I'm a senior at KPMG in Toronto - been in audit for 2.5 yrs now. Ill qualify as a CPA this summer. Thinking about exit opportunities that relocate me to NYC or SFO. I could either move with KP to those cities and then find a job locally, move to a advisory consulting firm or interview for companies over there. Third option seems to be the hardest since everyone wants to hire locally. Open to suggestions or advice on how to execute this move!
Last year I moved from KPMG in Canada and got a job as a senior analyst in FP&A in NYC. It’s definitely doable to land a job in a new city although i got my job through a referral from a friend of a friend. I also spent a lot of time on linkedin reaching out to people and applying wherever I could. A piece of advice, I know that in your senior year at KPMG there’s a bit of rush to get the hell out but I would really recommend taking your time and be very thoughtful to where you would like your career to go and what you value most from your current job/your next job. Mentorship and the constant learning at KPMG is something that I miss a lot now that I am in industry.