Is going to a small/niche boutique a bad career move early on in your career? Currently at FS Risk & Reg PwC and been in talks with a small but growing FS consulting firm. Current role is more audit than advisory. The firm is reputable in it’s area but far from a big brand name. The projects there would be far more interesting than my 1-2 year prospects here (having made myself too useful in audit they aren’t prone to let me move 100% to advisory). TC about 20% more.
I guess it comes down to evaluation of a few factors: the founders of the boutique, their recent performance (how fast are they growing / what whitespaces are they serving), your career ambitions: advisory vs audit, remember you can also go back to a bigger brand at a later stage - learning curve + career aspirations are key decision points. All the best!
Sounds like a good opportunity, all the best
Better off going mid tier imo than much smaller
My advise is move to the boutique, spend some time there and learn new stuff then move back to an Advisory Big 4 practice if you want to switch career from Audit to Consulting.
I was corp finance and hated it then did a year at a boutique, got a quick promo then did a lateral to Big4 so I’d definitely recommend it as a good entry point. Just make sure the boutique has a strong client list (Fortune 500/PE) so you can reference “impressive” projects
Could be really interesting. Many careers are linear but most are not