Should I leave a job where I’m feeling stagnant even though everything is good? Work in a tech start up where I do everything accounting with a focus on revenue - but after month end I pretty much have nothing to do outside ad hoc items.

CFO doesn’t think I should be doing fp&a things and believes fp&a is different world than accounting ( I inherently don’t agree but he comes from a IB) been here for less than a year best job I had coming from audit but bored and not learning.

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I feel less than a year is too short if you love accounting. Talk to your CFO. If in 6months, nothing is changing, then you can make your exit. All the best.

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Check out CFOSecrets. He talks all about CFO problems/duties/mindsets/etc. Start relating the topics to your work and talking to your CFO about them. Then ask to work on small FPA projects that come from those conversations. Once your boss sees you taking initiative, things could change. I was in your shoes wanting to do FPA as an accountant and worked in consulting. It didn't work and I ended up starting my own firm. It was a huge learning curve and I'm still doing it, but if you have the drive, just go for it and if it's here, great, if not, you'll have some foundation to pivot.

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If you already have all the modeling/Excel/thought process skills you don't need it 🤷🏼‍♀️

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