Accounting Exit Opportunities

I was recently laid off. Hoping to leave public accounting altogether - tired of no work-life balance year round but nervous that all I'll be able to get is another pressure cooker PA firm. I have a b...

I have an interview for an Internal Audit role, and I’m trying to figure out how to lie and say I’m passionate about process improvement. The truth is I just want a job where I don't have to deal with...

I’m being asked for my salary expectations in the very first phone screen, and I feel like it’s a trap to see how low I’ll go. If I say $110k and their budget was $130k, I just lost $20k. If I say $14...

I found out my new Industry job has a Blackout Period for vacation that lasts from January through March. How is this any different from Public Accounting? I left the Big 4 specifically to avoid the B...

would you leave your firm if they made it clear that supporting you isn’t a priority? i’m a heavy senior managing a lot of engagements (many that are new to me due to turnover) but i struggle to get a...

I’m officially putting in my notice on Monday without a backup plan. I have six months of F-you money saved up, and I’m going to spend the summer actually living instead of auditing. My parents think ...

Am I crazy for turning down a Director title because of a 3-day RTO mandate? I’ve spent the last three years working fully remote, and I just got an offer for a Director of Finance role at a retail br...

Accountants: Would you trust AI to prepare an audit-ready workpaper? Not just a memo, a real Excel workpaper where every figure traces to its source and the math ties out. I’m working with a small t...

I just got an offer for a Controller role at a mid-sized manufacturing company owned by a PE. I’m currently in Public making $135k with okay benefits and the usual busy season misery. The new offer is...

I just found out the 401k match at the company I’m interviewing with doesn't vest for five years. Five years! In this economy, who stays at a mid-level accounting job for five years? What are some oth...

I asked for $125k base for an Assistant Controller role, and they came back with $110k base plus a $15k sign-on bonus. A sign-on bonus does absolutely nothing when next year's percentage raises are ca...

I got an offer for an Assistant Controller position at a stable, family-owned distribution company that’s been around for 50 years. They’re offering $125k, a 10% bonus, and the health insurance is 85%...

Has anyone successfully negotiated a sign-on bonus at a new job specifically to cover a repayment clause from their old firm? I’m currently staring at a $15,000 CPA bonus that I’ll have to pay back in...

I watched a Senior Manager get laid off after 15 years at the firm, and they were given ten minutes to pack their desk and leave. Loyalty in this profession is a one-way streetL. I’ve been staying at ...

My new CFO just told me that he doesn't believe in working from home because he thinks people just do laundry all day. I wanted to tell him that I actually do do laundry while I’m waiting for his mass...

I’m thinking about quitting my $120k Manager job to become a Bookkeeper for five different small businesses just so I can have my freedom back. I’m tired of the board meetings and the 50-person email ...

Anyone have any insight on FGMK?

I just found out that my corporate accounting team is using an external agency to hire a temp contractor for my exact level, and they are paying them $85 an hour. I am sitting here as a permanent fte ...

I haven't used a single thing I learned in my Advanced Accounting class in the last five years of my professional life. My entire day is just Excel formulas, accruals, and chasing down people who don'...

How do you tailor your resume to appeal to smaller, family-owned businesses? Working in Big 4 is actually making me un-hirable for the small, local companies I actually want to work for. They think I’...