finance but it gives you more perspective on 3 statement connection, financial statements analysis, how business operations translate to financials, things like that.

If you work on transactions, it is helpful for pivoting.

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