What advisory service lines would be good choices if I move from tax to advisory? Currently I am a tax senior in a top 10 accounting firm and have CPA. How difficult is it to transfer and how’s the work life balance?

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The world is your oyster. Go for it and don’t let any of these comments discourage you. Plenty of people have done this move before!

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OP if you really want to succeed in getting into advisory. There is one key thing that will help you make it there. You need to network the hardest you have ever done then multiply that by ten. Because you can’t stick with people you work with. If you don’t, unless you have the luck of the Irish, no matter how many times you apply for a job, it’s unlikely you get an interview let alone a job offer. When you network focus with “difference makers” like partners, senior managers, and maybe even managers in advisory. Start with your alumni network. And maybe dig into who at your firm made the jump. And ask them how they did it and who talked to them. And ask what they wish they knew before they made the jump. Good luck.

Good luck with that transfer. It’s rare to see someone from tax especially someone presumably in compliance go into advisory or consulting.

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Referred my friend who is a tax senior for cmaas a2 and they turned him down. 🙄

No he was a tax senior and had a tax offer as well. He could easily do tax m&a but he just wants to move away from tax in general

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