Which is a better career transition? From Audit in B4 to senior financial analyst or internal audit?

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Generally the answer will be financial analyst. Internal audit can be a good place to land if it's at an interesting company that has a good record of moving its auditors into other parts of the business.

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Internal audit is even more depressing than audit.

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Why? As long as I leave at 5 and are paid well enough, it can't be worse than big 4.

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FA for surw

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Never seen anyone in FP&A try and leave to IA. Plenty try to go the reverse direction, but it's an uphill battle.

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