Was looking into some senior tax analyst roles and I’m seeing experience requirements from 5-8 years.. what exactly is the deal there? That’s the equivalent of manager/SM in b4...

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Because HR just throws out requirements to see what sticks?

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It depends on the company, but view titles in industry as relatively meaningless. I'm a manager with no reports to manage, but I don't prep (we use advisors for prep). I have 7 years exp. At Facebook or Msft a manager might have 10 years of experience.

Every company has its own structure and operating model.

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Exactly. That's industry. I haven't talked to him in years but he could absolutely pivot if he wanted to. Plenty of people are content to make 100-$125k and work 40 hour weeks with a small uptick during close.

Should comment also, a senior role will pay close to a first year manager. I went from 85 to 105. I make 130 now.

The downsides are no clear progression path and perhaps depending on your company you will be a (relatively unimportant) cog in a wheel. Public accounting,you're driving revenue and they basically pull out the red carpet to recruit. In industry you are another very replaceable cost center.

I'm not sure SM. Manager sure. But that is fast for SM.

Okay sure: if you are performing appropriately and growing in the standard (which yes means acting the next rank almost a full year before your promo year) that’s the normal time line. No it doesn’t hold true for every service line or office or whatever qualifier you want to put out there.

Can vouch for this. I’m in industry (always have been) with 6.5 years experience. Still have a senior title. 😓

I enjoy industry but honestly think I would enjoy B4 more if it weren’t for the insane hours. Technical knowledge isn’t generally as important (based on my experience) and the training content is more sparse. I.e. if I don’t know something I have to google read code regs etc. my assumption is that earnings at B4 would generally be higher because at 6-7 years I would be closer to snr manager. Merit increases typically mid-single digits and low double digits on promotions.

Not as much room to delegate tasks so you might find yourself doing low level work. Depending on department structure your responsibilities can vary greatly.

Full transparency though my personal experience lately has been pretty stressful. Lots of moving pieces to keep track of and not a lot of support. Makes me feel sick to my stomach some days.

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