Want to quit public accounting but I don't want to do repetitive day-to-day mundane "accounting" work that fund accountants do. Leaning towards more of a financial analyst role....any ideas?

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Know how to recruit a wider pool of accountants for your team? Call them "financial analysts" - it sounds more exciting.

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Depends on what you’ll actually be doing as a financial analyst. There’s plenty of those that do the exact same thing each week/month/day too

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Join the military. We have accountants there too, and no days are the same.

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Financial analyst can be mundane too. Every month end close was same shit. Hated it

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How were the hours/pay?

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I agree, that's why I'm seeking advice! The main reason I don't want to leave auditing is that at least we rotate clients and teams thought out the year and it keeps things interesting

xfer to CMAAS or FDD! try that first a couple of years and beef up your skills!!! then bail

Hours blew. Month/quarter end close were mini busy seasons and time in between was busy too. Absolutely zero flexibility. Shit pay. I switched from public to financial analyst because I wanted to do something different and switched back into a consulting role.

I’m sure every “financial analyst” position varies company to company, department to department. I just had a very bad experience and will never go back into corporate finance again.

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