I’ve been working in audit at PwC for about one year and have done two different busy seasons, and I’ve realized I’m not passionate about what I do. I’m thinking about leaving/transferring, but I have no idea what I can move to that isn’t audit. Does anybody have any recommendations as to what I should be looking for next?

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I’d look at FAAS. Pay is better, work is more interesting, you’d get better exit opportunities, and WLB is amazing. I can’t think of a negative. Your audit experience would be valued in faas and you’d be able to work on much more engaging projects. I can refer if you wanted.

If faas is not for you’d I’d also look into FDD. Pay is better than audit and projects are more interesting. Your audit experience would also be valued there. WLB from what I hear is not that good but you open up new great doors into finance.

I think you would be happier in either of the above options. Pay in both is higher than audit and I believe they are comparable to each other. Work is also more engaging in both. From what I hear FDD tends to open more doors then FAAS down the road especially in finance but FAAS has better WLB. Obviously don’t take my words for fact and do some research.

You can also consider valuation or other advisory groups.

Or if public accounting is not for you, there are tons of options in industry within accounting or certain parts of finance.

If you are tired of accounting all together you can always consider a career change through MBA or some kind of tech masters. I’ve heard of people getting a tech masters and combining it with accounting and becoming very marketable.

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