I’ve spent the last three years in a national office role writing memos on revenue recognition and lease accounting, and I’m bored to tears. I want to move into a role that actually influences the business, like commercial finance or strategy, but I’m viewed as a compliance person. Whenever I interview, I can see the hiring managers' eyes glaze over when I start talking about ASC 606. How do I rebrand without sounding like I’m making things up?

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The compliance label is a golden cage you built for yourself by staying in national office for three years.

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Maybe try to find technical accounting roles in industry with M&A exposure - they typically require working with corp dev, FP&A, legal, tax, etc. and could be a bridge to the types of roles you’re looking for.

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