Recently received an offer for a technical accounting manager role at a public company. Rising S3 in audit so this would be a step up in terms of title and pay. My main concern is whether a technical accounting role will pigeonhole me in the future. When I started looking I was planning on pivoting away from accounting and just applied to this job on a whim because it sounded somewhat interesting. Anyone with experience transitioning from technical accounting to non-accounting (ex. FP&A) role?

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I would recommend going directly into FP&A if that is what you want, as opposed to making a stop in technical accounting. You are trying to pivot away from accounting, so technical accounting as your next step doesn't make sense.

That role will be focused on the codification, memos, and other financial reporting assistance. Going from technical accounting manager to FP&A manager doesn't seem like the easiest jump. Not saying you can't do it, but this just seems like an unnecessary jump.

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Your concerns are correct. If you’re going for an FP&A type role then don’t waste your time going into technical accounting. You can go really heavy on accounting roles with that, and overall is much more interesting that audit, but it’s farther and farther for FP&A.

Try to go towards FDD or valuations and M&A, maybe within EY if you can

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