Thoughts on restructuring and turnaround vs assurance/tax?
Been in assurance/tax for five years and looking for other career options

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Way better in every way except for maybe travel/hours but whatever it’s definitely far superior.

Mind if I DM you for more info?

If you want more generalized finance skills, restructuring, assuming you’re not just talking about fresh start accounting work.

If you want a controller/ accounting route, assurance.

Tax is self explanatory.

It’s interesting work for sure, definitely more value-add on the business side in some deals. That was one of my main reasons for leaving assurance.

Of course there’s the flip-side where you can hit more hours consistently/unpredictably, extremely short-notice travel, and there can be some pretty tough decisions you model out RIF, company wind downs, etc).

Overall a good experience for future career trajectory.

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